( German, 1921 - 1986 )
Zeitpunkt: Das Massaker von Muenchen (Point of time: The Massacre of Munich)
Materials:
chalk on blackboard
Measurements:
78.94 in. (200.50 cm.) (height) by 59.06 in. (150.00 cm.) (width)
Markings:
titled, 'Zeitpunkt: Das Massaker von Muenchen' (lower left); signed, inscribed and dated 'Joseph Beuys Kassel 1972' (on the reverse); stamped 'Organisation für direkte Demokratie' (on the reverse)
Exhibited:
Kassel, Museum Fridericianum/Friedrichsplatz/Neue Galerie, Documenta V , 1972. Kassel, Museum Fridericianum Kassel, Joseph Beuys. Documenta. Arbeit , 1993, p. 288, no. 46 (titled Individuelle Freiheit; illustrated, p. 126; installation view illustrated, pp. 23, 78, 128, and 130)
Literature:
Joseph Beuys - Zeichnungen, Skulpturen, Objekte , exh. cat., Dusseldorf, Zollhof 3 Düsseldorf/Hafen, 1988 (installation view illustrated, p. 6). Joseph Beuys “Mit dummen Fragen fängt jede Revolution an” , Heidelberg 1996, p. 187, no. 32 (illustrated, p. 49)
Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe. Acquired from above by the present owner