Stempelboek / Book of stamps, 1975
30 x 21 x 2 cm
edition 51 + 39 HC
published by Brummense uitgeverij van Luxe Werkjes / Jan Brand, Arnhem – Peter van Beveren, Middelburg
not available
This artists book with hand made stamps has been made in co-operation with the Kunstinformatiecentrum in Middelburg run by Peter van Beveren. Some of the 34 contributions are signed a.o. Tim Ulrichs, Marten Hendriks, Hans Werner Kalkman, Robert Jacks, Ken Friedman, Klaus Groh, Uwe Kreutzfeld, John Armleder, Ben Sleeuwenhoek, Endre Tot and Woody van Amen. A few pages are slightly wrinkled due to the technique of stamping.
SIGMAR POLKE, Mu nieltnam netorruprup, 1975
21 x 15 cm
offset, 160 pp. with 101 ill.
published by Kunsthalle zu Kiel / Schleswig-Holsteinischer Kunstverein, Kiel 1975
German language
condition excellent, although small scuffing on cover
€ 200,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace EU registered mail, Margin Scheme
inv.SPol 000-pr
During the 1970s Sigmar Polke travelled extensively, concentrating heavily on photography as a medium. Both in painting and printing his work often has an experimental attitude. This book is half catalogue with a list of 31 prints and half artist’s book which in the second part shows a series of 101 printed photos about dog/bear fights, men from the Far East gathering and smoking in contrast to photos of Hell’s Angels, police and rich people in the West. This chapter called Mu nieltnam netorruprup is equal to the title of print number 31 in the list of works in the first part of the book.
History of prices:
Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel, Hamburg, Germany February 2024 € 240,-
Specific Object/David Platzker, New York, USA May 2022 US$ 400.-
Artecontemporanea.com, Milan, Italy € 300,- February 2021
JOHN ARMLEDER, Niente, purtroppo!, 1975
20,8 x 14,6 cm
SC, 20 pp.
edition 650 + 50 signed
here not signed
published by Edition Galerie Gaëtan and Écart publications, Geneva, Switzerland
condition: fine, although slightly yellowed on spine
€ 140,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.JMA 279-pr
On top of the edition of 650 an extra 50 copies are signed, i.e. 10 signed, dated and numbered I – X by the artist and participants, incl. original documents and 40 signed, dated and numbered 1 – 40.
History of prices:
Julia J Agius, Geneva, Switzerland, March 2023 SFr 170,-
Laurence McGilvery, La Jolla, CA, USA, 7 July 2022 US$ 150.-
Anartist, New York, USA, 7 July 2022 US$ 100.-
KRISTJAN GUDMUNDSSON, Once around the sun – Volume I, 1975
26,3 x 26,7 x 6 cm
offset, SC, book object hand bound by the artist
edition 150, extremely rare, only ca 6-8 were produced
signed, numbered
published by Silver Press, Reykjavik / Amsterdam
Collection Kees van Gelder, Amsterdam
Margin Scheme
This book is a by Kristjan Gudmundsson hand made object while he was living in Daniel Stalpertstraat, Amsterdam during the seventies. The book object contains hundreds of full stops on each page and is three times thicker than the reprinted version by Ottenhausen Verlag in 1982. The front page states that each point is equal to a second. All points together represent the amount of seconds it takes for the earth to once orbit around the sun. In 1976 the artist made volume II making use of the notion ‘space’ using lines instead of full stops to visualize the orbit of the earth around the sun in length.
The production of this self published book by Silver Press – owned by the artist – was very laborious and no more than circa 8 copies were made. In 1982 Ottenhausen Verlag in Aachen / Munich, Germany, took over the project and published 100 copies which were less voluminous than the original book object hand made by the artist. With the reprint the width of the spine of each volume is shrunken to almost half of its size, making the work less sculptural than the original.
KRISTJAN GUDMUNDSSON, Once around the sun, 1982
each 27,6 x 27 x 3,5 cm
offset, two books in slipcase
edition 100
SC, book, 2nd ed.
published by Ottenhausen Verlag, Aachen / München 1982
History of prices:
Boekie Woekie Amsterdam € 4.000,00 March 2024 (2nd edition, set with water damage)
Boekie Woekie Amsterdam € 4.000,00 February 2022 (2nd edition, set with water damage)
Boekie Woekie Amsterdam € 1.600,00 November 2012 (2nd edition)
