07 Aug BITS & PIECES. 1987.
Edinburgh:Demarco Gallery, 1987
21 x 15cm, 1pp announcement card for a collection of historic works by Beuys from Caroline Tisdall's personal collection one year on from the artist's sudden death. VG+.
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Edinburgh:Demarco Gallery, 1987
21 x 15cm, 1pp announcement card for a collection of historic works by Beuys from Caroline Tisdall's personal collection one year on from the artist's sudden death. VG+.
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Kassel: Freie Internationale Universitat, 1987 15 x 10.5cm, 2pp artist\'s postcard issued soon after Beuys' sudden death. The b/w image on the front displays one of the planted trees in Kassel as part of the 7000 Eichen project. Photogrpahy by Dieter Neubert. VG+. ...
Kleve: Stadtisches Museum Haus Koekkoek, 1987
21 x 15cm, 4pp announcement for a posthumous show to honour the recently deceased artists with work from 199 other artists. There is a b/w photographic portrait of Beuys taken from behind him on the front of the card.. VG+.
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Bonn: Raum 41, 1986
21 x 15cm, 2pp announcement leaflet for a photographic edition by Franz Fischer of an image of Beuys and James Lee Byars shown from above to only see their respective headgear - Beuys's hat and Byars' top hat. Posthumous to Beuys of course but not Byars. VG+.
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NYC: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, n.d. (1986) 15.3 X 11cm, 2pp announcement card for an early posthumous show (Beuys had died only 9 months earlier) with an image of the artist in the performance "Neues vom Kojoten" - photo by Eevan Inkeri. Verso gallery details. A mailed example with typed address but still VG+. ...
NYC: John Gibson Gallery, 1986
10.5 x 15cm 2pp. Announcement card for a posthumous show which took place only 9 months after the artist's sudden death. Image on the front of a Beuys performing Titus Andronicus/Iphigenie aktion (with a live horse) in 1969. A unmailed copy -VG+.
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Monchengladbach: Galerie Lohrl, 1986
15 x 10.5cm,2pp announcement card for a posthumous show of sculpture (planned before the artist's sudden death early in the year from a heart attack) with one work Halbzeit from 1984 reproduced on the front in b/w. VG+>
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Dusseldorf: Grabbeplatz Kunstehalle, 1986
21 x 15cm, 4pp plus 2pp insert. Announcement card for the year of Beuys' death with one colour image of a collage-painting "Gerat" from 1953 on the front and internally museum details. The insert is a short typographic text on Beuys. Some pinholes top right on the card which pass through all the pages else VG.
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Bonn: Bildkunst, 1986 15 x 10.5cm, 2pp postcard showing Beuys creating the aktion die "Wandlung" at Dokumenta 7 in 1982 on the front, verso publisher's details. The performance saw the artist melt down a copy of Czar Ivan the terrible's crown into a hare and the orb of the sun as symbols of trans-European peace. VG+. ...
N.p. (Warsaw): Galeria Foksal, 1986
10.5 x 15cm, 1pp typographic announcement card for a posthumous show that took place only 5 months after Beuys' death. This card is signed by the founder of the important Polish gallery Wieslaw Borowski in ink. VG+.
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Utrecht: Hedensaagse Kunst, 1986 15 x 10.5cm, 1pp announcement card for a show that took place very soon (May 1986) after the artist's sudden death from a heart attack. One b/w photograph of the Manresa aktion from 1966 on the front (taken by Ute Klophais), verso gallery details. VG+....
Utrecht: Hedensaagse Kunst, 1986 15 x 10.5cm, 1pp announcement card for a show that took place very soon (May 1986) after the artist's sudden death from a heart attack. One b/w photograph of Beuys looking at the installation Kreuzaktion from 1969 on the front (taken by Bernd Jansen), verso gallery details. VG+....