Oil paint and ink on paper
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FOND II
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
abstraction
artist’s notes
battery
Beuys, Joseph, sculpture, ‘FOND II’’
electrical appliances
emotions, concepts and ideas
energy
fine art and design, named works
from recognisable sources
furnishings
geometric
inscriptions
man-made
non-representational
objects
symbols and personifications
table
universal concepts
paper unique oil paint ink
4 July 2009 – 27 September 2009
2009-09-27
4 July 2009 – 27 September 2009
2009-09-27
2009-07-04
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill on Sea, UK)
http://www.dlwp.com/
2009-07-04
ARTIST ROOMS 2009: Joseph Beuys
Loan-out
For FOND II
support: 264 × 200 mm
frame: 678 × 524 × 37 mm
<a href="/search?gid=999999788" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">ARTIST ROOMS</a>
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the <a href="/search?gid=999999967" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">National Heritage Memorial Fund</a> and the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 2008
<p>'Fond' is used by Beuys as a term for a battery. Although diverse in realisation, his FOND series of works all present a means for storage and/or transmission of energy from a power source. They also epitomise the artist's combination of art with science. FOND I (1957), was a jar which had been filled with pears by the artist's mother to preserve them. FOND II (to which this drawing refers) was a sculpture of 1968, which included two copper tables charged with 20,000 volts, plus batteries and chemical apparatus. In FOND III (also 1968) the artist combined felt sheets with copper plates to represent the creation and storage of energy.</p>

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abstraction artist’s notes battery Beuys, Joseph, sculpture, ‘FOND II’’ electrical appliances emotions, concepts and ideas energy fine art and design, named works from recognisable sources furnishings geometric inscriptions man-made non-representational objects symbols and personifications table universal concepts