Eurasia Siberian Symphony 1963

Joseph Beuys · 1966

Before you is Eurasia Siberian Symphony, by Joseph Beuys, nineteen sixty-six: a panel with a chalk drawing, felt, fat, painted poles, and a taxidermied hare. Felt and fat recur throughout his work — materials he associated with warmth and survival, and which he wrapped in a personal mythology he never entirely dismantled.

Medium Panel with chalk drawing, felt, fat, taxidermied hare, and painted poles · Dimensions 6' x 7' 6 3/4" x 20" (183 x 230 x 50 cm) · Credit Gift of Frederic Clay Bartlett (by exchange)

Hanging beside it in Gallery 408: Collected Works, Volume 11: Snow (Gesammelte Werke, Band 11: Snow), deluxe edition, Do it Yourself