QUARTZ WATCH FROM SWITZERLAND: WORLDWIDE ONLY 5 PIECES/COPIES PRODUCED!
Quartz watch no. 5 | Edition: 5 copies
metal, leather, glass | diameter: 3,1 cm
Manufacturer: Albert Jean Leu | Biel (Switzerland), produced in 1984/1985.
Condition: Perfect, New Old Stock (NOS) from an archive. No scratches, never worn. Fully functioning! An extremely rare collective piece. Presented in a wooden, lacquered box.
On January 12, 1985, Joseph Beuys together with Andy Warhol and the Japanese artist Kaii Higashiyama participated in the „Global-Art-Fusion“ project. This was a Fax-Art project, initiated by the conceptual artist Ueli Fuchser, in which a fax was sent with drawings of all three artists within 32 minutes around the world – from Dusseldorf (Germany) via New York (US) to Tokyo (Japan), received at Vienna’s Palais Liechtenstein Museum of Modern Art. This fax was a statement of peace during the Cold War in the 1980s.
>> The history and official archive of GLOBAL-ART-FUSION 1985 (English/German) <<
On the occasion of this art project, the initiator Ueli Fuchser produced a quartz watch by manufacturer Albert Jean Leu (Biel, Switzerland) with a total circulation of „5“ copies. Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol and famous Japanese artist Kaii Higashiyama, each received one watch on Christmas 1984. These watches are numbered and owned by: #1 Joseph Beuys #2 Andy Warhol #3 Kaii Higashiyama #4 PD Dr. Ing. Tino Celio (Scientist, who consulted this art project) #5 Ueli Fuchser, Bern (Initiator of this art project).
Official reference, photo and explanation published in:
Global-Art-Fusion, Catalogue | Published by U. Fuchser,
E. Graber | Bern, 1986, page 27.
Photos: Archive © Chahil Art Consulting
GLOBAL-ART-FUSION 1985
Quartz watch no. 5 | Edition: 5 copies
metal, leather, glass | diameter: 3,1 cm
Manufacturer: Albert Jean Leu | Biel (Switzerland), produced in 1984/1985.
