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So kann die Parteiendiktatur uberwunden werden. [How the Dictatorship of the Parties can be Overcome]

Beuys, Joseph

Cologne. Galerie art intermedia. 1971
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The bag records the key tenets of the Organisation der Nichtwahler, fur freie Volksabstimmung (Non-voters organisation for a free referendum), which was founded by Beuys. It was used in the context of various actions and, without the felt, was distributed at Documenta 5.

Edition limited to approximately 500 copies with the felt and information sheets.

[Schellmann 40].
Large folio. Printed polyethylene shopping bag, printed on one side with draft text in black and white, on the other with typographical design in colour. Contains poster (see Schellmann 16), large felt sheet, and facsimile information letters, one of which, the membership form, is signed in ink by Beuys and numbered with stamp. Bag 75 x 51.5 cm; felt 68 x 48 x 1.2 cm.
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