Joseph Beuys Postcards - Unoriginal Sins

10 Nov 1. WOCHENEND-AUSSTELLUNG/FLUXUS CONCERT. 1978. SIGNED & STAMPED BY BEUYS.

Posted at 15:28h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1970s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Frankfurt: Frankfurter Kunstverein, 1978
21 x 30cm, 2pp announcement leaflet for a group show of works and videos by Beuys, Joan Jonas, Rebecca Horn, Gerald Domenig, Nicole van den Plas, Christian Hanussek, Peter Scheich, Jorg Frank and others. On the reverse there is a graphic by Ben Vautier for a Fluxus Concert with works from Brecht, Paik, Higgins, Beuys,, Knowles, Filliou, Page, Koepcke, Jones, Andersen, Vostell, Young, Shiomi, and others performed by Ben. This example is signed in red felt tipped pen by Beuys with a blue Haupstrom rubber stamp impression over a photograph of an empty gallery space. VG+.

...

07 Jul IN MEMORIAM GEORGE MACIUNA. KLAVIERDUETT. 1978.

Posted at 08:05h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1970s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Dusseldorf: Staatlichen Kunstakademie/Galerie Rene Block, 1978 15 x 10.5cm, 1pp. Announcement card for the piano duet staged by Beuys and Nam June Paik in memoriam of the recently deceased George Maciunas. One slight crease bottom left else VG. A very scarce card....

18 Jun JOSEPH BEUYS “CUPRUM 0.3% UNGUENTUM METALLICUM PRAERPARATUM” 1978.

Posted at 14:28h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1970s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Munster: Verlag Murken-Altrogge, 1978 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card for the release of a Beuys multiple "CUPRUM 0.3% UNGUENTUM METALLICUM PRAERPARATUM" in a very small edition of only 10 copies. One duotone image of the artist on the front holding the work, verso details of the publication. One very slight paper scuff top left on the reverse else VG+. Scarce....

27 May JOSEPH BEUYS – NEW EDITIONS. 1978.

Posted at 10:40h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1970s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Bologna, Studio Cavalieri - Contemporary Art, 1978 11.2 x 16.2cm., 2pp, typographic design postcard,- the invitation to the inauguration of the Bologna exhibition. VG+ - an unmailed example....

02 May NEVIDAL + SEIDL: BEUYS. 1978. SIGNED BY BEUYS.

Posted at 16:08h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1970s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Guntramsdorf: Nevidal + Seidl, 1978 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist postcard with an image on the front of 6 b/w photographs of Beuys ;aid out on a table. Verso a postcard design. The card is signed by Beuys across the image in red felt tipped pen. VG+. Scarce and not noted in any published source. ...

23 Apr JOSEPH BEUYS: ZEICHNUNGEN, OBJEKTE. 1978.

Posted at 22:47h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1970s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Bremerhaven: Kunstvwerein Bremerhaven, 1978
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with a b/w image of a felt suit placed high up on the museum walls just under the ceiling on the front. The suit is as if Beuys is ever present watching the events below. Verso museum details. VG+.

...

07 Apr JOSEPH BEUYS: MULTIPLIZIERTE KUNST AUS DER SAMMLUNG DR GUNTER ULBRICHT, DUSSELDORF. 1978.

Posted at 22:34h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1970s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Essen: Museum Folkwang, 1978
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with a b/w image of the "Telefone T_R (Telephon S_E)" multiple from 1974 on the front, verso museum details. VG+.

...

23 Mar ANLASSLICH DES VORTRAGES VON BEUYS AM 23.3.78. 1978. SIGNED BY BEUYS.

Posted at 22:12h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1970s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Achberg: Free International University 1978
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp b/w announcement card for a lecture by Beuys with an image of the artist in full flow on the front, verso details of the event and documentation by R. Rappmann and J. Stuttgen. VG+ but this card has been previously framed and there are paper hinges still present in the corners of the card. This is signed in red ink on the front of the card over the image.

...

20 Mar JOSEPH BEUYS. 1978.

Posted at 18:31h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1970s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Firenze: Gallerie de Amicis, 1978 21 xx 15cm, 2pp typographic announcement card - on the second side there is a brief biography of Beuys in Italian. A mailed and franked example with hand-written address. VG. ...

16 Feb VON KUNSTLER ZUM MYTHOS – JOSEPH BEUYS UND DIE KUNSTKRITIK. 1978.

Posted at 09:05h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1970s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Bonn: Kunstverein Braunschweig, 1978
15 x 10.5cm, 1pp typographic announcement card for a museum lecture on Beuys by Lothan Romain.

...

12 Feb FONDAZIONE PER LA RINASCITA DELL’AGRICOLTURA. 1978.

Posted at 21:17h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1970s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Pescara: Lucrezia de Dominzio, 1978
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp artist's postcard showing Beuys at a meeting of the "FOUNDATION FOR THE REBIRTH OF AGRICULTURE" organised by the FIU. Verso postcard design. VG+.

...

12 Feb DISCUSSIONE CON BEUYS – FONDAZIONE PER LA RINASCITA DELL’AGRICOLTURA. 1978.

Posted at 10:30h in Joseph Beuys Cards 1970s, Joseph Beuys Postcards

Pescara, Lucrezia de Domizio, 1978 10.4 x 14.5cm, 2pp artist's postcard with a b/w photograph by Buby Durini of Beuys informally talking with students and members of the public on the grass of the Friedrichplatz in Kassel (probably during Documenta). Lucrezia De Domizio is next to him. The card was issued for an event in Italy “Fondazione per la rinascita dell’agricoltura” (Foundation for the rebirth of agriculture) and there is a second card also issued for the event with a not dissimilar scene of Beuys in discussion. VG+. ...