Weekend
1971
EB32
Reclam book, Maggi bottle (14.5 x 5 cm)
Planned edition of 95, comprising 65 copies in a suitcase and 10 copies in a wooden case, signed in the book
With the title Ich kenne kein Weekend (I don’t know a Weekend), Beuys responds directly to the concept of the edition Weekend (EB32). For his contribution in the form of a readymade, he stamped “BEUYS: ich kenne kein Weekend” on a Reclam edition of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason and combined it with a standard Maggi bottle. Both objects are attached to the lid of the suitcase: the Maggi bottle with a metal clip on the neck of the bottle, and the book with two wide rubber bands. The object can be displayed with the case open. Around 65 of the planned edition of 95 copies of the case were produced. In 2017, a further ten copies of Ich kenne kein Weekend were produced in a black wooden case with the same dimensions as the original suitcase.
In copies from 1980 onwards, Beuys’ contribution features a Maggi bottle with a different manufacturer’s label; from 1986 onwards, Wenzel Beuys signed the Reclam book in the imprint and it also bears a stamp from the Beuys Estate.
Text: Birgit Eusterschulte