paul robertson, Author at Unoriginal Sins

04 Feb CARD FOR THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST BATTLE OF LITTLE SPARTA FEBRUARY 4 1983. 1986. WITH RUBBER STAMP IMPRESSION VERSO.

Posted at 10:18h in Artist's Postcards

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1986
11.5 x 17.7, 1pp card with noting the third anniversary of Strathclyde Regions "assault" on the Garden Temple at Little Sparta below which Finlay has written printed green on cream:BR> "all wars grow mossy".
The line reminds the reader that all statues and commemorative stones ultimately are covered in growth and the event forgotten. This is one of my favourite Finlay aphorisms - time passes and what seems memorable goes from public consciousness.
This card on the back has a black rubber stamp impression from Finlay that reads "FEBRUARY 4/DAY OF THE FLUTE". VG+.

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03 Feb URN. (GARDEN POEM). 1986. FOLDING PRINT.

Posted at 08:24h in Prints + Posters

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1983
81 x 21.8cm, black on green folding offset lithograph. A concrete poem with the repeat words urn and column placed one above the other (with column broken up into COL and UMN) to create the vision of a column topped with an urn. One of the more simple of such poems but there is an additional element of the the strong vertical lines of the ascenders in the font to reflect the vertical lines one might get in a classical column.

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02 Feb 7 VORTAGE ZU JOSEPH BEUYS. 1986.

Posted at 08:47h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Cards Posthumous, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Koln/Monchengladbach: Konig/Museumsverein Mönchengladbach, 1986
15 x 10.5cm,4pp. Promotional and subscription card for the title book on Beuys and the 7000 Eichen project. One b/w image of the artist with tree and basalt stone. Published in the month immediately after the artist's death. VG+.

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23 Jan

Posted at 15:15h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

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22 Jan LETZTE WARNUN AN DIE DEUTSCHE BANK. 1985.

Posted at 18:44h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1985 15 x 10.5cm, 2pp. Artist's postcard with a design by Beuys on the front issued as part of the Originalgrafik Series D. VG+. ...

22 Jan NEUES VOM GOLD. 1984.

Posted at 17:30h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1984.
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist's postcard with the title Beuys work on the front. VG+. Not in Schellman.

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22 Jan KITSCH POSTCARD NO 2. 1980.

Posted at 17:25h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1980.
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp artist's postcard which de facto criticises various academic and artists for supporting the SDP in elections - the attack calling the support "kitsch".. VG+. Schellman: P47.

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22 Jan ONESELF. 1977.

Posted at 17:22h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1977
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist's postcard with a text drawing by Beuys on a yellow lined background - the text translates as "Whoever won't think gets kicked out". One of the unnumbered and unsigned copies. VG+. Schellman: P44.

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22 Jan THE WARMTH-TIME MACHINE. 1975

Posted at 17:06h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1975
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist's postcard with a drawing of the earth as an apple. One of the unnumbered and unsigned copies. VG+. Schellman: P24....

22 Jan BONNEFANTEN. 1975. ADDRESSED TO WOLFGANG BECKER.

Posted at 16:58h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1975
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp artist's postcard with an image of the artist and a friend at the opening of an exhibition at Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht. One of the unnumbered and unsigned copies. This example has a handwritten note on the back from "Isi" dated 11.6.75 for Wolfgang Becker with some paper scuffs on the back but else VG+. Becker was the founder of the famous Neue Galerie in Aachen where Beuys made some of his earliest Aktions. Schellman: P23.

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22 Jan COSMOS UND DAMIAN. 1974

Posted at 15:32h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1974
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist's postcard with an image of the Twin Towers (taken from a tourist 3-d commercial postcard) on the front which Beuys identifies with Cosmos and Damien - the black and white twin brothers who practice medicine without taking fees and were the subject of various miracles. One of the unnumbered and unsigned copies. VG+. Schellman: P20.

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22 Jan LET FLOWERS SPEAK. 1974.

Posted at 15:21h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1974
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist's postcard with the title work on the front, verso publisher's details. The image of flowers was taken from American sugar cube packaging. One of the unnumbered and unsigned copies. VG+. Schellman: P18

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