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Holzpostkarte. (Wood Postcard)

Beuys, Joseph

Heidelberg. Edition Staeck. 1974
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The majority of the wooden postcards remain unsigned and unnumbered. This copy however, is from the edition of 120 examples, signed and numbered in pencil by Beuys on the verso of the block.
[Schellmann - Joseph Beuys, The Multiples, no. 104].
Silkscreen printed on block of pine. 10.5 x 15 x 3.3 cm.
#42283

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