LISA DIAMETR, Threat Piece, 2025
ca 23 x 16 x 3 cm
paper, print, felt pen ink, various kinds of tape
series of 18 unique book objects, here number 14/18
comes in handmade envelope
signed, dated, numbered
published by the artist
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HANS THEYS, Wonderland – Van space cake tot safe space, 2022
35,5 x 27,5 x 5,5 cm
cardboard box, books and other items by various authors
edition 50, numbered: here number 8/50
mint
published by Antwerp Art School, Tornado Editions and Galerie A, Amsterdam
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This boxed publication is filled with contributions of authors chosen by Hans Theys. It contains multiples, publications and prints, most of them signed.
Participants:
Anita Evenepoel, Anna Tilroe, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Anny De Decker, Bart Verschaffel, Carmen Devos, Christine Duchiron Brachot, Daisy Roman, Greta Meert, Guido Belcanto, Guy Rombouts, Hans Theys, Harry Ruhé, Idris Sevenans, Jan Braet, Jonas Van der Haegen, Joris Dockx, Laurence Petrone, Luc Deleu, Ludo Bekkers, Marianne Berenhaut, Marianne Brouwer, Moniek Bucquoye, Nadine Plateau, Paul Ilegems, Pauline Niks, Renny Ramaekers, Rob Malasch, Roger D’Hondt & Marie-Hélène Van Audenhove, Ronny Van de Velde, Walter Swennen, Wilfried Huet, Wim Van Mulders, Zena Van den Broek.
JAAP KRONEMAN, Fraktur, 2004
60,5 x 38,5cm,
artist’s book, 14 pp.
ink on fluorescent cardboard, duct tape, painterly stains, digital print, accordeon binding,
text in Dutch by Jaap Kroneman
‘in an edition of 1’
signed with dedication, dated
Het werk van Jaap Kroneman is verbonden met een haptische verbeelding. Zo is voor hem het ‘ontwerpen’ van een boek vooral een zoeken naar de grenzen van design codes, zoals het formaat van een boek, de oplage, de rug van het boek, verfspetters op achterplat, het ontbreken van een rechter kantlijn, de bindwijze, e.d. Op een tastbare manier worden techniek en materiaal provisorisch toegepast waarmee het boekontwerp naar een sprankelend niveau wordt opgetild.
JONAS MEKAS, Reminiscensijos, 1972 – book design by GEORGE MACIUNAS
14 x 19,7 x 3,3 cm
offset, wood, metal hinges, ink stencil
signed on verso couver
Lithuanian language
edition 250, numbered; here number 29
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During the Second World War, Jonas Mekas fled the Nazis, ending up in New York in 1949, where he became a key figure in experimental cinema. In “Remeniscences” brief and fragmentary impressions of his trip to Lithuania are depicted. He visited his old family home and reunites with his mother and other family members.
It was already summer, we left the village of Flensburg.
Ships were already sailing in the water-meadow, and
on the coastal piers, on the water, under the fishing boats
the warmth flickered.
And when we went on,
on and on, until we reached Glücksburg –
there, children were already splashing around,
wading through the dense forest of reeds.”
…..
History of prices:
James Cummins bookseller, New York, USA November 2025 US$ 2,500.-
Sotheby’s webshop, USA November 2025 US$ 2,500.-
Royal Books, Inc., Baltimore, USA October 2025 US$ 1,875.-
Printed Matter, New York, USA October 2025 US$ 1,500.-
DIETER ROTH, catalogue Biennale Venice, 1982
29,7 x 21 cm
stack of loose pages, SC, bound with metal fastener
splendid condition, very gently used
published by Swiss Pavilion / Pro Helvetia
€ 150,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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This book comes with a customised cardboard box:
History of price:
Ursus Books, New York, USA, July 2025 US$ 175.-
NAVIN RAWANCHAIKUL, Com…, 1999
29,7 x 21,2 x 2,7 cm
artist’s book, introductory text by Helen Michaelsen
tipped in postcard, airmail envelope, Post-it paper, piece of fabric, comic strip booklet
published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walher Koenig, Cologne, Germany
€ 185,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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‘Born in 1971 in Chiang Mai, Navin Rawanchaikul is a Thai artist whose ancestral roots are from the Hindu-Punjabi communities of present day Pakistan. Questioning modern systems of artistic creation and presentation, Rawanchaikul has developed a unique and vast body of work that relies heavily on team spirit and collaboration, and is often produced under the banner of Navin Production, a studio he founded in 1994.’
VOEBE DE GRUYTER, The Cable Theory, 2004
29,7 x 21 cm
SC, 24 pp., sewn, English text by Kees van Gelder
edition 700
published by Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
€ 20,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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This publication is about offices seen via the snare theory above tables (through image receivers like computers) and below office tables via ultra sub-atomic energy exchange via cables lying on floors. It was issued on behalf of Voebe de Gruyter’s installation “The Cable Theory” in group exhibition “Play Pen” at The Drawing Center in New York in June and July 2004.
KRISTJAN GUDMUNDSSON, 200 pages on Barnett Newman, 2001
24,5 x 27,2 x 3 cm
SC, 200 pp., MC paper
signed, numbered
edition 100
mint
published by Silverpress, Reykjavik, Iceland
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This book has sculptural characteristics, due to its concept and heavy weight. The 200 pages of the book correspond to the total surface of Barnett Newman’s painting ‘Who is Afraid of Yellow, Red and Blue I’ (1966), oil paint on canvas measuring 190 x 122 cm. It includes the exact ratio of the three colors of the painting. When you hold this book in your hands, you have the entire surface of the canvas in your hands.
verso:
Added information:
BART CHABOT, Popcorn, 1981
21 x 13,5 cm
SC, 60 pp., 4 zwart-wit afbeeldingen
1e druk
Uitgeverij De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
pristine, as mint
€ 30,- plus € 12 track & Trace EU mail
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CHRISTIAN BURNOSKI, Print Response, 2012
32 x 24 x 1,5 cm
folder contains the following items:
publication ‘print response’, 48 pp.
certificate and printed letter by the artist
edition 200, here numbered 80/200
signed, dated.
This special edition comes with a DVD, 2 strips of foam
limited edition 50, here Nr 23/50, also with certificate, signed and dated
Available at Motto Books, Berlin. Ref. http://www.mottodistribution.com/shop/print-response-special-edition.html
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