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1981. Beuys. New Beginnings are in the Offing. Edinburgh.

1981. Joseph Beuys, 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 The Avant-Garde in Europe 1955-70 (works from the collection of the Staditsche Museum, Monchengladbach) at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Inverleith House, Edinburgh.The work was acquired by the Staditsche Museum, Monchengladbach, and is now in the collection of the New National Gallery, Berlin.

Date

Thu Jan 1st, 1981

Medium

35mm Negative

Reference Codes

BEU.81.023

Original Reference

Box A

people

Joseph Beuys
George Oliver

collections

New Beginnings are in the Offing
The Avant-Garde in Europe, 1955-70
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Inverleith House
Scotland
Staditsche Museum, Monchengladbach

tags

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