Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) - JOSEPH BEUYS - Multiple Schellmann P4"; POST CARD, London, Grafik, SIGNIERT, 1970

JOSEPH BEUYS

WORK: "POST CARD" - Schellmann P4 - Multiple

Color variant: Yellow on white

HAND-SIGNED

One of Beuys’s multiples, listed by Schellmann under the number P4 (Works Catalogue - here described as "unsigned, few signed"). The card was available according to Schellmann in three color variants; Neuhaus lists here a total of four color variants — here the first edition in the color variant "Yellow on White" - never reprinted. The images are for comparison (Schellmann and Neuhaus are not part of the offering).

Clearly visible, perfectly signed in pencil, absolutely flawless condition - Publisher: Angela Flowers; London. The only halftone card by Beuys - here referred to as a "Post Card".

The motif dates from 1963 and shows Beuys during one of his most significant and early performances — Aktion EURASIA - Siberian Symphony — which was first performed three years later at the Block Gallery Berlin. Beuys here used a dead rabbit as an element of action, its legs and ears extended with black wooden sticks.

Delivery with frame (43 x 32) as pictured - the card is not fixed.