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22 Jan JACK BURNHAM. 1974.

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1974
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist's postcard with the text: Lass Jack Burnham ruhig auch mal was essen". The story is that Beuys said this "I think we should let Jack Burnham have something to eat as well" in response to the critic's remarks about Marcel Duchamp (which Beuys disagreed with). One of the unnumbered and unsigned copies. VG+. Schellman: P15.

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22 Jan SIGNATURE 1956. 1973.

Posted at 15:11h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1973
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist's postcard with the artist's signature incorporating a drawing of a stag's skull. One of the unnumbered and unsigned copies. VG+. Schellman: P13.

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22 Jan DEMOCRACY IS MERRY. 1975.

Posted at 15:05h 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 image of the artist and comrades leaving the administration of the Staatliche Kunstakadamie following their occupation of the building to demand open access to all to the faculty. Police were called to expel the occupiers on October 10, 1972 and the day after Beuys was dismissed from his professorial post by the University. One of the unnumbered and unsigned copies. VG+. Schellman: P8.

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22 Jan LA RIVOLUZIONE SIMO NOI. 1972.

Posted at 15:01h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1972
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp artist's postcard with image of the artist striding towards the camera ("the revolution starts with me"). One of the unnumbered and unsigned copies. VG+. Schellman: P7.

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22 Jan HEIDELBERG. 1970.

Posted at 14:57h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Heidelberg: Edition Tangent, 1968
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist's postcard with image of the city where the publisher's were located with overprinted "Fluxus Zone West" stamp impression. One of the unnumbered and unsigned copies. VG+. Schellman: P3.

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22 Jan COLOGNE 1968/69.

Posted at 14:51h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Heidelberg: Edition Tangent, 1968
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist's postcard with image of the Dom at Koln. One of the unnumbered and unsigned copies. VG+. Schellman: P2.

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22 Jan KASSEL 1968. 1968,

Posted at 14:25h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Heidelberg: Edition Tangent, 1968
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist's postcard with image of the Friedrichplatz in Kassel - the main building used during Dokumenta. One of the unnumbered and unsigned copies. VG+. Schellman: P1.

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14 Jan IS IT ABOUT A BICYCLE? 1986.

Posted at 11:05h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

NYC: Marisa Del Re Gallery, 1986
13.8 x 13.2cm, 2pp announcement card for the exhibition that began only 7 days before Joseph Beuys suddenly died of a heart attack on 21st January 1986. A colour image of a coloured blackboard drawing on the front and verso gallery details. VG+

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12 Jan KREUZ + ZEICHEN. DAS KREUZ ALS UNIVERSALZEICHEN BEI BEUYS. 1986. BEUYS’ LAST EXHIBITION BEFORE HIS SUDDEN DEATH

Posted at 21:54h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Ratingen: Stadtmuseum Ratingen, 1986
10.5 x 21cm, 2pp announcement card for Beuys' last ever exhibition during his lifetime - he suddenly died of a heart attack on 23 January 1986 - only two weeks after the opening of the show. Text only design. VG+.

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06 Jan DER FUCHS. 1986.

Posted at 09:11h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Bonn/Zurich: VG Bild-Kunst/Pro Litteris, 1986
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp. Commercial artist's postcard issued at the time of Beuys' sudden death with the work "Fox" (an oil on paper painting) on the front in colour, verso standard postcard design. VG+.

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09 Dec UNTITLED (BEUYS PAINTING A WALL). SIGNED BY BEUYS.

Posted at 16:06h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

N.p,: n.p., n.d. (1985?) 17 x 17cm, 1pp b/w postcard displaying a b/w image of Beuys painting a wall. He has signed the card Joseph Beuys in green ink. VG+. ...

09 Dec UNTITLED (BEUYS WITH AXE). SIGNED BY BEUYS.

Posted at 16:04h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1980 - 23rd January 1986, Joseph Beuys Cards 1980s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

N.p,: n.p., n.d. (1985?) 10.5 x 15cm, 1pp b/w postcard displaying a b/w image of Beuys holding an axe while sitting on a couch. He has signed the card Joseph Beuys in blue ink. VG+.

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