Mixed Media, Multiples, Other | paper, stamped ink
Size:
each 4.75 x 6.875 inches
Culture:
German
Style:
Fluxus
Inscriptions:
stamped in blue ink front LR with "FREE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY"
Physical Description:
7 of the 8 postcards in Fat Shine on Iron [acc. # 92.344.1-.7] show details of the object "Plastic Foot-Elastic Foot" as its fat component melted during installation at the Centre Beaubourg Paris when defective central heating system stuck at 60 degrees. One postcard [acc. # 92.344.8] shows the "culture bomb" from Beuys's monument "Tram Stop" in the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 1976. Photos: Caroline Tisdall. Walker Art Center's cards are in a thin brown "kraft" paper envelope [acc. # 92.344.9] that is stamped in blue ink front LR with "FREE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY" stamp
Credit:
Collection Walker Art Center; Alfred and Marie Greisinger Collection, Walker Art Center, T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 1992
Accession Number:
1992.344.9
Rights:
Copyright Estate of Joseph Beuys / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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