Filzpostkarte (Felt Postcard)
1985
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screenprint in white on gray felt (with original paper bag)
Dimensions
Overall: 10.6 x 14.8 cm (4 3/16 x 5 13/16 in.) accessory size: 20 x 12.9 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Hanns Hubach
Accession Number
1999.35.1
Art Historical Context
**Filzpostkarte (Felt Post)**, created by Joseph Beuys in 1985, invites visitors into the tactile world of one of the 20th century's most provocative artists. This intimate screenprint features white ink on gray felt, measuring just 10.6 x 14.8 cm, and arrives in its original paper bag (20 x 12.9 cm). Donated to the National Gallery of Art Hanns Hubach, exemplifies Beuys' late-career experiments blending printmaking with everyday materials. Beuys, a German pioneer of Fluxus and performance art, famously championed "social sculpture"—art as a transformative force in society. Felt was his signa...