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Edizione Notturna, 1987

From For Joseph Beuys
Page of newspaper mounted on rag paper, with collage of two collotype/silkscreen prints, 76 x 57 cm. Edition of 90 + XXX, signed and numbered, and 10 Artist's Proofs, signed, not numbered.

EUR 1,200

In homage to Joseph Beuys, Jannis Kounellis integrated one of his characteristic black-and-white drawings into the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera for this edition. One part of the newspaper thus becomes the carrier of the artwork, while another part – through a performative gesture of sacrifice –was torn by Kounellis. Through this symbolic act, the artist alludes to the transformative power of material and the radical renewal of art, which also defined Beuys’ practice.