TAKAKO SAITO, Wassermusik, 2000
33 x 17,3 cm
hand made plastic bag, permanent felt pen ink, heat press ridges, metal rings, dried up water and sand from river Rhine
series of circa 2-3 unique works
signed, dated
inv.TSai 262-pr_for art handling use gloves
It is known that Takako Saito has made a few of these unique hand made plastic bags called “Wassermusik”, with geometric patterns alluding to musical scores without written notes. Apparently the water took care of the music. The bag is supposed to hang on a wall and was filled with water from the Rhine in Düsseldorf, Germany. In the long run this evaporated. Considering the use and age of this unique item it is in an excellent condition, without tears, cracks, rust or petrification. KvG June 2022
MARI REIJNDERS, Done and Dusted, 2021
14,8 x 10,5 cm
postcard, water colour
edition 50
signed, numbered
published by Second Room / Posted, Antwerp, Belgium
Ref. www.secondroom.org
inv.MReij 44
SECONDroom/Posted is an initiative of Second Room and was started during the Covid lockdowns with the aim of allowing artists to keep in touch with their audience.
The distribution strategy was executed as follows:
20 were sent to addresses chosen by the artist
10 were sent to addresses chosen by the SECONDroom
15 were offered for sale online
5 were put aside for the artists and SECONDroom archives
ANDY WARHOL, Mao, 1979
135 x 44,5 cm
screen print, wallpaper with text “Andy Warhol – TRIM”
published by Musée Galliera, Paris, France
condition: fine, although slightly discoloured
€ 2.000,- plus € 24,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
Wallpaper “Mao” was printed on behalf of a solo exhibition in Musée Galliera in Paris that was on from 23 February through 18 March, 1974. Apart from black and white prints colour versions were produced.
RAPHAËL LANGMAIR, Again (Monochrome), 2022
16,5 x 25 x 3 cm
2 burnt slices of bread, cardboard box, ink stamped text
signed, numbered, dated
edition 5
published by the artist
€ 150,-
inv.RLan 1146
In several works Raphaël Langmair deals with duplications. He finds an object and makes a replica, although differently from its original. In the past he used ink of an octopus for making one in print of that same octopus. In another work he takes a fruit market crate and rebuilds it into a triangle shaped one.
Recently one morning he burnt his toast. He took another slice of bread in order to make a toast again. While waiting he decided to burn deliberately the next one as well that brought him two burnt toasts that he turned into a piece, hence the title of this edition: “Again”. KvG
BEN VAUTIER, Je doute, donc je suis, n.d. [ca 2017]
29,7 x 23 x 3 cm
notebook, spiral binding
with pencil drawing: ‘Don’t fill it up’
signed
published by Quo Vadis, France
This note book comes with a pencil drawing.
WILLEM DE RIDDER, Als u deze kaart ontvangt…, n.d.
11 x 15,8 cm
photo copy
signed in print
inv.WdR 96-pr
EL LISSITZKY, badge, 1990
5,3 x 5,4 cm
glossy print, badge/lapel/pin
limited edition
published by Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, USA
very rare
splendid condition
inv.ELis 24-pr
This edition was produced decades after El Lissitzky’s death in 1941, and so made without his consent. Nevertheless it is archived for curiosity reasons, being part of the Rosa Esman Gallery in New York that had apparently reasons for having such a pin made without an autorisation of the artist. The badge is similarly fabricated as the one of Sol LeWitt with iconic stripes in black and white. Opposite to the LeWitt badge the one of Lissitzky is verso dated: “1990”, perhaps a circumstantial evidence that both pins were made in the same period.
See Sol LeWitt [pin, ca 1990]
SALIM BAYRI, Slaap Lekker, 2022
T-shirt, size L, print on cotton
edition unknown
published by the artist
Collection K. van Gelder, Amsterdam
For years artists lived and worked in an old school building in Van Schendelstraat, Groningen, Netherlands. It has been sold to make place for apartments. The artists involved in the Slaap Lekker Studio came together for the last time on 19th of March 2022 having a Good Bye party. Salim Bayri produced a stack of T-shirts printed with pictures from previous parties.
WILLEM DE RIDDER, Wenn Du diese Karte erhälst,…, nd [2012]
14,8 x 21 cm
photo copy
signed in print
part of performance in Wiesbaden, Germany in 2012
WILLEM DE RIDDER, Schau Dich bitte um…, nd [2012]
14,5 x 21 cm
photo copy
signed in print
part of performance in Wiesbaden, Germany, 2012