DANIEL BUREN, T-shirt, 1990

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DANIEL BUREN
T-shirt, 1990
screen print on cotton
edition unknown
published by Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
high quality print inside in pristine condition; unused item
very rare
€ 685,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered mail



 

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Gerhard Richter Style Tote Bags, 2015 [Abstract Painting]

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Gerhard Richter Style Tote Bags, 2015
each ca 65 x 25 x 8 cm
print on polyester bags: “Abstract Painting” I, V and IV
produced by RedBubble, San Francisco, USA
condition: mint

RedBubble Pty Ltd (a proprietary limited company abbreviated as ‘Pty Ltd’ is an Australian business structure) advertises in 2015 as follows: ‘Gerhard Richter Style is also available as Throw Pillows, Drawstring Bags, Art Prints, Canvas Prints, and Posters’. Here three tote bags inspired by abstract paintings of Gerhard Richter directly referring to subsequently “Abstracts Bild I”, “Abstracts Bild V” and “Abstracts Bild IV” [sic].
For some reason in 2018 these Style Tote Bags 2015 are not offered anymore by RedBubble Pty Ltd. In stead a company called Society6.com and FineArtAmerica.com have started to sell similar products.
In 2019 FineArtAmerica.com offers on its side only four products that are made with the consent of Gerhard Richter. Shown are two ‘Throw Pillows’ and two ‘Tote bags’ with reproduced details of two paintings.
 
 

RedBuble Pty Ltd sells not only in-the-style-of, but also merchandised Gerhard Richter products. See more at RedBubble Gerhard Richter products.

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JASPER COPPES, The Mountain Burst Into Song (and all the trees will clap their hands), 2015

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JASPER COPPES, The Mountain Burst Into Song (And All The Trees Will Clap Their Hands), 2015
31,5 x 31,7 cm (cover)
concrete LP with “Music from the Western Isles”, screen print on hand made inner sleeve
edition 5 + 2 AP
signed, numbered on cover
published by the artist
€ 250,- + registered mail





The LP has been made of jesmonite stone from Harris (the largest island of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland) that was crushed to powder and then cast into a small series of concrete LP’s. The record may be played, while it slowly gets worn out causing the songs to become more and more ephemeral.

Each cast LP has been hand numbered by the artist (verso).

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MATHIEU MERCIER, Dé, 2015

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MATHIEU MERCIER, Dé, 2015
41 x 41 x 3 cm
modified reflective road sign
verso signed, numbered
edition 24 + 6 AP
published by More Publishers, Brussels, Belgium

 

Design is a central theme in Mercier‘s work. Ordinary objects designed with the ambition to be modern are subject to his appropriating way of working. His arrangements of objects and interventions make reference to modernity and post-modernity. Shop culture and high culture converge in his works and presented in a museum or gallery context a certain estrangement is created. He combines ‘non-art’ materials of common household objects with art historical references by making use of e.g. the primary colours Mondrian used.

In a three-dimensional dice is depicted on a reflective road sign combining circle, cube and dots. It may be looked at as a ‘non-art’ material that has the aura of modernity or contemporary art.

 

History of prices:
More Publishers, Brussels, April 2020 € 550,-

MICHEL FRANÇOIS, Débordement, 2015

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MICHEL FRANÇOIS, Débordement, 2015
ca 10 x 13 cm, variable sizes
solidified pewter splashed by hand
cardboard box (3,5 x 16,5 x 12 cm) with cork and foam board inlay
signed and numbered on certificate
edition 30 + 10 AP
pristine
Private collection, Amsterdam
inv.MFran 246

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MICHEL FRANÇOIS: installation of Débordement

History of prices:
More Publishers, Quenast, Belgium August 2023 € 500,-
More Publishers, Brussels, Belgium December 2021 € 600,-
Mo-Art Gallery, Amsterdam 2015 € 1.050,-

GERHARD RICHTER, 1024 Colours, 2015 [tote bag]

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GERHARD RICHTER, 1024 Colours, 2015
ca 11 x 13 x 3 cm / 70 x 50 cm
pouch with polyester Tote bag, two attached labels
edition unknown
published by Loqi LLC, Saint Helena, USA
condition: mint
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Descriptions of the term tote or tate for bags, meaning bags “to carry”, can be traced back to 1900. During the 1950s, tote bags began to enter into the main culture. Women primarily utilized them as practical handheld bags because they didn’t require much care.

Merchandising art can be considered as a form of commercial appropriation. Previously merchandise products like that were usually put on the market after the death of famous artists like Vincent van Gogh or Piet Mondriaan. Since Appropriation art came into fashion, nowadays living artists accept this spin-off income as almost part of the art they are making, I guess. It is striking that commodities like tote bags or mugs are offered for just a few years at venues like museums and then they disappear completely and become part of history.

Here a detail of a painting of Gerhard Richter called “1024 Farben” has been reproduced on a synthetic shopping bag apparently authorized or sanctioned by the artist as a product design by Loqi, a Limited Liability Company.

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GAILLARD & CLAUDE, after “Untitled, Gaillard & Claude 2015, plaster and speaker stand”, 2015

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GAILLARD & CLAUDE, after “Untitled, Gaillard & Claude 2015, plaster and speaker stand”, 2015
118,8 x 168 cm
digital print on Maco Mat, 150 gr.
large transparent plastic sleeve
signed, numbered
edition 12 + 3 AP
p.o.r.

 

Vinyl edition
GAILLARD & CLAUDE, Monkey Puzzle, le désespoir du singe, 2015
7 inch single / 45 rpm, 3’12”
hand numbered
edition 300