Little Sparta: Finlay, 1985
Standard hand addressed DL manilla postal envelope to Christopher Barker franked 27th November 1985. Notable for the blue rubber stamp impression added by Finlay to the front: "LITTLE SPARTA IS A LUCID MOMENT IN STRATHCLYDE REGION". Return address stamping on back. Cleanly opened.
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30 x 21cm, hand typed letter on printed letterhead paper.
A letter sent by Finlay to Christopher Barker dated 26.11.85
The letter agrees to the poet's photograph to be taken by Barker for a book in response to the latter's letter (see below) asking for a session. Finlay as ever is funny - he claims that "Like Plotinus I hate to be photographed" and that "I don't expect it will take any longer than having a tooth pulled."
Signed in full in black ink by Finlay at the end.
JOINT WITH:
Original typed letter (unsigned) from Christopher Barker to Finlay dated 6.11.85 requesting to be allowed to visit Little Sparta and so to include Finlay in a book of photographs of British poets planned for publication and asking for one poem to also be included in the book. Blue printed stationery.
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Lille: Extrsamuros, 1985
21 x30cm, 4pp large format announcement card where Beuys' Economic Value works were shown as an installation. The front of the card shows the various items on racking, internally there is an essay by Denis-Laurent Bouyer "Valeurs Economiques, Valeurs de l'art". VG+.
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Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1985
42 x 29.5cm, red on white satin paper offset lithograph with a text in French after Saint-Just and his comrade in arms Lebas who had been sent to Stranbourg in 1794 by Robesprierre to end local disputes in the city that had come to violence. This was part of a general move on the Committe for Public Safety to rein in the actions of the many Representatives on Mission who had overstepped their perceived powers and gain central control of the country. The proclamation (on 25 Brumaire, 1794) tells citizens of Strasbourg to stop acting like Germans as their hearts are French. By accounts Saint-Just and Labas took the side of the city merchants over that of agitators from outside (presumably regarded as more "German") and capturing the latter's leader Euloge Schneider sent him back to Paris to meet the guillotine (again: as they had publicly displayed him tied up in front of a the local version for a day) but now for the last time .Brumaire was the second month of the revolutionary calendar and its symbol was fog. Ultimately the Coup of 18 Brumaire brought General Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France and in the view of most historians ended the French Revolution.
There were two colour variants of this print - this is the blue one, the red is also in this collection.
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Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1985
42 x 29.5cm, red on white satin paper offset lithograph with a text in French after Saint-Just and his comrade in arms Lebas who had been sent to Stranbourg in 1794 by Robesprierre to end local disputes in the city that had come to violence. This was part of a general move on the Committe for Public Safety to rein in the actions of the many Representatives on Mission who had overstepped their perceived powers and gain central control of the country. The proclamation (on 25 Brumaire, 1794) tells citizens of Strasbourg to stop acting like Germans as their hearts are French. By accounts Saint-Just and Labas took the side of the city merchants over that of agitators from outside (presumably regarded as more "German") and capturing the latter's leader Euloge Schneider sent him back to Paris to meet the guillotine (again: as they had publicly displayed him tied up in front of a the local version for a day) but now for the last time .Brumaire was the second month of the revolutionary calendar and its symbol was fog. Ultimately the Coup of 18 Brumaire brought General Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France and in the view of most historians ended the French Revolution.
There were two colour variants of this print - this is the red one, the blue is also in this collection.
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NYC: Massimo Audiello Gallery, n.d. (1985)
11.8 x 15.8cm, 1pp announcement card with a typographic design to promote an exhibition featuring the Capri-Batterie multiple where Beuys put a lemon coloured lightbulb to be lit by the electricity from a lemon it is plugged into. VG+.
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Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1985
11 x 22.3cm, 2pp artist's postcard issued during Documanta IV by Beuys. The commercial postcard view is overstamped (in print) with the Deutsche Studentenpartie. Issued as part of Staeck Serie 3. VG+. ...
Naples, Lucio Amelio, 1985 15 x 22cm, 1pp announcement card printed yellow on white for the exhibition where the object multiple (a lemon coloured bulb attached to an Italian plug which is meant to be attached to a lemon to gain power) was on show. The work being a metaphor for the use of nature as a force for change or even energy. One brown mark on the left of the card else VG. ...
Edinburgh: Reaktion Books, 1985
21 x 15cm, 4pp. Black on white offset lithographic subscription leaflet for the extensive monograph on Finlay by Abrioux. Two b/w images of a sundial and the front garden. VG+.
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London: Anthony d'Offay , 1985
21 x 15cm, 4pp announcement card for the title sculpture. One image of Beuys in Ireland at the Giant's Causeway on the front and gallery details internally. VG+.
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Pescara: Lucrecia De Domizio, 1984
16 x 22cm, announcement card for a number of drawings incorporating dried flower which were first exhibited at the F.I.A.C. in the Grand Palais. This example is signed by Beuys and with a blue FIU rubber stamp impression. VG+.
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London: Anthony d'Offay , 1985
20 x 21cm, 1pp announcement card for teh title sculpture. One image of Beuys in Ireland at the Giant's Causeway and text in English explaining the original of the work. VG+.
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