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Joseph Beuys — Report of Tests
Joseph Beuys

Report of Tests

A single sheet of wove paper bears the mechanical reproduction of a xerox overlaid with the authoritative mark of an ink stamp, bridging the bureaucratic and the artistic in Beuys's characteristic fashion. The work reflects Beuys's ongoing interest in documentation, process, and the transformation of everyday administrative materials into vehicles for social and political thought. The interplay between the duplicated image and the stamped impression suggests themes of authentication, record-keeping, and the tension between official systems and individual agency.

Medium
Xerox and ink stamp, on wove paper, the full sheet.

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Editions and Works on Paper Including Works from the Piero Crommelynck Collection

April 18, 2017

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Joseph Beuys, Report of Tests

A single sheet of wove paper bears the mechanical reproduction of a xerox overlaid with the authoritative mark of an ink stamp, bridging the bureaucratic and the artistic in Beuys's characteristic fashion. The work reflects Beuys's ongoing interest in documentation, process, and the transformation of everyday administrative materials into vehicles for social and political thought. The interplay between the duplicated image and the stamped impression suggests themes of authentication, record-keeping, and the tension between official systems and individual agency.

Medium
Xerox and ink stamp, on wove paper, the full sheet.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

German Artist, 20th Century, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, Xerox, Works on Paper, Monochromatic, Archival Document, Text-Based Art, Fluxus, Ink Stamp, Influential Artist

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