Joseph Beuys : Postkarten [ Postkarten 1968 –1974 / Postcards 1968 – 1974 ]
  • artists' book
  • boxed edition
  • other printing process
  • loose leaves
  • loose card[s]
  • black-and-white & color
  • 17.5 x 12.3 x 5.4 cm. (box) ; 14.8 x 10.5 cm. (paper postcards) ; 10 x 14.1 cm. (PVC postcard) ; 10.2 x 10.1 cm. wooden postcard
  • 32 vol. : 1 vol. : [30] pp. (paper postcards) ; 1 vol. : [1] pp. (PVC postcard) ; 1 vol: [1] pp. (wooden postcard)
  • edition size 120
  • signed and numbered

Joseph Beuys : Postkarten [ Postkarten 1968 –1974 / Postcards 1968 – 1974 ]

[First Edition]

Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys : Postkarten [ Postkarten 1968 –1974 / Postcards 1968 – 1974 ]

description

Multiple composed of signed and numbered, printed two-part cardboard box containing set of thirty-two postcards by Joseph Beuys. Images on cards are either by, of, or document Beuys' works produced between 1968 and 1974. Thirty postcards are two-sided paper postcards; one "postcard" is signed and numbered in red ink on piece of of PVC coated with screen printed text on recto which reads "honey is flowing in all directions" and additional text on verso. Wooden postcard is screen printed on one side and signed and numbered on the other.

references

Nos. 103, 104, 105 in "Joseph Beuys : The Multiples" by Jörg Schellmann, Dierk Stemmler, Joan Rothfuss, Peter Nisbet. Munich-New York / Cambridge / Minneapolis, Germany / MA / MN : Edition Schellmann / Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University / Walker Art Center, 1997, 2006, pp. 133, 445.
Heidelberg, Germany: Edition Staeck,
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$2,500.00
Condition:  Good / Very Good. Complete set. Edition number 75/120. Light yellowing of box with 1.6 cm. fingerprint soiling to recto and rubbing off inner box edges. 4.1 cm. yellow stain on wooden postcard from deteriorating PVC postcard. PVC postcard is deteriorating as typical with all Beuys PVC postcards over time. Four paper postcards have significant soiling from contact with PVC postcard and are stained and tacky to the touch. One additional paper postcard has light soiling 12 cm.'s along top edge of verso and another postcard has a 1 mm. yellow soiling mark on verso. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Due to size and fragility of this title additional shipping charges may be required for international orders.
[Object # 38495]