Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986 - Unoriginal Sins

21 Mar INCONTRO CON BEUYS. 1984.

London/Boston, Starkmann Books, n.d. (1984) 16 x 10.8cm. 4pp announcement card and subscription for the book by Lucrezia de Domizio, Buby Durini, Italo Tomassoni based on their interactions and public events with Beuys. The front of the card has a full colour image of Beuys on a bicycle next to boxes of FIU wine (a portrait taken by Buby Durini during the "Scultura Vino F.I.U. Happening" that took place in Düsseldorf, 1983. Internally is a detachable subscription card for the book. VG+. ...

08 Mar DIFESA DELLA NATURA. 1984. SIGNED BY BEUYS.

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Pescara: Lucrecia De Domizio, n.d. (1984)
15.2 x 20.cm, 2pp announcement card for for the "Defense of Nature" event/aktion where Beuys planted thousands of trees to reclaim land from man's ill-effects on the landscape. This is one of two related cards here with an image from the action of workers holding up a banner with the title of the event. This example is signed by Beuys in red felt tipped pen. VG+.

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16 Feb ZWEI SKULPTUREN 1949, 1950. 1984.

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N.p. (Heidelberg): Galerie Schellmann & Kluser, 1984 21 x 15cm, 4pp announcement card for an exhibition showing two early bronze sculptures by Beuys- "Ofen" from 1950 and Tierfrai from 1949. Both shown in b/w on the inside of the card. VG+. ...

06 Feb JOSEPH BEUYS. 1984.

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Tokyo: Seibu Museum, 1984 25.5 x 18cm, 2pp announcement leaflet for a late solo show with four images of the artist and works front and back and a text in Japanese. VG+. ...

28 Jan FETTWINKEL. c. 1984. SIGNED BY BEUYS.

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Monchegladbach: Stadtisches Museum, n.d. (c. 1984)
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp. Commercial artist's postcard issued by the museum with the work "Fettwinkel" from 1962 on the front in colour, verso standard postcard design. This example has been very clearly signed on the front by Beuys in black felt tipped pen. VG+.

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17 Jan LANDSCHAFTEN. 1984.

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Wuppertal: Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal, 1984 20cm x 20cm, 8pp. Announcement card a short essay in German and four b/w reproductions of drawings and a portrait of the artist. VG+. ...

01 Jan LA JAMBE D’ORWELL PANTALON POUR LE 21E SICLE. 1984.

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Paris: Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, 1984 10 x 21cm, 1pp announcement card for exhibition of La jambe d'Orwell - a pair of jeans with circular holes cut out of the knee. beuys was in Paris to be part of Nam June Paik's "Good Morning Mr Orwell" a tv broadcast and created this multiple for exhibition and sale. VG+. ...

11 Dec JOSEPH BEUYS. 1983.

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Dusseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1983
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with a b/w image of an Beuys drawing SCHMERZRAUM on the front, verso gallery details. VG+.

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08 Dec ROSEWEIN. 1983. SIGNED & DOUBLE STAMPED BY BEUYS.

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Bonn: Galerie Klein, 1983 10.4 x 14.8cm, 2pp announcement card for the edition of rose wine released as part of the Difesa della natura campaign by Beuys and the exhibition in the gallery. B/w image of the wine and box on the front which has been signed in red felt tipped pen and stamped twice by Beuys with FIU impressions in red and blue....

16 Sep AGNETTI BEUYS. 1983. ENVELOPE AS ANNOUNCEMENT CARD.

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Stuttgart: Galerie Brigitte March, 1983 11 x 15.5cm, printed card envelope doubling as exhibition invitation, content of two photos printed on glassine paper - both 13.4 x 18.4cm, Apocalisse nel deserto (by Agnetti) and Titus Andronicus / Iphigenie (by Beuys) Envelope stamped with oversized Hauptstrom rubber stamp impression (possibly offset printed). VG+....

16 Sep AGNETTI BEUYS. 1983. WITH HAUPSTROM STAMPING.

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Stuttgart: Galerie Brigitte March, 1983 16.3 x 23cm, 2pp announcement card envelope promoting Agnetti's "La Cultura Dimenticata quasi a Memoria" (Culture Almost Forgotten by Memory) and Joseph Beuys' "Wirtschaftswerte" - also known as the Economic Value goods where Beuys displayed non-branded goods from Eastern Germany to promote the idea that the economy does not need the advertising and competition between overpriced items. This is a mailed example with stamps and frankings and has a red rubber stamp impression of the Haupstom stamp. This card was hand address to Lucrezia De Domizio. Some slight creasing to edges but overall VG. ...

24 Aug BERGKONIG 1958 – 61. 1983. SIGNED & STAMPED BY BEUYS.

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Frankfurt am Main: Städtische Galerie im Städel, 1983 30 x21cm, 4pp announcement for a solo show with a major sculpture "Bergkonig 1958 - 1961" in bronze. Originally planned in 1958, it is an early work by Beuys with a "crown" above a mass that suggests a fallen figure (perhaps having been decapitated). Five b/w images of the work (including a sketch and painting) along with a text in German by Klaus Gallwitz and a biography of the artist with a small portrait. This example has been rubber stamped with a Haupstrom stamp in blue and signed in pencil on the front by Beuys. VG+....