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

Posted at 18:59h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1970s, 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 Cards 1970s, 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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07 May LE REPAS REFUSEES. 1975.

Posted at 10:13h 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 during a performance. The artist is trying to feed the dummy but it appears to be refusing to eat. Verso publisher's info and standard postcard design VG+.

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03 May KOMISCHE EENAKTERS. 1975.

Posted at 16:13h in EPHEMERA

Amsterdam: Seriaal, 1975 21 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with a Boltanski photograph of the artist pretending to be an elderly female on the front, verso gallery details. VG+. ...

01 May HORLOGE DE FLORE. 1975

Posted at 09:21h in Artist's Postcards

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1975
15,5 x 17.6cm, 6pp folding card printed on one side only black on pink with a drawing of three partially blown dandelion seed heads by Laurie Clark. The French title means flower clock - and the partly distributed seeds on the heads of the drawing remind one of a coded time - - perhaps a quarter before four?

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30 Apr EASTERTIDE. 1975.

Posted at 09:30h in Artist's Postcards

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1975
7.5 x 7.8cm, 4pp small folding card with a drawing of a church and a beached boat by Laurie Clark. The scene has several elements that are visually similar - the four leaf plants (clovers?), the propellor on the boat, and the church windows all have the same shape. The word "Eastertide" simply means Easter but it has additional meaning because the boat cannot move until the tide comes in. Additionally in the Biblical myth around Jesus, the role of fish and fishermen as metaphors are often central. One is forced to conclude this is a religious card - something that does not come up too often in Finlay's work. VG+.

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26 Apr PLAINT OF THE BARGE-SAILS. c. 1975?

Posted at 22:10h in Object + Paper Multiples

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, n.d. (c. 1975?)
12 x 24cm., brown on white ceramic tile. The well known song Oranges & Lemons is re-written to re-contextualise the nursery rhyme to a maritime alternative - each rhyme ends with a fishing port and that geographical distinction defines which boat is chosen to make the couplet. Date unknown but all other Finlay tiles were published in the mid 70s. This tile is not in Murray or any other catalogue raisonne. A rarity. VG+.

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