Sale: 22 / Online Sale, July 16. 2021 Lot 121000639


121000639
Joseph Beuys
Postkarten, 1969.
Offset
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,140
Sold:
€ 2,250 / $ 2,407

(incl. surcharge)
Postkarten. 1969.
25 Offset in original box.
Schellman P1-3, 5, 7-12, 14-16(red), 17-24, 33, 44, 46-47. Signed on the box. On thin board, printed as postcard on the reverse. Each 10 x 15 cm (3.9 x 5.9 in).
Published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg (each inscribed on the reverse and typographically inscribed on the original box). [EH].
• Joseph Beuys saw postcards as a means to spread his ideas.
• Postcards play an important role in the work of Joseph Beuys.
• The exhibition "Von der Sprache aus. Joseph Beuys zum 100. Geburtstag" at Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, from June 13 - September 19, 2021 also shows postcards from Joseph Beuys.
• Beuys postcards are in the collections of, among others, the MoMA, New York, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
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PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.




121000639
Joseph Beuys
Postkarten, 1969.
Offset
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,140
Sold:
€ 2,250 / $ 2,407

(incl. surcharge)