1945 - Rheinische Bienenzeitung featuring twelve original articles titled “The Bee in Art.” Original title

Rheinische Bienenzeitung featuring twelve original articles titled “The Bee in Art.” Original title Special edition of the Rheinische Bienenzeitung, Issue 12/1975 (see pp. 373–384, featuring a conversation between Joseph Beuys, Bernhard Johannes Blume, and Heinz Günter Prager), published by Constantin Post, Cologne, in a print run of 34 (30 + 4 hardcover) copies, featuring a series of 12 (instead of 13) original works, including: Joseph Beuys (offset print/folded double-page spread, catalog no. Schellmann 152), Bernhard Johannes Blume (“Potted Flower (Awaiting a Bee),” ballpoint pen drawing), Bernard and Ursula Schultze (etching, cat. no. Heuer B 13), Rune Mields (“The Unfolding of the ‘Honeycomb within a Honeycomb’ (29),” double-sided ink drawing), Falko Marx (drawing), C. O. Paeffgen (“Bee Colony in a Moon Formation,” lithograph), Robert Filliou (photograph with inscription), Ulrike Rosenbach (photograph with a quote by Raoul Hausmann), George Brecht (photograph), Heinz Günter Prager (“Honeycomb Structure,” colored pencil over lithograph), Michael Buthe (collaged, reworked print), and Jürgen Klauke (“The Beekeeper’s Widow,” photograph). Each signed or monogrammed by the artist, mostly dated, numbered, and titled; Sheet size: 23.5 cm x 16.5 (or 32.5) cm. Framed. Provenance: Nagel Auction, Stuttgart, Oct. 18, 1997 (9M), Lot 1036; private collection in southern Germany. Portfolio of 12 (of 13) works in various techniques, accompanied by the original issue of the *Rheinische Bienenzeitung* 12/1975. Published by Constantin Post, Cologne, 1975. Edition of 34 (30 + 4 h.c.). Each work is signed and monogrammed, mostly dated, numbered, or inscribed.