JOSEPH BEUYS
The Orwell Leg - Trousers for the 21st Century
1984
Blue jeans, variations within the edition, with circular holes,
approx. 35 3/8 x 17 3/4 in (89.9 x 45.1 cm)
signed on the label, approximately 35 were produced, published by Editions Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris, in very good condition.
Blue jeans, variations within the edition, with circular holes,
approx. 35 3/8 x 17 3/4 in (89.9 x 45.1 cm)
signed on the label, approximately 35 were produced, published by Editions Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris, in very good condition.
Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000
$20,000 - 30,000
SOLD FOR $25,000
"Beuys said of The Orwell Leg that ‘everybody in the world should make this [sic] trousers to themselves [sic], to struggle against world-wide materialism and repression….’"
Nam June Paik, «Good Morning, Mr. Orwell», 1984
Good Morning Mr. Orwell | © Nam June Paik
Good Morning Mr. Orwell | © Nam June Paik
Joseph Beuys carrying out his ‘action' in the Centre Pompidou, Paris, with two pianos, two Turkish co-performers, and his ‘trousers of the 21th century'.
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