TAUBA AUERBACH, [2,3], 2010
50,8 x 40,6 x 15,2 cm / 20 x 16 x 6 inches
6 pop-up volumes, cloth slipcase, edition 1000 + 100 AP
published by Tauba Auerbach / Printed Matter, New York, USA
not available
www.printedmatter.org/catalogue/search.cfm
http://mondo-blogo.blogspot.nl/2012/01/23-tauba-auerbachs-new-pop-up-book.html
History of prices:
Printed Matter, New York, USA € 430,- / US$ 550.- September 2012
FIONA BANNER, ISBN 978-1-907118-99-9, 2010
offset, HC
issued in both silver and white cover
series of 65 unique copies (originally 20 with ISBN number -99-9)
stamped, signed
published by Vanity Press, London, England
Ref. http://www.fionabanner.com/vanitypress/book11/index.htm
Fiona Banner’s practice centres on possibilities of language. From her ‘wordscapes’ to her use of a found and transformed military aircraft, Banner juxtaposes aggressiveness and the sensual, performing elements of intimacy, attraction and alienation. The artist alternates between the pathos of battle in her monumental sculptures, and a sense of humor in her works on paper in relation to how we mythologize our history, based on our willingness to be seduced by myths.
Each book has its own title, i.e. each print in this edition is the same and yet each is unique. Each one has its own ISBN number and is registered under its own individual title. Each one of the edition is therefore an official publication and each is an edition in, and only of, itself. An edition of one… a book reduced to a reference, purely an imagined space.
Originally the edition of this series was 20. At a later stage the edition was extended to 65.
“A vanity press or vanity publisher is a term describing a publishing house in which authors pay to have their books published. In contrast, mainstream publishers, whether major companies or small presses, derive their profit from sales of the book to persons other than the author. Publishers must therefore be cautious and deliberate in choosing to publish works that will sell, particularly as they must recoup their investment in the book (such as an advance payment and royalties to the author, editorial guidance, promotion, marketing or advertising). In order to sell books, commercial publishers may also be selective in order to cultivate a reputation for high-quality work, or to specialize in a particular genre.” Wikipedia 2012
History of prices:
Vanity Press, London GBP 528.75 May 2021
Vanity Press, London € 116,- / US$ 150.- September 2012
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
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
DANIEL KNORR, Pukapuka Tohunga Mahi Toi, 2009
ca 16 x 23 x 2,5 cm
SC, inserted objects, Maori text, 240 pages, DVD
edition 168
numbered, signed
published by Clouds, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Daniel Knorr’s artist’s book ‘Pukapuka Tohunga Mahi Toi’ involves a process of mapping the city in which Knorr collected pieces of rubbish on the street. This material was interleaved into the blank pages of each book and pressed by a 200-ton press, embossing the objects into the paper. Each book sets out to respond to local concerns and histories and, for this reason, the text for the New Zealand version is entirely in Maori. The cover the artist used the typeface Churchward Maori, designed by New Zealand type designer Joseph Churchward. The book includes a video which documents the process of making the work.
Clouds is a small publishing house involved in the publication of art books.
History of price:
published by Clouds, Aotearoa, New Zealand November 2009 US$ 200.- (year of issue)
Extra information:
DANIEL KNORR, Carte de Artiste, 2007
book with pressed objects, CD,
edition 100 with original objects
published by NBK / Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany December 2012 € 160,-
OLAFUR ELIASSON, Concepts in Space, 2008
30,8 x 39 cm
artist’s book with polished steel plate, 528 pages, hardcover with cover artwork, clamshell box
numbered, signed
edition 200
published by Taschen Verlag, Cologne, Germany
not available
An encyclopedic vision on Olafur Eliasson’s art and architecture in XL-format. A high gloss polished and cold formed steel plate on the cover of the book imitates the prismatic effect of raindrops falling into water. The key concepts behind the works are presented alphabetically, and unfold in the course of short conversations with the artist.
History of price:
Taschen Verlag, Cologne, Germany € 2.500,- September 2008 (year of issue)
PIERRE LEGUILLON, Oeuvres Papier / Works Paper, 2008
29,7 x 21 cm
stack of 1,4 cm digital colour prints, loose sheets of 158g/m2, 58 pp.
printed version
published on eBay by Air de Paris, Paris, France
Oeuvres Papier / Works Paper, 2008
inv.PLeg 000-pr
JILL MAGID, Lincoln Ocean Victor Eddy, 2007
20,8 x 14,5 cm
artist’s book, 54 pp.
edition 800
numbered
mint
published by The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
inv.JM 95-pr
This artist’s book/diary was funded by The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council for the Off the record commission.
* Cover text:
“Last winter I came back to New York City after living five years abroad. I rented an apartment in Brooklyn and took the subway often. Everyone is in transit, except the officers. I approached one and asked him to search me.”
MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, On and on, 2006
15,5 x 21,5 x 1,4 cm
offset, 50 pages on stiff paper
edition 300
30 are signed and numbered
published by CCA Kitakyushu, Japan
After the funeral of her mother in 2006, Marijke van Warmerdam made photos of the flowers on her grave. In the following weeks she recorded the stages of withering, while the winter weather also brought some snow. In On and on the sequence of the photos is reversed, the intention being to turn back time.
HENK PEETERS, truus-3, 2006
ca 24 x 18 cm, unfolded as issued 120 x 150 cm
offset, screen print
edition 70
signed, dated, numbered (here nr 03/70)
published by PlaatsMaken, Arnhem, Netherlands
truus-3, unfolded and framed:
