I found the hat on the stand next to the door. It just appeared one day, long after he’d gone, leaving gold-leaf footprints and a smell of melted wax behind him. Sitting next to my own hat – a cheap market-stall number – its quality was obvious. A real Stetson, the felt fabric made from the shaved pelts of rabbits, thick and soft and tough as nails. He liked nice things. …

‘The Hat’, in Brotherus – Block – Beuys/ Planting Potatoes – Transformations
Antje-Britt Mählmann, ed.
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published by Keher Verlag 2023
Languages: English, German
ISBN 978-3-96900-148-6