LOUISE BOURGEOIS, I have been to Hell and Back., 2011
ca 42 x 35 x 12 cm
screen print on cotton Tote bag
published by Moma, New York, USA
mint, very rare
limited edition
€ 620,- plus € 24,- registered Track & Trace mail
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The image on this bag is a bright reproduction of an embroidery work. Originally Louise Bourgeois embroidered on a handkerchief the text ‘I have been to hell and back. And let me tell you it was wonderful.’ It expresses her opinion that life is a journey with up and downs, and in the end it was worth it. She put this text on her husband’s handkerchief.
In 2007 a handkerchief with the above text was published by Third Drawer Down in a numbered edition of 1000 for each colour; red, blue and pink. It was co-produced by Tate Modern, London.
LOUISE BOURGEOIS, Spider Woman, 2011
42 x 35 x 12 cm
print on cotton, Tote bag
published by Moma, New York, USA
pristine
This screen print on cotton bag features a reproduction of Louise Bourgeois’ drypoint etching Spider Woman 2005. The bag has generous side gussets, an interior pouch (8″ x 10″) and an extra small pocket.
DINOS CHAPMAN, Garage Tattoos, 2011
15 x 10 cm
offset transfer print
part of set of 5 transfer tattoos by John Baldessari, Dinos Chapman, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Raymond Pettibon
published by Garage Magazine, Moscow, Russia – New York, USA
DAMIEN HIRST, Garage Tattoo, 2011 [The Immaculate Heart]
15 x 10 cm
offset transfer print
part of set of 5 transfer tattoos by John Baldessari, Dinos Chapman, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Raymond Pettibon
published by Garage Magazine, Moscow, Russia – New York, USA
mint condition
rare
JONATHAN MONK, Grey/Gray, 2012
two 7” vinyl records, sleeves,
numbered on certificate with finger prints of grey paint
edition 100
signed
mint
published by CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, USA
€ 360,- plus € 20,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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Within each edition copy Grey/Gray one of the two records is visually unique.
Side A is the sound of black paint being mixed with white. Side B is the sound of white paint being mixed with black.
One is in a black sleeve and the other one in a white sleeve, housed within a clear plastic sleeve with a printed sticker and a small offset printed certificate signed in pencil and painted with grey (English spelling) or gray (USA spelling) finger prints.
GLENN LIGON, I Am A Man, 2011
25 1/2 x 14 x 3 1/2 inches / bag itself approx. 14″x16″
tote bag
published by Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
p.o.r.
In 1968, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, hundreds of black sanitation workers in Memphis went on strike. Famously, they carried signs reading, “I AM A MAN”. This statement “I AM A MAN” started out as an exasperated cry from an oppressed minority to be treated as human. The posters were carried by the workers on strike that drew Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, Tennessee the first week of April 1968. After King’s assassination later that week, the poster became a nationally recognized symbol of the struggle for equality and humanity. Twenty years later, Ligon replicated those signs in his painting Untitled, 1988. Working through the legacy of the civil rights movement he has found his artistic voice: this was one of Ligon’s earliest paintings to include appropriated text, an exploration that continues to this day.
JONATHAN MEESE, Scarlettierbaby’s Raspberry Mouth Spirit, 2010
bottle 1/2 litre 40% vol., grey cardboard box
edition 40, signed
comes in original cardboard box
published by Brigade Commerz, Pforzheim, Germany
€ 240,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
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Jonthan Meese’s adapted label of ‘Scarlettierbaby’s Raspberry Mouth Spirit’, 2010
KATHARINA GROSSE, 2010 Ohne Titel 2010
36 × 18 × 12 cm acrylic paint, PVC
unique series of 6
published by NBK/Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
not available
History of price:
NBK/Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany € 1.600,- May 2012
UGO RONDINONE, Nothing but the Night, 2010
10 × 10 cm, unique series of 10
published by NBK / Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
not available
In New York based mixed-media artist makes works exploring themes of fantasy and desire. Many of his pieces invite the viewer into a meditative state like the blurred, brightly colored, concentric rings of his target-shaped paintings; or his strictly black and white landscapes of gnarled trees that seem to bristle with questionable energy. His large rainbow signs are just as enigmatically alluring with their imperative affirmations of “Hell, Yes!” or “Our Magic Hour.” These signs seem to point to some hidden aspect of our reality and history. One sign, “Dog Days Are Over,” proclaims an end to a period of turmoil, but what that period is remains unclear. The signs encapsulate and make palpable an unnamed collective desire, and, in turn, may inspire a new one, e.g. this voyeuristic piece ‘Nothing but the night’.
History of prices:
NBK / Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany € 1.600,- December 2012
PAOLA PIVI, It’s a Cocktail Party, 2009
10,2 x 0,5 cm
earrings; white gold, glass, various liquids: red wine, milk, olive oil, ink, woodruff syrup, water, tonic, glycerine and/or coffee
edition 60
published by Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
sold
PAOLA PIVI, It’s a Cocktail Party, 2010
10,2 x 5 cm
earrings; white gold, glass, various liquids: red wine, milk, olive oil, ink, woodruff syrup, water, tonic, glycerine and/or coffee
edition 60
published by Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
sold
History of prices offered and determined by:
Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany € 53,50 September 2010
Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany € 53,50 October 2011
