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Artists›Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys

1921–1986

WA-00003841

Krefeld, Germany

DadaismPerformance ArtFluxus

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

651

Works in Collection

835

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

80%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ153965

MoMA

Field Verification (7 fields)

5 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
NationalityDuplicate Merge + Artsy+1· 85%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
BiographyAi Generated + Gallery Generic+1· 82%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/joseph-beuys
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/joseph-beuys
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/540
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

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Movement

Dadaism

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (651)

Joseph Beuys. Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt

2009 · Print on paper

image: 862 x 613 mm

Tate

J Beuys: Difesa della natura. Venice Biennale 2007

2007 · Print on paper

image: 778 x 726 mm

Tate

Joseph Beuys: Actions, Vitrines, Environments. The Menil Collection

2005 · Print on paper

image: 650 x 507 mm

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Joseph Beuys. Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf

2005 · Print on paper

image: 418 x 593 mm

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Joseph Beuys. Galerie Heinz Holtmann

2005 · Print on paper

image: 592 x 419 mm

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Joseph Beuys: Posters. Hermann Voith Gallery

2005 · Print on paper

image: 780 x 387 mm

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Joseph Beuys: Róslina, zwierze i cztowiek. Muzeum Górnoslaskie w Bytomiu

2005 · Print on paper

image: 966 x 666 mm

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Revolution: Art of the Sixties from Warhol to Beuys. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

2005 · Print on paper

image: 724 x 680 mm

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Künstlerplakate 2002. Weingarten

2002 · Print on paper

image: 679 x 488 mm

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Joseph Beuys, Ewald Matare and Eight Cologne Artists. Museum Schloss Moyland

2002 · Print on paper

image: 839 x 591 mm

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Joseph Beuys: The Secret Block for the Secret Person in Ireland. Kunsthalle Tübingen

2001 · Print on paper

image: 801 x 467 mm

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Joseph Beuys: ‘Pflanze, Tier und Mensch’. Städtische Galerie, Villingen-Schwenningen

2001 · Print on paper

image: 765 x 548 mm

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‘Hommage à Joseph Beuys’. University and Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf

2001 · Print on paper

image: 491 x 400 mm

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Beuys. Applied Arts / Contemporary Arts. Mak-Ausstellungshalle

2000 · Print on paper

image: 837 x 593 mm

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Joseph Beuys: Kleine Zeichnungen. Museum Schloss Moyland

2000 · Print on paper

image: 836 x 592 mm

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Joseph Beuys: Postcards. Museum for Post and Communication, Nuremberg

2000 · Print on paper

image: 837 x 592 mm

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Joseph Beuys: Ein Monument für die Zukunft. Museum Kurhaus Kleve

2000 · Print on paper

image: 795 x 518 mm

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Joseph Beuys: Die Sammlung Staeck. Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg

2000 · Print on paper

image: 791 x 554 mm

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Heraus - Forderung Tier. Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe

2000 · Print on paper

image: 837 x 591 mm

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Art For Life’s Sake. Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art

2000 · Print on paper

image: 977 x 682 mm

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Joseph Beuys: Multiples.

1999 · Print on paper

image: 1468 x 735 mm

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das xx. jahrhundert ein jahrhundert kunst in Deutschland. Stadtraum, Berlin

1999 · Print on paper

image: 837 x 575 mm

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Joseph Beuys: Partituren Zeichnungen Multiples. Galerie Jan Wagner

1999 · Print on paper

image: 699 x 498 mm

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Drawings: The Secret Block for a Secret Person in Ireland. Royal Academy of Arts

1999 · Print on paper

image: 761 x 507 mm

Tate

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Artwork sources (4)

651 published of 762 catalogued · 683 with image

Tate
536 published512 img
MoMA
102 publishedof 213 catalogued160 img
Art Institute Chicago
11 published11 img
The Met
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Pyramidal image
1979 · Tate · 1 prov
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I like America and America Like Me
1974 · Tate · 1 prov
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Joseph Beuys. Jeder Mensch ein Kunstler
1978 · Tate · 1 prov
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Aktionen ws 68/69. Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Kunste Braunschweig
1968 · Tate · 1 prov
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Joseph Beuys: hessisches landesmuseum darmstadt, block beuys, hessisches kultur stiftung. Berlin
1996 · Tate · 1 prov
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Der Beuys-Raum wurde. Neue Gallerie. Staatliche Museen Kassel
1992 · Tate · 1 prov
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Joseph Beuys. Galerie Monschauer, Koln
1985 · Tate · 1 prov
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Brenn Punkt 2. 1970 - 1991. Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf.
1991 · Tate · 1 prov
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Beuys: Manresa. Kunst-Station Sankt Peter
1991 · Tate · 1 prov
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Suche nach dem Sinn
1982 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

61 assets

Artsy

Wikipedia

Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême 2013 050

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Relationships

Movements3

Dadaism Performance Art Fluxus

Collections5

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Background

Education

Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium

Visual Arts

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Visual Arts

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Exhibitions and timeline

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