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Josef Beuys. Zeichnungen Aquarelle Oelbilder, plastische Bilder aus der Sammlung van der Grinten

Beuys

Kleve. Städtische Museum Haus Koekkoek. 1961
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Rare catalogue of Beuys' first one-man museum exhibition, published in 500 numbered copies.

This is a unique copy with 14 original photographs (each 7.2 x 10.4 cm) mounted onto the inside front cover, title page, colophon page, final blank, inside rear cover, and rear cover. The photographs are by the art photographer Bernhard Johannes Blume (1937 - 2011) - the title page of the catalogue carries his ink stamp.

The images, hitherto unknown and unpublished, show the renowned Fluxus performance 'Ich versuche dich freizulassen (machen)', as performed by Beuys and Henning Christiansen at the Akademie der Kunste in Berlin on the 27th February 1969.
pp. (48). Square 8vo. (200 x 200 mm). Numerous black and white illustrations. Text by Hans van der Grinten and by Franz Josef van der Grinten. Original printed wrappers, stapled.
#43895

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