Filzecken (Bewegung) [Felt Corners (Movement)] (recto)

Maker

Joseph Beuys (artist)
1921-1986

Title

Date of Production

1963

Medium

oil paint and graphite on buff-coloured card

Dimensions

Height: 47.9 cm
Width: 56.6 cm

Accession Number

LD.2020.HK.4

Mode of Acquisition

Karshan Collection, long-term loan, 2020

Credit

Promised gift by Linda Karshan in memory of her husband, Howard Karshan. On long-term loan to The Courtauld Gallery, London

Copyright

Location

Not currently on display

Label Text

The small reddish triangles in this work seem to emerge from the larger one in the centre and cascade down the right-hand side. Strange, pencil-drawn forms — snail-like creatures or stylised heads and bodies — move across the composition below. Using only these simple marks, Joseph Beuys creates a sense of life and movement in this work, whilst also emphasising the material substance of the pigment itself. The drawing and its title relate to his sculptural installations, in which he often created works using triangular pieces of felt.

Provenance

Helmut Rywelski, Gallery Art Intermedia, Cologne, by 1970; anonymous sale, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 12 November 1999, lot 70; purchased there by Howard Karshan (1933-2017) [sale catalogue on file]; Promised gift by Linda Karshan in memory of her husband, Howard Karshan. On long-term loan to The Courtauld Gallery, London.

Exhibition History

Modern Drawings: The Karshan Gift, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/11/2021-09/01/2022

Literature

Modern Drawings: The Karshan Gift, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20 Nov. 2021 - 9 Jan. 2022
cat. no. 20
Fig. p. p. 101

Rywelski, Helmut (ed.), Joseph Beuys : Einzelheiten ; dieses Interview mit Joseph Beuys hielt Helmut Rywelski am Pfingstmontag, dem 18. Mai 1970, in Düsseldorf, Cologne 1970: Art Intermedia, 3
Fig. p. repr. on cover

Inscriptions

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite, signed, titled and dated: "Joseph Beuys 1963 / Filzecken (Bewegung) + organische Bewegung".

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