Editing Joseph Beuys (section)

==Art market==
The first works Franz Joseph and Hans van der Grinten bought from Joseph Beuys in 1951 cost about €10 each in 2021 currency. Beginning with small woodcuts, they purchased about 4,000 works, creating the largest Beuys collection in the world.<ref>Chang, Helen (Janueary 11, 2008)[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119999526879881729 Why I Buy: Art Collectors Reveal What Drives Them]. ''The Wall Street Journal''</ref> In 1967, the 'Beuys Block', a group of first works, was purchased by the collector Karl Ströher in Darmstadt (now part of the Hessisches Landesmuseum).

Beuys's artworks have fluctuated in price in the years since his death, sometimes even failing to reach bid minimums.<ref>{{cite news|author=Art Sales |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/9238209/Art-market-news-Joseph-Beuys-suit-sells-for-96000.html |title=Art market news: Joseph Beuys suit sells for $96,000 |newspaper=Telegraph |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref> A bronze sculpture titled ''Bett'' (''Corsett,'' 1949/50) sold for US$900,000 ([[hammer price]]) at [[Sotheby's|Sotheby's New York]] in May 2008, a record.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/catalogues/ecatalogue.html/2008/contemporary-art-evening-auction-n08441#/r=/en/ecat.fhtml.N08441.html+r.m=/en/ecat.lot.N08441.html/34/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225042605/http://www.sothebys.com/en/catalogues/ecatalogue.html/2008/contemporary-art-evening-auction-n08441#/r=/en/ecat.fhtml.N08441.html+r.m=/en/ecat.lot.N08441.html/34/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 December 2014 |title=Sotheby's – Catalogue |publisher=Sothebys.com |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref> His ''Schlitten'' (''Sled'', 1969) sold for $314,500 at [[Phillips de Pury & Company]], New York, in April 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phillipsdepury.com/auctions/lot-detail/JOSEPH-BEUYS/NY030112/95/8/1/12/detail.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131095436/http://www.phillipsdepury.com/auctions/lot-detail/JOSEPH-BEUYS/NY030112/95/8/1/12/detail.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 January 2013 |publisher=Phillips|title=JOSEPH BEUYS – Sled, 1969}}</ref> At the same auction, a ''Filzanzug'' (''Felt Suit,'' 1970) sold for $96,100.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/9238209/Art-market-news-Joseph-Beuys-suit-sells-for-96000.html|title=Art market news: Joseph Beuys suit sells for $96,000|date=1 May 2012|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=23 September 2014|last1=Gleadell|first1=Colin}}</ref> This surpassed the previous auction record for a ''Filzanzug'', 62,000 euros (US$91,381.80) at [[Lempertz|Kunsthaus Lempertz]] ([[Cologne|Cologne, Germany]]) in November 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aALBGYnmjwG8|title=Phibro's Andrew Hall Exhibits Beuys; Blind Men Use Power Tools|website=[[Bloomberg News]]|access-date=23 September 2014}}</ref> Details and prices of Beuys's works sold at auction are listed by [[Artsy (website)|Artsy]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Joseph Beuys – Auction Results and Sales Data | website=Artsy| url=https://www.artsy.net/artist/joseph-beuys/auction-results?hide_upcoming=false&allow_empty_created_dates=true}} List of works sold and prices (registration needed to see prices), updated as required.</ref>

The artist produced over 600 original multiples in his lifetime. Large sets of multiples are in the collections of the [[Pinakothek der Moderne]] in Munich, Germany, [[Harvard University Art Museums]] in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the [[Walker Art Center]] in Minneapolis, and the [[Kunstmuseum Bonn]], Germany. In 2006, the [[Eli Broad|Broad Art Foundation]] in Los Angeles acquired 570 multiples by Beuys, including a ''Filzanzug'' and a ''Schlitten'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aRoqEfAzefaI&refer=culture|title=Eli Broad's Foundation Buys 570 Works by German Artist Beuys|website=[[Bloomberg News]]|access-date=23 September 2014}}</ref> thereby becoming the most complete collection of Beuys works in the United States and among the largest collections of Beuys multiples in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://art-for-a-change.com/blog/2007/03/lacma-broad-beuys-bp.html |title=» LACMA: Broad, Beuys, & BP |publisher=Art-for-a-change.com |date=28 March 2007 |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>