Auf dem Flug nach Amerika (On the Flight to America)

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Title	Auf dem Flug nach Amerika (On the Flight to America)
Artist	Joseph Beuys
Date	1974
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Mixed Media, Multiples, Other | offset lithograph on paper

Size:

5.875 x 4.125 inches

Culture:

German

Style:

Fluxus

Inscriptions:

In ink front LM "Joseph Beuys"; N.A.

Physical Description:

.11 - orange version (one of 20 color variations that Beuys did for this work); photo of Beuys on the flight to America (first USA journey January 9, 1974), with the hot sterile towel given to all passengers. Printed on reverse UL corner: "originalgrafik • serie D / nr. 8 joseph beuys / joseph beuys auf dem flug nach amerika / foto: staeck/steidl / offset 1974". Publisher info in LL corner on reverse. WAC has only 13 of the 20 color postcards in this series.

Credit:

Collection Walker Art Center; Alfred and Marie Greisinger Collection, Walker Art Center, T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 1992

Accession Number:

1992.310.11

Rights:

Artist:

Joseph Beuys, German, 1921 - 1986

Role:

Artist

Nationality:

German

Life Dates:

German, 1921 - 1986

Added to Site:

March 1, 2009