Lot number 249 - Auction 158
MAPPENWERK 'ZEICHNUNGEN ZU 'CODICES MADRID' VON LEONARDO DA VINCI' (1975)

JOSEPH BEUYS 1921 Krefeld - 1986 Düsseldorf PORTFOLIO 'DRAWINGS FOR 'CODICES MADRID' BY LEONARDO DA VINCI' (1975) 12 granolithographs on paper, plus a book of the same name containing 81 granolithographs. Book 23 x 15,5 cm, Cassette 40 x 33 x 2,5 cm. Sheet size lithographs 30 x 24 cm. Lithographs each signed in pencil and num '15/100'; book copy '14/1000'. Drawings relating to the two sketchbooks 'Codices Madrid' by Leonardo da Vinci. With a text by Götz Adriani. Stuttgart 1975. Copies 1-100 come in a linen cassette containing a suite of 12, of which 6 are individually num. from 1-100 and signed by the artis. Lithographs loose in their passepartout; folds of the covers part. loose; cassette showing signs of age, with some light staining; corners of the book slightly worn. In original linen cassette. Literature: Schellmann 165-176. Provenance: Private collection Düsseldorf.