Felt Suit
- Date
- 1970
- Material
- Felt
- published in
- Berlin, Berlin state, Germany, Europe
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 70 1/2 x 24 in. (179.1 x 61 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Shop Fund
- Rights
- © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Object Number
- 46:1993a,b
NOTES
Issued in an edition of 100, this work was tailored after one of Joseph Beuys’ own suits but with the sleeves and legs lengthened. The artist wore the original in a performance event protesting the Vietnam War at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1971. This simple ensemble without buttons or buttonholes was intended to convey the idea of warmth. For Beuys, warmth was not only a physical state but also a spiritual idea and a catalyst for artistic and political evolution.
(H. Klemm/Storm of Progress/Oct 2020)
Provenance
- 1993
Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA [1]
1993 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Greenberg Gallery [2]
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the Greenberg Gallery invoice dated April 16, 1993 [SLAM document files]. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[1] The Greenberg Gallery may have owned the work by 1989 since they were able to supply the Saint Louis Art Museum with a conservation report dated November 7, 1989 [SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, April 22, 1993.
Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA [1]
1993 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Greenberg Gallery [2]
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the Greenberg Gallery invoice dated April 16, 1993 [SLAM document files]. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[1] The Greenberg Gallery may have owned the work by 1989 since they were able to supply the Saint Louis Art Museum with a conservation report dated November 7, 1989 [SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, April 22, 1993.
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