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Lot 19 | Joseph Beuys | Luftpost
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924 €
Beuys, Joseph
1921 KREFELD - 1986 DÜSSELDORF
Title: Luftpost.
Date: 1971.
Technique: Book page with chemical formula in blue airmail envelope.
Measurement: Envelope: 18 x 16,5cm. Page: 14,5 x 6,5cm.
Notation: Signed and numbered on the cover.
Publisher: edition tangente, Heidelberg (publisher).
Number: 39/50.
Condition:
Page minimally discoloured in margins as well as minimal stainings verso. Cover occasionally with minimal traces of handling. Otherwise very good condition.
The book pages are from a chemistry textbook. Each copy has a different page. The page is stamped several times, the cover as well. Produced on the occasion of an action initiated by the Beuys students Jürgen Kramer and Johannes Stüttgen at the State Art Academy Düsseldorf for Beuys' 50th birthday. The postmark "Düsseldorf Kunstakademie 12 May 1971 raum 20 18 Uhr" was created for the occasion and still used later.
Literature:
- Schellmann, Jörg (ed.): Joseph Beuys - Die Multiples, Werkverzeichnis der Auflageobjekte und Druckgraphik, Munich 1992 (7th ed.), cat. rais. no. 33.
1921 KREFELD - 1986 DÜSSELDORF
Title: Luftpost.
Date: 1971.
Technique: Book page with chemical formula in blue airmail envelope.
Measurement: Envelope: 18 x 16,5cm. Page: 14,5 x 6,5cm.
Notation: Signed and numbered on the cover.
Publisher: edition tangente, Heidelberg (publisher).
Number: 39/50.
Condition:
Page minimally discoloured in margins as well as minimal stainings verso. Cover occasionally with minimal traces of handling. Otherwise very good condition.
The book pages are from a chemistry textbook. Each copy has a different page. The page is stamped several times, the cover as well. Produced on the occasion of an action initiated by the Beuys students Jürgen Kramer and Johannes Stüttgen at the State Art Academy Düsseldorf for Beuys' 50th birthday. The postmark "Düsseldorf Kunstakademie 12 May 1971 raum 20 18 Uhr" was created for the occasion and still used later.
Literature:
- Schellmann, Jörg (ed.): Joseph Beuys - Die Multiples, Werkverzeichnis der Auflageobjekte und Druckgraphik, Munich 1992 (7th ed.), cat. rais. no. 33.
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