GERHARD RICHTER, Sindbad, 2010
32 x 26,4 x 1,8 cm
artist’s book, 116 pp.: silkscreen, lacquered pages, incl. banderole 1,4 kilograms
limited edition 800
published by Buchhandlung Walther Koenig, Cologne, Germany mint condition, cellophane seal as issued
€ 1.985,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.GR 000-pr
Originally “Sindbad” is the title of a series of 98 pictures, painted on the back of panes of glass in 30 x 24 cm format, from 2008. In their first exhibition, Richter paired them as diptychs, like 49 double pages.
The concept of this book was already clear at the time of their painting. Richter decided to reproduce all of the pictures in original format, cut over three pages, leaving a bar of two centimetres blank at the binding. This gives the book its form. The seven texts about ‘Sinbad the Sailor’, each set in three columns over double pages, give structure to the extensive, “fairytale” series. The banderole around the book contains an introduction to the journey. Every detail – paper, typography, layout and flow of the book – was decided by the artist. “Sinbad” (in German “Sindbad”) is without doubt a further highlight in Gerhard Richter’s series of artist’s books.
Sindbad is the title of a series of 98 lacquer pictures made in 2008, painted on the back of 12 x 10-inch panes of glass. For their first public exhibition, Richter paired them as 49 diptychs, which resembled 49 book-page spreads, pointing towards the possible ideal incarnation of these works as a large-format artist’s book. Using silkscreen printing, this volume reproduces all 98 of the pictures at their original dimensions. Seven texts, on the theme of Sinbad the Sailor (in German only), are interleaved with these magnificent images, and a bellyband around the book offers a concise introduction to the work.
History of prices:
Café Lehmitz, Cologne, Germany € 1.780,- January 2023
Buchhandlung Walter Koenig, Cologne € 1.800,- December 2022
Antiquariat Heinzelmännchen, Stuttgart, Germany US$ 1,512.- December 2022
eBay-ashbinx74, Bruton, UK € 1.695,- July 2021
Catawiki, Assen, Netherlands € 440,- 14 December 2020 (hammer price)
Buchhandlung Walter Koenig, Cologne € 1.800,- March 2020
eBay-ashbinx74, Bruton, UK € 1.588,- July 2020
Buchhandlung Walter Koenig, Cologne € 1.800,- October 2019
Buchhandlung Walter Koenig, Cologne € 680,- March 2017
Antiquariat Heuberger, Cologne € 650,- January 2017
Buchhandlung Walter Koenig, Cologne € 680,- November 2014
RICHARD WRIGHT, Untitled, 2010
35 x 35 cm
screen print, edition 30
published by Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK
not available
Richard Wright paints frescoes that transform interior spaces. Using mathematically calculated techniques that go back to Italian Renaissance architects, he maps out abstract patterns that create vertiginous spatial illusions.
The Rijksmuseum has chosen to celebrate its 21st-century renewal by commissioning the artist a permanent work with 47.000 stars.
MARLENE DUMAS, Frau ind Hund, 2010
51 x 72 cm
piezografie
signed, dated, numbered
edition 40 + 10 AP
published by Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
out of stock
Marlene Dumas uses often aqueous techniques with paint on paper to express intangable notions like Love, Birth, Suffering and Death. In ‘Frau und Hund’ the notion loyalty seems to be the main theme, since this reproduced aquarelle in print alludes with a story about Hitler who after his defeat of Stalingrad would have said that only two friends still stayed with him: Eva Braun and his dog Blondi.
History of prices:
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany € 4.000,- September 2013
MAARTEN SLEEUWITS, I asked the Japanese artist Leï Saito what would be the best…, 2010
1,1 x 11,8 x 4,4 cm
handmade flip book, 52 pp.
signed, numbered, dated in print
edition 7
artist’s publication
ALOÍS GODINAT, Bâtonnet, Bâtonnet, 2010
stick 40 x 1,5 x 1,5 cm / shelf 2 x 13,5 x 52 cm
wood, stained, with shelf
signed, numbered on certificate
edition 10
published by Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany € 450,- August 2012
Aloïs Godinat’s artistic practice draws on art historical elements, effecting minimal changes to evoke new meanings and contexts. Godinat is obviously interested in the detail – both in his choice of colours, structures, textures, and in his treatment of the fragment, the image or typography at hand.
MALCOLM MORLEY, Tankerton Bay, 2009
29.5 x 38.5 inches
screenprint
edition 72, signed, numbered
published by Lincoln Center, New York, USA € 1.800,- / $2,400 September 2011
Print is named for Tankerton Bay, a seaside village in Southeast England, based on a 2006–2007 collaged painting.
GUILLERMO KUITCA, Alice Tully Hall, 2009
19.5 x 19.5 inches
edition 117
published by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, USA
out of stock
Guillermo Kuitca, whose paintings and prints are often inspired by seating arrangements in theater interiors, recreated the seating chart for Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in this work. In a characteristic manner, he casts a shadow of red over the diagram, which turns the space into an abstract superposition of planes. One of the most prominent contemporary artists from Latin America, the Argentine Guillermo Kuitca makes haunting paintings of stadiums, airports, theaters, and other public spaces; borrowing imagery from maps, floor plans, and seating charts.
History of prices:
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, USA $ 1,800.- September 2009
Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands € 2.100,- October 2014
PIERRE BISMUTH, Something Less, Something More, 2009
37 x 50 cm
triple corrugated cardboard plate with seven pre-cut discs, metal stick, instructions for use in French and English
wrapped in green, blue, yellow or clear plastic envelope
edition 180
published by CEC / Centre dʼÉdition Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland € 250,- / CHF 300.- December 2012
This is obviously a DIY edition of Pierre Bismuth.
FALKE PISANO, Figure 1 (Context, Past, Present, Future), 2009
39,8 x 39,8 cm, screen print
edition 50
signed, dated, numbered
Published by ICA, London, England
Collection Kees van Gelder, Amsterdam
In 2012 the Falke Pisano produced a similar print on a sticker:
JONATHAN MEESE, Grappa d’Annunzioz, 2009
height bottle: 32 cm / box size: 37 x 11,5 x 10 cm
bottle 1/2 liter 40% vol., ceramic black Iron Cross, sealed banderol, cardboard box with label
edition 40, here number 25/40
signed, hand numbered
published by Brigade Commerz, Pforzheim, Germany
mint condition
€ 450,- plus Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.JMee 1171
