Lithograph and shoe polish on paper
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Cosmos and Damien Polished
Purchased 1982
abstraction
architecture
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
from recognisable sources
landscape
photographic
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
paper unique lithograph shoe polish
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Hayward Gallery (London, UK)
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2009-06-28
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Leeds Museums and Galleries (Leeds, UK)
http://www.leeds.gov.uk
18 July 2009 – 20 September 2009
2009-09-20
2009-07-18
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery (Swansea, UK)
2009-02-13
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Loan-out
21 September 2015 – 4 January 2016
2016-01-04
21 September 2015 – 4 January 2016
2016-01-04
2015-09-21
Musée du Louvre (Paris, France)
2015-09-21
Une brève histoire de l'avenir
Loan-out
Cosmos and Damien Polished
support: 330 × 230 mm
Purchased 1982
<p><b>P07599</b> COSMOS AND DAMIAN POLISHED 1975
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<br/>Inscribed ‘Joseph Beuys’ bottom centre and ‘21/60’
<br/>Lithograph with shoe polish, published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg, 13×9 (33× 23)
<br/>Purchased from Edition Staeck (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
<br/>Lit: op.cit., no.136
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<br/>Offset <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/lithography" title="Glossary definition for 'Lithography'"><span>lithograph</span></a> of a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/proof" title="Glossary definition for 'Proof'"><span>proof</span></a> sheet of a postcard of the World Trade Centre in Manhattan. There are several other works in which Beuys uses the twin towers as a symbol of Capitalism, calling them after the legendary twins reputed to have been miraculous healers and adopted as the patron saints of the Medici. Shoe polish was smeared by hand on each <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>print</span></a> of the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/edition" title="Glossary definition for 'Edition'"><span>edition</span></a>.
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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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2004-10-11T00:00:00
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abstraction architecture emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities from recognisable sources landscape photographic townscape townscapes / man-made features