What is Happening?
A Happening is a term used to describe artistic and theatrical events held by artists in the 1950s and 60s. These events were typically staged in gallery installations or planned environments and often involved audience participation, along with elements like lighting, sounds, and slide projections. Happenings were a precursor to performance art, which later included the active participation of the artists themselves.
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ARTWORKS RELATED TO HAPPENING
Joseph Beuys
Eine Rose für direkte Demokratie, 1968
Sculpture / Object
Mixed Media
EUR 2,800
Joseph Beuys
Ja Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee, 1970
Sculpture / Object
Mixed Media
EUR 2,500
Claes Oldenburg
Notes in Hand, from the Notes in Hand Portfolio, 1972
Limited Edition Print
Offset Print
EUR 2,000
Red Grooms
Bicyclist, 1999
Sculpture / Object
Metal
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Jim Dine
Jumps Out at You, No?, 1993
Limited Edition Print
Etching
USD 14,000 - 16,000
Claes Oldenburg
Proposal for a Colossal Structure in the Form of a Clothespin-Compared to Brancusi's Kiss, 1972
Limited Edition Print
Screen-print
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Jim Dine
Nine Views of Winter 2, 1985
Limited Edition Print
Woodcut
USD 4,800
Robert Rauschenberg
Plate II, from Shirtboards Morocco, Italy '52 Portfolio, 1991
Limited Edition Print
Collage
USD 1,900
Robert Rauschenberg
Plate III, from Shirtboards Morocco, Italy '52 Portfolio, 1991
Limited Edition Print
Collage
USD 1,900
Robert Rauschenberg
Plate I, from Shirtboards Morocco, Italy '52 Portfolio, 1991
Limited Edition Print
Collage
USD 1,900
Red Grooms
Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm, 1973
Limited Edition Print
Screen-print
GBP 1,140
Claes Oldenburg
M.Mouse (with) 1 Ear (equals) Tea Bag Blackboard Version, 1973
Limited Edition Print
Mixed Media
GBP 2,220
Robert Rauschenberg
Three plates, from Shirtboards Morocco, Italy '52 Portfolio, 1991
Limited Edition Print
Collage
USD 5,590
Jim Dine
Louisiana Hearts, 1982
Limited Edition Print
Mixed Media
USD 4,500
Jim Dine
Dynamite, 1998
Limited Edition Print
Mixed Media
USD 6,000
Robert Rauschenberg
Passport (from the Ten from Leo Castelli portfolio), 1967
Sculpture / Object
Mixed Media
USD 5,350
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