Joseph Beuys Postcards - Unoriginal Sins

05 Oct JOSEPH BEUYS. ZEICHNUNGEN UN AOBJEKTE. 1971.

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Koln: Art Intermedia, 1971
14.8 x 21cm, 6pp folded single folded sheet of card with image of Beuys, a short overlaid text and an exhibition history of the artist (mentioning only 5 previous solo shows although that is not accurate), on the reverse there is anopther text on Beuys by Heiner Bastian. VG+.
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Koln: Art Intermedia, 1971
16 x 23cm, printed envelope with an image of Beuys and a text about the edition Tragetasche mit Filzplastik. This envelope is hand addressed to the Fluxus artist Jeff Berner. Slight wear from the postal experience else VG.

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17 Sep JOSEPH BEUYS. BARRAQUE D’DULL ODDE 1961 – 1967. 1971.

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Dusseldorf: Galerie Schmela, 1971 21 x 30cm, 4pp black and red on white card announcement. Three black and white photographs of Beuys performances taken by Ute Klophaus are displayed full sheet. The images are from the performance Celtic+ from 1971 where Beuys took gelatine from a prepared wall and collected in on a platter as part of the event. This is usually regarded as symbolic of the collection of ideas and energy. VG+. ...

18 Jun POLYETYLEEN TAS MET VILTPLASTIEK. 1971.

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Amsterdam: Seriaal, 1971
10.5 x 15cm, 1p typographic announcement card for the well known object multiple - the large plastic bag with silkscrened diagrams about Beuys's theories of political engagement which contained a large piece of felt. VG+.

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05 Jun JOSEF BEUYS. HANDZEICHNUNGEN UND KLEINOBJEKTE AUS DEN SAMMLUNGEN: KUNSTMUSEUM BASEL + LUTE SCHIRMER. 1971

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Koln: Kunstverein St. Gallen, 1971 10.5 x 21cm, 1pp typographic design announcement card for solo show. VG+. ...

03 May DER TISCH. 1971.

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Dusseldorf, Vice Versand, 1971
21 x 10cm, 3pp (single sheet printed recto only). The promotional card for the object multiple Der Tisch (a film of the aktion of the same name where Anatol Herzfels, Ulrich Meister, Joachim Duckwitz, Johannes Stuttfen sat at a table reading texts while Beuys made a "hand-aktion" in the corner of the room. One image of the multiple (a film of the event in canister painted with Braunkreuz) reproduced. VG+.
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05 Mar ENTWURFE, PARTITUREN, PROJECKTE: ZEICHNUNGEN. 1971.

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Berlin: Galerie Rene Block, March 1971 15 x 10.5cm, announcement card with a typographic design for a group show with works by Beuys, Boehmler, G. Brecht, S. Brouwn, Darboven, Dibbets, Filliou, Gosewitz, Graham, Koepcke, Knoebel, Lewitt, Manzoni, Panamarenko, Palermo, Polke, G. Richter, Rot, Ruthenbeck, Vautier, Vostell et al. VG+. ...

15 Feb ZEICHNUNGEN. 1971.

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Koln: Galerie Thomas Borgmann, n.d. (1971) 15 x 21cm, 2pp. Announcement card for a show of drawings by Beuys and Walter de Maria. A Beuys drawing on the front in b/w, verso gallery details. VG+. ...

08 Jan JOSEF BEUYS. (sic) 1971.

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Wien: Galerie Nachst, 1971
15 x 21cm, 1pp. Announcement on thin card with one work reproduced in black and white. Some light browning on right side of card else VG.

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15 Dec 1971. 1970.

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N.p. (Berlin): n.p. (René Block Galerie), n.d.(1970) 14.8 x 20.9cm, 4pp. Publicity leaflet promoting the famous gallery which is in the form of a pocket calendar / almanac announcing editions and events related to gallery artists, complete with an actual mini calendar and printed rulers. On the last page there is a text in German which translates to “If it were true that Beuys would turn 50 on May 12, 1971, he could no longer do what he set out to do / if that were true, he couldn't be a rabbit either, which is the case in reality -… said Beuys on December 18, 1970 on the Oberkasseler bridge”. This item was distributed during Beuys' fiftieth year and can be seen as a printed edition in some respect. VG+. Very scarce,...

31 Oct ACCROCHAGE. 1970.

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Wide White Space, Antwerpen 1970
25 x 18cm, 1pp gallery handout for this group show listing major works by significant artists including a Warhol Flowers work from 1964. There are two works by Beuys in the show - Infilltration homogen dur Konkertflugel from 1966 and Erdtelephon from 1968. Typographic design only. VG+.

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13 Oct JOSEPH BEUYS FILZ-TV/IDENTIFICATIONS. 1970.

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Hannover: Video Galerie Gerry Schum, 1972
15 x 21cm, 2pp. The announcement card issued to promote both the video edition FLIZ-TV released in only 6 copies and the TV exhibition IDENTIFICATIONS which was show on the Sudwestfunk Baden-Baden as well as in the Kunstverein Hannover (as a preview of the tv show). A famous event where Beuys sat in front of a TV with boxing gloves carving a price of blood sausage. A mailed copy - VG+.

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09 Jul VON HODLER ZUR ANTIFORM. 1970. STAMPED & SIGNED BY BEUYS.

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Bern: Benteli Verlag, n.d. (1970)
11 X 18CM, 2pp announcement card for the publication of the book "Von Hodler zur Antiform" edited by Harold Szeemann. Many small images of artists or works on the front, verso subscription details. This card is stamped in blue "Free International University" and signed in red felt-tip pen by Beuys.. VG+.

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