GERHARD RICHTER, Line Color Rainbow Mini Skirt, 2023 [skirt]

GERHARD RICHTER, Line Color Rainbow Mini Skirt, 2023
size M
fabric, 88% polyester, 12% elastane
Order-on-demand production through RedBubble, Melbourne, Australia
‘Designed and sold by Tabatha Anderson’, Manchester, USA
inv.GRich 000

Here the publisher is both dress designer and seller with the help of RedBubble Inc., a company that specializes in Order-on-demand. The print on the fabric is taken from the couver of a catalogue.
One may wonder whether this production – with the artist’s name ostentatious reproduced on the fabric – is made with the consent of Gerhard Richter. Yet, The Archive is Limited brings also unsigned works together, that have been produced during the artist’s lifetime. As such this skirt edition is archived as an authentic work. We consider it as being indirectly approved by or made with the consent of the artist, since apparently no legal forces prevented to have the offered item for sale. One may also look at it as an abuse of Gerhard Richter’s work and name or as a piracy’s action to reproduce the couver of a catalogue showing the name of its publisher Hatje Cantz.
In any case, this is clearly a matter of Product art, no doubt about that. KvG

Note.
On 19th of December 2023 this item was not for sale anymore. Between the 11th and 19th of December suddenly this skirt disappeared from the website of RedBubble, for unknown reasons.

GERHARD RICHTER, Abstract Cover Mini Skirt, 2023 [skirt ]

GERHARD RICHTER, Abstract Cover Mini Skirt, 2023
fabric, 88% polyester, 12% elastane
size M
mint
Order-on-Demand production through RedBubble, Melbourne, Australia
‘Designed and sold by BlankaBlank’, Wiesbaden, Germany
inv.GRich 000

Here the publisher is both dress designer and seller with the help of RedBubble Inc. that specializes in Order-on-Demand.
One may wonder whether this production – with the artist’s name ostentatious reproduced on the fabric – is made with the consent of Gerhard Richter. Yet, The Archive is Limited brings also unsigned works together, that have been produced during the artist’s lifetime. As such this skirt edition has been archived as an authentic work. We consider it as being indirectly approved by or made with the consent of the artist, since apparently no legal forces prevented to have the offered items for sale. In any case, this is clearly a matter of Product art, no doubt about that. KvG

RICHARD PRINCE, Greeting Cards, 2011 [3 cards, signed]

RICHARD PRINCE, Greeting Cards, 2011
each 15,9 x 21,6 cm
set of 3 foil-stamped prints on heavy wove paper, envelope
edition 100, here nr 59/100
each card signed, numbered
published by Hatje Cantz, Berlin, Germany
mint
book sealed as published, comes with original wrapping
set of cards € 3.000,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.RPri 000

 

History of prices:
Amazon.com November 2023 US$ 3,650.-
eBay-thearteryfinearts, Miami FL, USA November 2023 US$ 2,722 (single card)
1st Dibs, New York, USA November 2023 € 10.702,-
eBay-thearteryfinearts, Miami FL, USA December 2022 US$ 1,750 (single card)
ArtSpace / AB Projects, New York, USA October 2022 € 5.010,-
New Art Editions, The Hague, Netherlands October 2022 € 1.000,- (single card)
Baldwin Projects, London, UK October 2022 GBP 1,500.- (single card)
Phillips, London, UK 21 October 2021 € 1.117,- (hammer price)
Kunstveiling.nl-marylin_de, Germany 21 March 2019 € 900,- (hammer price)
Phillips, London, UK 12 June 2014 € 1.239,- (hammer price)

CLAUDE CLOSKY, 2000 attempts to draw a small circle, 1998

CLAUDE CLOSKY, 2000 tentatives de designer un petit circle / 2000 attempts to draw a small circle, 1998
19 x 19 cm
black biro ink on blank invitation card
hand made drawing
edition 2000
published by Maison Levanneur, Chatou, France
condition excellent
uncommon
€ 195,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.CClos 1119-1120

Ref. Claude Closky: ‘82 Attempts at drawing a circle freehand’, 1991, 21,5 x 14,5 cm, ballpoint pen on sketch pad, 164 pages.

YANN SÉRANDOUR, Cahier Clairefontaine, 2006 [Cahier Clairefontaine + drawing]

YANN SÉRANDOUR, Cahier Clairefontaine, 2006
22 x 17 cm
stapled, 32 pp.
signed, numbered, here nr 9/32
insert of original ink drawing on firm tracing paper
edition 32
mint
published by Édition Cneai, Chatou, France
inv.YSer 000-pr

The couver of this edition was published in six colours: red, orange, yellow, blue, light blue and green.
The printed grids on the notebook pages of ‘Cahier Clairefontaine’ have been originally hand drawn by pupils of the Jules Verne Primary School in Croissy-sur-Seine in France and were reproduced in print. Industrially made notebooks are used for learning to write straight by making use of pre-printed horizontal blue and vertical red lines on each page.
The edition is 1500 of which 32 are numbered and signed.

LEE MCDONALD, Fragmented Test 2645, 2023 [edition CUT magazine about art]

LEE MCDONALD, Fragmented Test 2645, 2023
ca 40 x 17 x 2 cm
plastic, thread, tea bag, 2 stickers
including CUT magazine about art, issue 26
edition 34
signed, dated, numbered
published by Cut Magazine about art, Amsterdam
€ 150,- plus € 8,- Track & Trace registred EU mail
inv.LMcD 000

For CUT magazine about art Lee McDonald made the above edition, all handmade. He seldom makes a work that is not tested by himself. Here, the owner of the multiple may test the parachute by dipping the tea bag in a glass of warm water to give it a bit of weight before throwing it into the air to see what happens. This means that basically 34 tests could be run by the owners, hence its title “Fragmented Test 2645”.