Lithograph and ink on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
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Halved Felt Cross over Cologne
Purchased 1982
architecture
cathedral
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
Cologne, Cologne Cathedral
countries and continents
cross
defacement
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
Germany
inscriptions
objects
photographic
places
postcard
reading, writing, printed matter
religious
repetition
symbols and personifications
paper unique lithograph ink
3 August 2015 – 1 November 2017
2017-11-01
3 August 2015
2015-08-03
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2015-08-03
Joseph Beuys
Collection based display
Halved Felt Cross over Cologne
image: 230 × 330 mm
Purchased 1982
<p><b>P07600</b> HALVED FELT CROSS OVER COLOGNE 1977
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<br/>Inscribed ‘Joseph Beuys’ bottom centre and ‘57/110’
<br/>Lithograph, published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg, 9×13 (23×33)
<br/>Purchased from Edition Staeck (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
<br/>Lit: op.cit., no.174
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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/l/lithography" title="Glossary definition for 'Lithography'"><span>Lithograph</span></a> of four postcards of Cologne Cathedral with overlaid halved crosses and a red <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/i/ink" title="Glossary definition for 'Ink'"><span>ink</span></a> line signifying Beuys' action of sweeping clean Karl Marx Square in East Berlin on May Day 1972.
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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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Catalogue entry
2004-10-11T00:00:00
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architecture cathedral cities, towns, villages (non-UK) Cologne, Cologne Cathedral countries and continents cross defacement emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities Germany inscriptions objects photographic places postcard reading, writing, printed matter religious repetition symbols and personifications