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366 - Conceptual Art Arakawa, Shusaku Portrait of Helen Keller or …
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Estimate €800 - €1,000
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Conceptual Art Arakawa, Shusaku Portrait of Helen Keller or Joseph Beuys. From: For Joseph Beuys. 1987. Colour lithograph on Arches Velin. 61 x 81.5 cm. Signed and numbered in Roman numerals. - Overall very good condition. An excellent, nuanced print of the full-format composition, with a distinctly chalky effect in places. Ars Publicata, 1987.01. – One of 30 copies from the edition numbered in Roman numerals. – Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich/New York, and Bernd Klüser, Munich, 1987. - Shusaku Arakawa, one of the early protagonists of international conceptual art, explored the mechanisms of human perception and language in his diagrammatic paintings, drawings and prints. The title juxtaposes two protagonists of radical boundary experiences: Helen Keller as a paradigm of perception beyond familiar sensory channels, and Joseph Beuys as the embodiment of an expanded concept of art and knowledge. In the work, the tension between the two remains deliberately unresolved; the sparingly applied visual symbols reflect this conceptual openness. Conceptual art – Colour lithograph on Arches Velin paper. Signed and numbered. – In very good overall condition. An excellent, nuanced print of the full-page composition, with a distinctly chalky effect in places. – One of 30 copies from the Roman-numbered edition. - Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich/New York, and Bernd Klüser, Munich, 1987. - Shusaku Arakawa, one of the early pioneers of international conceptual art, explored the mechanisms of human perception and language in his diagrammatic paintings, drawings and prints. The title of this work brings together two figures representing radical borderline experiences: Helen Keller stands as a paradigm of perception beyond the usual sensory channels, whilst Joseph Beuys embodies an expanded concept of art and knowledge, without resolving the tension between the two. The sparingly placed pictorial symbol reflects this conceptual openness. *This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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