31 Mar JOSEPH BEUYS. 1977.
München, Schulmann & Kluger, 1977
10.7 x 21.2cm, 6pp asymmetric folded card with 10.5 x 13.8cm, b/w illustration of a lithograph "Letter from London" 1976 which the card is offering for 3,200 DM. VG+.
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16 Mar RICHTKRAFTE. 1977. SIGNED BY BEUYS.
Berlin: Edition Nationalgalerie; Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, n.d. (1977) 14. 8 x 10.6cm, 2pp artist postcard issued on the occasion of the acquisition of the work "Richtkräfte einer neuen Gesellschaft (Directions of Energies to a New Society)" by the Berlin Nationalgalerie in 1977. The Richtkräfte environment consisted of “an ensemble of 100 blackboards with chalk diagrams. three easels, one walking stick, and a photographic projectionand created during public dialogues which took place during the exhibition “Art into Society - Society into Art” at the ICA London in November of 1974” - Beuys continued to work on the installation until 1977 when it was sold. Recto an image of the work, verso gallery details and postcard design. This example of the card is signed in blue ink on the front by Beuys. VG+. ...
10 Jan CHI DICE CHE “IL CONIGLIO NON AMA JOSEPH BEUYS?” 1977. DESIGNED BY BEUYS FOR PROFESSOR DR. GUISEPPE CONSOLI.
Pescara, Lucrezia de Domizio, 1977 15 x 10 cm., postcard printed front and back, with a typographic design in blue on pink. This is an artist's postcard/multiple which on the front acts as a business card for Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Consoli (who was a friend of the photographer Buby Durini). The back fo the card fictitiously identifies Consoli as the designer but in actuality it is known that Beuys created it. “Quando a Natale del 1978 [ma 1976] Beuys e la sua famiglia erano con noi a San Silvestro Colle, un amico di Bubi [Durini], il professore Giuseppe Consoli, regalò a Beuys un coniglio depositato in una scatola rivestita internamente con carta dello stesso colore pink delle pareti dello spazio di Pisani alla Biennale [del 1976] con questa frase in blu: «Chi dice che il coniglio non ama Joseph Beuys?». Beuys ne fu entusiasta, ne fece una cartolina illustrata a tiratura illimitata e il coniglio lo portò con sé a Düsseldorf” (Lucrezia De Domizio Durini, Perché. Le sfide di un donna oltre l’arte, Milano, Mondadori Electa, 2013). Translation: “During Christmas 1978 [in fact 1976] Beuys and his family were with us at San Silvestro Colle, when a friend of Bubi [Durini], the professor Giuseppe Consoli, gave Beuys a rabbit deposited in a lined box internally with paper of the same colour pink on the walls of the space by Pisani alla Biennale [of 1976] with this sentence in blue: "Who says the rabbit doesn't love Joseph Beuys?" Beuys was enthusiastic about it, he made it an illustrated postcard with an unlimited edition and the rabbit took it with him to Düsseldorf" (Lucrezia De Domizio Durini, Why. The challenges of one woman beyond art, Milan, Mondadori Electa, 2013). It is also worth noting that Victor Pisani had given a public performance in 1975 entitled "Il coniglio non ama Joseph Beuys" where he humorously parodied Beuys' famous "How to explain pictures to a Dead Hare". Consoli's gift here of a rabbit to Beuys was a joke based on that to which Beuys made this card with more than a little irony. ...
27 Nov BEUYS. 1976.
Bologna: Studio Cavalieri - Arte Contemporanea, 1976 19.6 x 15.5cm, 2pp announcement card for the opening of the exhibition organised in collaboration with Lucrezia De Domizio. Front of the card utilises a b/w image of Beuys in performance in 1974 by Bubby Durini that is found on a number of other earlier cards also published in Italy. VG+ example....
21 Nov EINZELWERKE + ZUSAMMENHANGE NEUE ARBEITEN IN DER SAMMLUNG DES KAISER WILHELM MUSEUMS. 1976.
Krefeld: Museum Haus Lange Krefeld, 1976, 1982
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card for the new works in the collection which is is notes included 10 new works by Beuys which were prominently featured in the show. Krefeld is, of course, the city in which the artist was born and brought up. One drawing by the artist is reproduced on the front of the card, verso museum details. This is a mailed card with a typed address and a postal stamp but still is VG+.
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09 Sep JOSEPH BEUYS. DIE DREI TEILE DES AKTIONSSOCKELS VON 24 STUNDEN 5. JUNI 65, 0- 24H. 1976.
Dusseldorf, Konrad Fischer, 1976
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp. Typographic announcement card ffor a solo show displaying Beuys' aktion from the "24 Stunden" event in 1965. VG+.
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06 Sep JOSEPH BEUYS FOND IV/4. 1976. SIGNED BY BEUYS.
Dusseldorf: Galerie Schmela, 1976
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card with b/w image of a "Fond" work (sheets of metal that theoretically can cause the flow of electrons) ie a battery on the front, and verso gallery details. An unmailed example which has been signed in blue felt tipped pen on the front by the artist - VG+.
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20 Jun STUDIOTERMIN JOSEPH BEUYS PAINTINGS. 1976.
Dusseldorf, Art in Progress, 1976
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp. Typographic announcement card for a solo show of paintings. An unmailed copy - VG+. ...
14 May JOSEPH BEUYS. 1976.
Dusseldorf: Galerie Schmela, 1976
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card for one of Beuys' many shows at the gallery. One work in b/w on the front and verso the gallery details. A mailed copy but still VG+.
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14 Feb BEUYS. 1976. OVER PRINTED COMMERCIAL POSTCARD.
Genova, Samangallery, 1976
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp, commercial postcard of Genova which is overprinted in thick brown paint and rubber stamped on the reverse with the gallery details. This is exactly the same as the edition card (see Schellmann Nr 1880 only not signed and numbered. A rare item in VG+ condition although a mailed example.
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07 Feb BEUYS. 1976. OVER PRINTED COMMERCIAL POSTCARD. HAND ADDRESSED TO LUCREZIA DE DOMITUS.
Genova, Samangallery, 1976 10.5 x 15cm, 2pp, commercial postcard of Genova which is overprinted in thick brown paint and rubber stamped on the reverse with the gallery details. This is one of a few known versions of this invitation card where a commercial card was adapted by over-printing with different landscape scenes. Here the underlying card shows a view of Church of Santa Maria Assunta di Carignano, Genoa. Edition Schellmann released a numbered and signed edition of these postcards as an original multiple. This card is a mailed example with stamps and a postmark dated 7-2-76, and is hand-addressed to Lucrezia De Domitius. There is a slight diagonal crease top right but else VG+. Scarce....
05 Feb LITHOGRAPHIEN UN HOLZSCHNITTE. 1976.
Munchen: Schellmann & Kluser, 1976
10.5 x 15cm,1pp. Announcement card for a show of Beuys' lithographs and woodcuts. One lithograph reproduced on the front. VG+.
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