- Artist
- Joseph Beuys 1921–1986
- Original title
- Ohne die Rose tun wir's nicht, da können wir gar nicht mehr denken
- Medium
- Lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 804 × 568 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1982
- Reference
- P07596
Catalogue entry
P07596 WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE ROSE 1972
Inscribed ‘Joseph Beuys’ centre right and ‘80/80’ and ‘Ohne die rose tun wir's nicht ...’
Lithograph, published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg, 31 5/8×22 3/8 (80.4×56.8)
Purchased from Edition Staeck (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
Lit: op.cit., no.56
Colour offset lithograph from a photograph by Wilfred Bauer, taken at Beuys' desk in the political office at Documenta v (Kassel, 1972). The photograph first appeared in Zeit magazine. There is also a related multiple ‘Rose for Direct Democracy’ 1973, which is a calibrated glass vase with cut writing.
Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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