Here we offer an extensive and significant collection of 91 posters designed or approved by Joseph Beuys and 9 posthumous posters from exhibitions relating to the artist.
Twenty-seven of the cards are signed by Beuys and sometimes rubber stamped. Some are regarded as edition multiples in the Schellmann catalogue raisonne.
Individual posters are for sale by clicking on the relevant image. A price for the entire collection is available on request.
Belfast: Ulster Museum Botanic Gardens, 1974<BR> 50.2 x25.1cm, black on white offset poster displaying a handwritten text from Beuys taken from one of his lectures. Announcing a public meeting taking place during the Secret Block exhibition in Ireland. VG+. Prestel Beuys Posters nr 60. Scarce.<BR><BR>
Belfast: Ulster Museum Botanis Gardens, 1974 48.4 x 63.2cm, black on white offset lithographic poster with an image of the artist's hands working on a drawing. One of a number of similar designed posters for a travelling show of the title drawings - the same image was used for both the exhibition and the "discussion" - a public meeting with Beuys attending to discuss art and politics. There were two "discussions" in Belfast each with a different poster with minor text changes - this is the first which was misprinted originally - and the name "JOSEPH BEUYS" has been tipped on over the original text to correct it. VG+ condition. Ver scarce. Prestel Beuys posters only lists one of the two posters at nr 61 and NOT this one.
Belfast: Ulster Museum Botanical Gardens, 1974 48.4 x 63.2cm, black on white offset lithographic poster with an image of the artist's hands working on a drawing. One of a number of similar designed posters for a travelling show of the title drawings - the same image was used for both the exhibition and the "discussion" - a public meeting with Beuys attending to discuss art and politics. There were two such "discussions" in Belfast - this was the second. VG+ condition. Prestel Beuys posters only lists one of the two posters at nr 61 (this one not the variant).
Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1974<BR> 88 x 121.8cm, b/w offset exhibition poster displaying a faux movie poster based on the original Hollywood gangster movie to promote the video work by the artist. Photograph by Beuys by Klaus Staeck. Very large poster. A folded example else VG. Prestel Beuys Posters nr 47. <BR><BR>
Maastricht: Bonnefantenmuseum, 1975<BR> 37.7 x 37.3cm, b/w offset lithographic poster with a lengthy text and one small image of Beuys in b/w. Folded for mailing else VG. Prestel Beuys Posters nr 63.<BR><BR>
Freiburg: Kunstverein Freiburg, 1975<BR> 61.5 x 43cm, b/w offset lithographic exhibition poster with a photograph of the artist lit from behind to create a silhouette. Prestel Beuys Poster nr 65. Folded for storage else VG+. Scarce.<BR><BR>
Berlin: Edition Heiner Bastien im Propylaen Verlag, 1975<br > 60 x 80.2cm, full colour poster for a book of Beuys' watercolours. Large pictorial image of a painting (Ziegentotem from 1954). Prestel Beuys Posters nr 68. VG+. <BR><BR>
Dusseldorf: Dusseldorf Kunstzene, 1975<BR> 59.4 x 41.5cm, black on white paper offset lithographic exhibition poster with an image of Beuys making a work in close up - the photograph by Jansen. VG+ - this example is signed in pencil by both Beuys and the photographer. Prestel Beuys Posters nr 87.<BR><BR>
Hannover: Westner-Gesellschaft, 1975<br > 84 x 59.3cm, full colour offset lithographic exhibition poster for a show of Beuys' watercolours. Large pictorial image of a painting. Prestel Beuys Posters nr 72. Folded for storage else VG+. <BR><BR>
Achberger: Achberger Verlag, 1975<BR> 60 x 42cm, black on cream offset lithographic poster released by the press in two variants - one with text, and this one without - to promote a publication Sozial Plastik. Has a FIU red rubber stamp impression on the front and the publisher's details in blue on the back. Folded for mailing else VG. Not in Prestel Beuys Posters.<BR><BR>
Dusseldorf: ORZ GmbH, 1976<br> 59.5 x 41.7cm, full colour offset lithographic exhibition poster with a photograph of the artist holding various wooden crooks. Prestel Beuys Poster nr 78. VG+. Scarce.<BR><BR>
Bonn: Kunstmuseum Bonn, 1976<BR> 83.8 x 59.2cm, full colour offset lithographic exhibition poster with a reproduction of a Beuys work (Brief zum Thema Musik) from 1963. Prestel Beuys Poster nr 79. VG+. This example is signed in black in by Beuys on the bottom left sector.<BR><BR>
Miami-Dade: North Campus Gallery Miami, n.d. (c. 1976)<BR> 42 x 29.7cm, black on cream offset lithograph reproducing two polarised images of the artist. VG+. Prestel Beuys Posters nr. 74.<BR><BR>
Krefeld: Museum Haus Lange, 1976<br > 84 x 59.3cm, full colour offset lithographic exhibition poster with an image of a collage by beuys (Des Gorges in Oberteil from 1957). Prestel Beuys Posters nr 81. Slight handling creases else VG+. <BR><BR>
Krefeld:Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, 1977<BR> 84 x 59.2cm, full colour offset lithographic exhibition poster with a full colour image of an installation and text. VG+. Prestel Beuys Posters nr 82.<BR><BR>
Kassel: FIU, 1977 60.5 x 40.8cm, b/w offset lithographic poster with a text about police activity at Document 6. Folded for mailing else VG. Beuys Posters (Prestel) Nr 87.
Kassel: FIU, 1977<BR> 60 x 41.3cm, b/w offset poster announcing the programme of FIU events at Dokumenta 6. Prestel Beuys Posters Nr 85. Scarce. <BR><BR>
Dusseldorf: n.p., 1977<BR> 63 x 87.5cm, full colour offset lithograph and silkscreen with images of Beuys and Wilp and a vintage image of the composer Heine. Both artists have signed the print under their images. Some slight edge damage else VG+. This is numbered in pencil from the edition of 100 copies. Prestel Beuys Posters nr 89.<BR><BR>
Achberg: Achberger Verlagsanstalt, 1976. 42 x 29.7cm, black on brown kraft paper - lithographic offset exhibition poster with an image of Beuys running on a beach and a text promoting a Beuys' publication Soziale Plastik. This example of the poster is signed by the artist in pencil and rubber stamped with a FIU red impression over the image. VG+. Not in Beuys Pretel Posters.
Kassel: FIU, 1977<BR> 60 x 41cm, b/w offset poster announcing a public discussion at Dokumenta 6. This is one of a small number of signed and stamped examples. (The rubber stamp impression is a little faded else a VG+ example). Prestel Beuys Posters Nr 90.<BR><BR>
Bologna: Galleria Ferruccio Fata, 1977 100 x 70cm, silkscreen poster which displays a full sheet image of Beuys' sculpture produced for the Venice Biennale. A very good example - signed by Beuys in pencil along the top. Prestell Beuys Posters nr 94.
