....the real avant-garde is in the head.
JOHN M ARMLEDER, The John Armleder is a vegetarian book, 1973-’75
ca 25,5 x 18 cm
32 pp. (incl. couver)
hand made artist’s book: metal rings, very thin paper
edition 15, nr 11/15
fruit and ink stamps, fountain pen
condition: yellowed due to aging
extremely rare
published by Leather Wing Scribble Press, Geneva, Switzerland
inv.JMA 000-pr
This edition is part of a series of unique artist’s books, since all fruit prints are handmade.
page 1
ROB SCHOLTE, @, 2016
20,7 x 21 x 5,6 cm
paper, cardboard
signed, dated, numbered
edition 6, nr 5/6
published by the artist
not for sale
inv.RSch 000
JOSEPH BEUYS, Werke aus Münchener Sammlungen, 1981
10,5 x 29,5 cm (opened)
invitation, folded card
signed
splendid condition
published by Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
inv.JBeu 709-pr
The depicted ‘bonbons’ on this card is an installation described as “Ohne Titel, 1963-’66, made of gelatin, wax and transformer parts”.
GEORGE MACIUNAS, Flux Stationary – letter and glove, 1973
24 x 20,8 cm / 26,5 x 10,9 cm
offset print on sheet of paper, envelope
condition: in perfect shape, yellowed due to aging
published by Flash Art Edizioni – Wooster Productions, Milan, Italy
€ 380,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered Eu mail
inv.GMac 665-pr
History of prices:
L’ Arengario Studio Bibliografico, Italy, March 2023 € 300,-
UnoriginalSins, UK, March 2023 GBP 225.-
The Potomack Company Auctions, 7 October 2020 US$ 275.-
GILBERT & GEORGE, Six Plants, n.d. [ca 1986]
27,4 x 20,9 cm
book page, offset
signed
condition splendid
inv.G&G 682-pr
verso:
DIETER ROTH, Durchsägtes Farbphänomen, 1986
27,9 x 20,8 cm
book page, offset
signed, dated
condition: excellent, slightly smudged handwriting
inv.DRoth 615-pr
In 1980-1990’s an Autographengruppe in Bonn started to collect signatures of people well-known in sports, literature and the arts. In the early beginning of this century the collector’s group decided to sell little by little a part of their collection on Internet through eArt.de and eBay. Not only postcards but also pages of books were cut out after the members got hold on a publication that was signed on the spot.
CLAES OLDENBURG, n.d. [1970]
inner cover of catalogue
28,5 x 22 cm
offset, 300 grams paper
signed
condition: splendid, gently aged
€ 280,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.COld 230-pr
In 1980-’90’s an Autographengruppe in Bonn started to collect signatures of known people in sport, art and literature. In the early beginning of this century the collector’s group decided to sell little by little a part of their collection through Internet. Not only postcards but also pages of books were cut out after the members got hold on a signed publication. For that they visited openings at museums and galleries. In this way, the inner cover of a catalogue of Claes Oldenburg was added to the collection of signatures. This cut-off back cover is part of a catalogue that Städtische Kunsthalle in Düsseldorf published in 1970. It shows a part of a hand saw that runs further at the back on the outside.
JOSEPH BEUYS, Zeichen aus dem Braunraum III, 1984
10,5 x 14,7 cm
post card, screen print
signed
condition: excellent, elegantly aged
published by Edition Stack, Heidelberg, Germany
€ 320,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.JBeu 219-pr
History of prices:
Van Ham Auktionen, Cologne, Germany, 27 May 2021 € 774,-
(2 post cards, hammer price)
Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany, 30 June 2018 € 250,- (hammer price)
LOUWRIEN WIJERS, persbericht, 2011
29,7 x 21 cm
2 digital prints
exhibition “Words to be framed”
published by Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
inv.LWij 000
TAKAKO SAITO, invitation, 2023
34,6 x 21 cm
offset, 3-fold leaflet “Pi-pi-po,po”
published by Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
inv.TSai 706-707
The principle of her work is simple, ‘do it yourself’ or better ‘do it together’.
