Lithograph, letterpress, stamp and relief print on paper
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Airmail
Purchased 1982
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Airmail
image: 292 × 163 mm
Purchased 1982
<p><b>P07594</b> AIRMAIL 1971
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<br/>Inscribed ‘Joseph Beuys’ and ‘34/50’
<br/>Lithograph, relief, letterpress and stamps on a sheet and an envelope, published by Edition Staeck Heidelberg, overall size 11 1/2×6 3/8 (29.2×16.3)
<br/>Purchased from Edition Staeck (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
<br/>Lit: Beuys Multiples (5th edition) 1980, Munich, no.223
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<br/><a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/collage" title="Glossary definition for 'Collage'"><span>Collage</span></a> of an airmail envelope and a page from a chemistry textbook with stamp impressions. ‘Airmail’ was produced during Beuys' action in the Art College in Dusseldorf on May 12 1971 - his 50th Birthday.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions</i>, London 1984
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German letter nationality objects reading, writing, printed matter society