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GERHARD RICHTER, Schwarz, Rot, Gold II, 1998

GERHARD RICHTER Schwarz, Rot, Gold II, 1998
21 x 29,7  x 1,3 cm /8.27×11.69 inches
synthetic resin paint behind glass, hard fiberboard mount, metal parts
4 different shades of each colour
edition of a unique series 64 + 3 AP
verso signed, dated on sticker
published by Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
out of stock

This edition is marked with a three digit combination in felt-tip pen on reverse and each multiple with inv.id WV-Nr. 855-8 was made in conjunction with ‘Schwarz, Rot, Gold’ from 1999, a commissioned work by the German Bundestag for the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany.

History of prices:
Auction Ketterer Kunst, Munich, Germany         € 5.000,-  /  $ 6,657.-    24 April 2010
Auction Van Ham, Cologne, Germany                € 6.200,-  /  $ 8,300.-   June 2011

ROB SCHOLTE, Nu met gratis doek van Rob Scholte, ca 1997

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ROB SCHOLTE, Nu met gratis doek van Rob Scholte, ca 1997
27,5 x 9,3 x 5,5 cm
Glassex Ultra-Action pistol, flex print on cloth, sealed as issued
signed in print
limited edition unknown
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Rob Scholte is being looked at as the enfent terrible in the Dutch art scene. Appropriation of a polka dot, a Monopoly game or a Philips logo it is all in the game of making the notion copyright into a dispute. Here with ‘Nu met gratis “piece of fabric” van Rob Scholte’/’Now with free canvas of Rob Scholte’ he alludes to giving away a canvas to the buyer of a commodity item.
Next to a yellow spray cap there is a blue spray cap version called Glassex Multi-Action and a re-fill flask, both including a cloth with signature in print.

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MESCHAC GABA, Untitled, n.d. [1997, box with money safety pins]

MESCHAC GABA, Untitled, 1997
1,2 x 5,9 x 3,9 cm
22 safety pins with banknote particles, plastic box
signed on lid
edition unknown
published by the artist
Collection K. van Gelder, Amsterdam
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In 1997 various items made out of banknotes were offered at one of the annual Open Ateliers of the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. This transparent box produced in a small edition was offered for sale in the studio of Meschac Gaba. Gold coloured safety pins are stuck into Benin banknote particles in the shape of a tiny circle.

 

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JOHN BALDESSARI, I saw it, 1997

JOHN BALDESSARI, I saw it, 1997                                                                                                      
40,6 x 50,8 cm / 16 x 20 inches                                                                                              
offset
signed, numbered, dated
edition 100
published by Benefit Edition, Los Angeles, USA         

 

John Baldessari is questioning the conventions of picture-making, among other things. One of the other things is very much related to picture-reading. The work “I saw it” refers obviously to objects one may see passing by in the sky, e.g. UFO’s.

SIGURDUR GUDMUNDSSON, Nutoen, 1997

SIGURDUR GUDMUNDSSON, Nutoen, 1997
23,8 x 16,7 cm
offset, 2 volumes (16 pp. + 32 pp.), transparent sleeve
edition 500
published by Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, 1997

This publication could beconsidered as half catalogue, half artist book. The picture on the front of volume I and the picture on the back of volume II form together one image of a sculpture installation ‘Disturb me’ (1997) of Sigurdur Gudmundsson. Both volumes come with a Dutch text by the artist about the making of the book and the works in his exhibition in the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem.

VOEBE DE GRUYTER, Dokalucht, 1996

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VOEBE DE GRUYTER, Dokalucht, 1996
29,7 x 15,2 cm
book with text in Dutch, each with original hand made charcoal drawing, tracing paper dustcover, SC, 24 pp.
edition 120
signed, numbered
published by The Bifrons Publisher / Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
€ 150,-

 

original sketch for the cover of the charcoal drawings of “Dokalucht”:

Dikwijls worden de werken van Voebe de Gruyter begeleid met een tekst. Hier reproduceert zij een dialoog:
“Je moet nog een titel vinden voor het boekje!”
“Ja, maar het moet niet te literair zijn door het bijvoorbeeld naar een van de stukjes te noemen.”

Ik vond het vreselijk moeilijk. Drie dagen later kreeg ik plots een idee. Ik kwam op een vroege avond buiten en rook een sterke, zurige lucht om me heen. Waarschijnlijk een mengsel van uitlaatgassen van auto’s en vrachtwagens en andere stadsapparaten. Vrijwel onmiddellijk wist ik de titel: beelden uit een stad die aan het ontwikkelen zijn, waarvan sommigen al beeld zijn geworden en vorm hebben gekregen in stukjes.

TONY OURSLER, Untitled (Talking Photograph), 1996

TONY OURSLER, Untitled (Talking Photograph), 1996
photo, plastic frame, audio recording
15 cm x 18 cm x 1,3 cm / 6 x 7 x 0.5 inches (size photo)
signed, numbered
edition 100
published by Artists Space, New York, USA
out of stock

History of prices
Artists Space, New York, USA June 2013 € 750,- / US$ 1,000.-  

MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, ’92-’96, 1996

MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, ’92-’96, 1996
110 x 80 cm
offset on paper, aluminum
signed, dated
edition 50
published by Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria / Marijke van Warmerdam
p.o.r.

 

“After the artist had made the final selection of works for her exhibition in the Wiener Secession, she noticed that her choice contained a work from every year between 1992 and 1995. Based on this fact she made a poster, but because the poster itself was also a work, the year 1996 was added as a new fact. The image of white dates on a black background created the suggestion of five consecutive frames of a film.” From text by Kees van Gelder in catalogue ‘Close by in the distance’ (2011), p. 74.