Portrait of Joseph Beuys
Medium: Screen-print in brown on canvas
Year: 1986
Dimensions: 31 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches (80×60 cm)
Edition: 90
Artist’s Proofs: 6
Publishers: Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York, and Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich
Literature: Littmann pp. 60-61
Signed, dated and numbered in in black felt-tip pen
Haring depicts Beuys as an oak tree, an homage to Beuys’ installation at Documenta 7 where the artist planted 7,000 oak trees throughout the city of Kassel. Haring, who was also participating in Documenta 7, appreciated the older artist’s emphasis on creating works that would help society.
Auction Results
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 6,400
Screenprint in color on canvas
Signed in black felt-tip pen, dated and numbered 58/90
Phillips London: 8 June 2023
Estimated: GBP 3,000 – 5,000
GBP 5,334
KEITH HARING
Portrait of Joseph Beuys, from For Joseph Beuys (L. pp. 60-61), 1986-87
Screen-print in brown on canvas
Signed, dated and numbered 60/90 in black felt-tip pen
Bonhams New-York: 12 May 2022
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 10,000
USD 10,200
Screen-print in gold ink on white canvas
Signed in black felt pen, dated and numbered IX/XXX
A proof aside from the edition of 90 and 6 artist’s proofs in brown ink on brown canvas