Joseph Beuys

The Woman with the Dog

1975

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Artist
Joseph Beuys 1921–1986
Medium
Graphite, oil paint and metal on paper and card
Dimensions
Support (top): 254 × 264 mm
support (lower, each): 254 × 260 mm
frame: 876 × 1130 × 30 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
AR00127

Online caption

Some of Beuys's drawings can be difficult to decipher. Despite the title, neither a human figure nor an animal is immediately apparent here, although the dark shapes in the top drawing are reminiscent of a dog's head. The two rows of drawings beneath appear to show a landscape, and their arrangement resembles a comic strip, as if a story is being told through the sequence. Beuys's drawings often featured the animals he loved. He felt that animals retained a natural instinct and closeness to nature that humans have lost.

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