Untitled II

Joseph BeuysWW-1956-M087588

1956·Glass, wood, and metal display case containing (left to right): May 12, 1971 (12. Mai 1971), 1971: plastic pitcher with spade stone, plastic bowl with paint, pine needles, and rice; Bridges of Understanding (Brücke der Verständigung), 1956: cast bronze; Untitled (Musical Score) (Ohne Titel [Partitur]), c. 1973: pencil and stamp on paper; Felt Suit (Filzanzug), 1970: felt; Community Spade (Gemeinschaftsspaten), 1964: spade blade and wood sticks; Cobble Stone (Pflasterstein), 1975: basalt stone·79 x 91 1/2 x 26 1/2" (200.7 x 232.4 x 67.3 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1956
Medium: Glass, wood, and metal display case containing (left to right): May 12, 1971 (12. Mai 1971), 1971: plastic pitcher with spade stone, plastic bowl with paint, pine needles, and rice; Bridges of Understanding (Brücke der Verständigung), 1956: cast bronze; Untitled (Musical Score) (Ohne Titel [Partitur]), c. 1973: pencil and stamp on paper; Felt Suit (Filzanzug), 1970: felt; Community Spade (Gemeinschaftsspaten), 1964: spade blade and wood sticks; Cobble Stone (Pflasterstein), 1975: basalt stone
Dimensions: 79 x 91 1/2 x 26 1/2" (200.7 x 232.4 x 67.3 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Joseph Beuys

Artist

Joseph Beuys

Sculpture

Beuys has been an artist, teacher and theorist highly influential in international contemporary art in the latter half of the 20th century. He is a founder of the art movement known as Fluxus, and a practitioner and exemplar of happenings, and performance art. His work is grounded in concepts of humanism, social philosophy, and anthroposophy; it culminates in his "extended definition of art" and the idea of social sculpture as a gesamtkunstwerk (synthesis of the arts) for which he claimed a creative, participatory role in shaping society and politics.

Krefeld, Germany

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