From Eurasian Staff

1973

Joseph Beuys , Artist Edition Staeck , Publisher

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About the Artwork

Title From Eurasian Staff

Artwork Date 1973

Makers Joseph Beuys (Artist) German, 1921-1986 Edition Staeck (Publisher)

Medium Silkscreen on newsprint

Dimensions Sheet: 35 × 24 3/4 inches (88.9 × 62.9 cm) Framed: 37 1/4 × 26 3/4 inches (94.6 × 67.9 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2023.411

Markings

Signed Signed, in pencil, lower right margin: Joseph Beuys

Inscriptions Inscribed, in pencil, lower right: 42/180 Inscribed, in blue ink, along frame, verso: H 7.0 7.1

Marks Loan agreement affixed verso Label, printed, affixed verso: John Gibson Gallery | 568 Broadway | New York, NY 10012 Handwritten, on above label: Joseph Beuys | ‘From Eurasienstab’ | print. Typed label, affixed on verso: 75. From Eurasian Staff 1973 | Silkscreen in black or brown, 90 x 63 cm, edition of 180 Label, printed, affixed verso: JOHN GIBSON GALLERY LOAN NO. 4 Printed label, verso: YOUR ART IS PROTECTED BY A CLEAR SHEET OF SAFE, | SHATTERPROOF, PLEXIGLASS. | TO CLEAN, USE A MIXTURE OF ALCOHOL AND WATER | ON A WAD OF ABSORBENT COTTON. DO NOT USE | SCOURING POWDERS, SOAPS, GLASS CLEANERS CON- | TAINING AMMONIA, OR HARSH RAGS. | IF NOT ABUSED, PLEXIGLASS WILL REMAIN CLEAR AND | BRIGHT FOR YEARS.

Provenance

1997, from (John Gibson Gallery, New York, New York, USA);
1997-2020, aquired by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Joseph Beuys, From Eurasian Staff, 1973, silkscreen on newsprint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.411.