598 large 00892l View asset

1981. New Beginnings are in the Offing/The Poorhouse Doors. Edinburgh.

1981. The Avant-Garde in Europe 1955-70 (works from the collection of the Staditsche Museum, Monchengladbach) exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. L-R: Jane MacAllister, Count Panza di Biumo (art patron and collector), Douglas Hall (senior curator at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art). Behind is Joseph Beuys's New Beginnings are in the Offing (also referred to as 'The Poorhouse Doors'), which incorporates the doors from the Forrest Hill Poorhouse, Edinburgh. Beuys made the work in Edinburgh to be incorporated in the exhibition, and it was subsequently acquired by the Staditsche Museum, Monchengladbach. It is now in the collection of the New National Gallery, Berlin.

Date

Thu Jan 1st, 1981

Medium

35mm Negative

Reference Codes

BEU.81.019

Original Reference

A.11A.041

people

Richard Demarco
Joseph Beuys
Douglas Hall
Jane MacAllister
Count Panza di Biumo

collections

New Beginnings are in the Offing
N/A
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Scotland
Staditsche Museum, Monchengladbach
Avant-Garde in Europe, 1955-70

tags

Artwork, New Beginnings are in the Offing, The Poorhouse Doors, Event, N/A, Exhibition Opening, Institution, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Places, Edinburgh, Country, Scotland, Staditsche Museum, Monchengladbach, Exhibition, Avant-Garde in Europe, 1955-70