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07 Jun AIRS WATERS GRACES. 1975

Posted at 17:24h in Artist's Books

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1975
26 x 17cm, 16pp. Original card covers and printed dust jacket. Artist's book comprising 9 b/w drawings by Ron Costley - some are military vehicles or ships with classical allusions by Finlay added (many of which become sculptures and prints). Two show sundials (including Venus of the Hours which is a visual pun on female sexuality) which is another Finlay interest. Finlay often saw parallels between classical stories and modern war machines. Here, for instance, Earth/Air/Fire/Water/Time is a drawing of an aircraft carrier (which Finlay believed was symbolic of the four classical elements) moving across a sylised map which resembles a sun dial - thus bringing in the 5th aspect of reality - Time. One of 350 copies printed - this is an unsigned or numbered copy. Near fine.

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06 Jun UITGEGEVAN DOOR KLAUS STAECK. 1975.

Posted at 19:33h in Joseph Beuys Postcards

Amsterdam: Seriaal Toont, 1975
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp announcement card for an exhibtion of posters, postcards, object multiples "edited by Klaus Staeck" on the front is the well known humorous Beuys enamel plaque "Prof. Joseph Beuys. Institute for Cosmetic Surgery. Speciality: Buttocklifting". VG+. A mailed example. .

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06 Jun ZWEI WEIBLICHE TORSI. 1975.

Posted at 13:56h in Joseph Beuys Postcards

Munchen: Grafos-Verlag, n.d. (1975) 10.5 x 15cm, announcement card for an edition of lithographs by Beuys showing two torsos - one male, the other female that was issued in 75 hand-signed examples. Publisher's details on the reverse. VG+> ...

25 May THUNDERBOLT STEERS ALL. 1975. MEDALLION.

Posted at 16:17h in Object + Paper Multiples

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 19975
3 x4.5cm, copper and brass plated aluminium medallion with chain. With a design by Ron Costley (which originally was created for the exhibition Heroic Emblems) of a tank above which the title text - a reference to Zeus and his lightning bolts is set. The original quote comes from Heraclitus: "the Thunderbolt that steers the course of all things".
All of the Heroic Emblems showed modern machines (mostly of war) in reference to Classical myths. Originally boxed with leaflet but this example does not have those elements. Edition size not known but very hard to find.

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24 May JE NOUS W IK J. EXPOSITION D’ART D’AUJOURD’HUI. 1975. SIGNED BY BEUYS.

Posted at 15:36h in Joseph Beuys Postcards

Brussels: Musee d'ixèllés, 1975
10 x 21cm, 1pp typographic announcement card for a major group exhibition which had contributions by all major European artists including Andre, Artswager, Ben, Beuys, Boltanski, Buren, Byars, Christo, Filliou, Huebler, On Kawara, Kienholtz, Ono, Panamarenko, Spoerri, Tuttle and Weiner amongst others. Harald Szeemann curated the show. This card has been signed by Beuys top right in red ink and stamped with the Haupfstrom impression in blue. VG+.

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23 May SALTOARTE. 1975. SIGNED & STAMPED BY BEUYS, PANAMARENKO AND STAECK.

Posted at 18:59h in Joseph Beuys Postcards

Bruxelles: Pour Magazine, 1975 21 x 30cm, 2pp announcement leaflet for an edition of 28 works in a box issued in support of POUR - a radical political publication which Beuys often raised money for it by various events and editions. This leaflet was unfolded and signed by three of the artists - Beuys (who also has added a Fluxus West rubber stamp impression in blue), Panamarenko and Klaus Staeck. Two of the works found in the box are shown in b/w - Beuys photographs and Christo's wrapped edition of POUR as well as an image of the outside of the box. Really a paper edition as well as announcement this is not found in Schellmann Beuys Multiples although other editions related to POUR are to be found as Nrs 143 and 144....

19 May AMARYLLIS BCK55. 1975. UNIQUE TRIAL PROOF WITH DIFFERENT COLOURS.

Posted at 19:56h in Object + Paper Multiples

Dunsyre: Little Sparta, 1987 15.3 x 15.3cm, hand-painted yellow on white ceramic tile displaying the title Concrete poem. One of a group of three such tiles each with the name of a boat alongside its official registration number (Buckie in the North East of Scotland). Often shown as part of a triptych consisting of Zephyr, Shepherd Lad and Amaryllis. This is a unique trial proof of the design where Finlay has the colours in red and yellow - he eventually rejected this combination in favour of a single colour for both words. VG+. ...

19 May SHEPHERD LAD KY 216. 1975.

Posted at 16:17h in Object + Paper Multiples

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, n.d. (1975)
15.3 x 15.3cm., blue and green handpainted on white ceramic tile with the the name of a boat SHEPHERD LAD and its registered harbour - Inverness - and number. Often shown as part of a triptych consisting of Zephyr, Shepherd Lad and Amaryllis. One of only 100 made. VG+....

19 May AMARYLLIS BCK55. 1975.

Posted at 14:32h in Object + Paper Multiples

19 May ZEPHYR INS6. 1975.

Posted at 09:50h in Object + Paper Multiples

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, n.d. (1975)
15.3 x 15.3cm., blue on white ceramic tile with the the name of a boat ZEPHYR and its registered harbour - Inverness - and number. FInlay has referred to the boat name before - it clearly has positive implications for sailors given a zephyr is regarded as a sort of bonus wind to speed up a journey. When one looks up the background of the boat one finds that it was "Built at Dunbar in 1969. (A) scalloper owned by John MacAlllister Ltd of Oban. Throughout his artistic endeavours Finlay always felt the need to return to the sea, - much like a scalloper. One of only 100 made. Scare. VG+ Murray has this as 7.51. .

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13 May ZEICHNUNGEN, BILDER, PLASTIKEN, OBJEKTE VON 1947 BIS 1964. 1975.

Posted at 11:42h in Joseph Beuys Postcards

Freiburg: Kunstverein Freiburg, 1975 110.5 x 21cm, 2pp announcement card for an exhibition of Beuys' work from 1947 to 1964. The front of the card shows the work Ketttenglied from 1959 - which is the same image used for Beuys' first ever invite card. The back of the card with museum details is printed upside down (as were all of the cards). Slight wear on the left of corners of the card else VG+. ...

07 May LE PAPA BRICOLEURS. 1975.

Posted at 10:17h in EPHEMERA

Antibes: Arocaria Editions, 1975
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp b/w artist's postcard with an image of the artist with his ventriloquist's dummy - Boltanski is pretending to hammer a nail into the wall as if he is a father attempting DIY. Verso publisher's info and standard postcard design VG+.

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