- Artist
- Joseph Beuys 1921–1986
- Original title
- die Electrizitat
- Medium
- 3 works on paper, oil paint and watercolour
- Dimensions
- Support (upper): 238 × 336 mm
support (centre): 238 × 338 mm
support (lower): 238 × 337 mm
frame: 782 × 619 × 44 mm - Collection
- ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland
- Acquisition
- ARTIST ROOMS Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
- Reference
- AR00112
Online caption
The lower section of this three-part work appears to be a schematic drawing of a turbine. It may be the item which is intended to be fitted inside the box at the centre of the work, to power the propeller on the right. Beuys used the principle of electricity and machines in some of his sculpture, so this work may anticipate a later sculpture. Electricity was, for Beuys, part of the much larger issue of energy and, in particular, of ways in which the key issue of human energy (creativity) could be harnessed.
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