Lothar WOLLEH (1930 - 1979), after - Lot 272

Lothar WOLLEH (1930 - 1979), after Double-sided off-set print featuring the artist Joseph Beuys Dimensions: 44 x 44 cm without margins In January 1971, the first museum exhibition of Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) outside Germany took place at Stockholm's Moderna Museet. Photographer Lothar Wolleh (1930-1979) accompanied Beuys on his journey and photographed the installation for this exhibition. These photographs served as the basis for an artist's book by Beuys and Wolleh, which became famous under the title "Unterwasserbuch" (literally "Underwater Book"). Lothat Wolleh is a photographer renowned for his portraits of internationally renowned painters, sculptors and activists, including Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Christo, René Magritte, Gerhard Richter, Dieter Roth, Jean Tinguely and Günther Uecker. In all, he has portrayed 109 artists.