JOHN M ARMLEDER, Sphinx d’Or Awards, 1973
8,3 x 11 cm
6 different cards with embossed blind plate, 6 printed envelopes
published by Ecart, Geneva, Switzerland
excellent condition
extremely rare
The cards read the following texts: The Sphinx D’Or Award 1973, Count Fanzini
Best Glossy Zine for 1973, File/Ifel General Idea, Toronto”
Best Camouflage for 1973, Dr.Brute, “Spots in Front of Your Eyes”
Best Major Work, Flakey Rose Hip, “Great Wall of 1984”
Best New Talent for 1973, Gilbert and George
Best Contribution to Art Deco in 1984, ms. Rhonda
MAURIZIO NANNUCCI, Decoding Different Directions, 1999
diameter 5,7 cm
cardboard box (6,3 x 6,7 x 6,7 cm), synthetic ball with integrated text and colour
certificate, vintage card board box, certificate, signed with initials, numbered
edition 112 + 16 AP
mint
published by Texte zur Kunst, Berlin, Germany
€ 395,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.MNan 940
History of prices:
Fabiani Arte, Montecatini terme, italy € 400,- 25 May 2024 (hammer price)
Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen, Düsseldorf, Germany, 14 November 2020 € 200,- (hammer price)
Van Ham Kunstauktionen, Cologne, Germany, 28 June 2019 € 280,- (hammer price)
Auktionshaus Stahl, Hamburg, Germany, 15 June 2019 € 450,- (hammer price)
Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen, Düsseldorf, Germany € 200,- (hammer price)
Van Ham, Cologne, Germany, April 2018 € 258,- (hammer price, not mint)
Phillips, New York, USA, 2 June 2007 US$ 480.-
BEN VAUTIER, N’importe qui peut avoir une idée [trans. Anyone can have an idea], 1993
2,3 x 12 x 3,5 cm
screen print on Opinel knife, cardboard box
mint condition
published by Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France
€ 190,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.BVau 933-34-pr
This edition comes with an original shop envelope of Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain.
A light hearted text by Ben Vautier on the cardboard box reads: “Qui est Ben?
Je suis né le 18 Juillet 1935 à Naples de mère Irlandaise et Occitane père Suise Français. J’ai vécu en Turquie, Egypte et Grèce. J’arrive à Nice en 1949. Je cherche à faire ce qui n’a pas été fait. J’ai peur d’être un raté, j’aime les spaghetti parfois l’art m’ennui, j’ai envie d’être un arbre, je suis abonné au Monde, je perds la mémoire et ça m’embête, j’aime les extrêmes en art, j’expose un peu partout, mais ça m’angoisse, je vis actuellement à Nice avec ma femme Annie dans les collines, il ya un tilleul devant la maison, mes enfants sont grands et je perds tous mes Opinels. Ben”
JOHN M ARMLEDER / PATRICK LUCCHINI, Leathern Wing Scribble Press, 1978
7 x 10,4 cm
text in letterpress, envelope, 4 tiny cards
edition 300
published by Ecart, Geneva. Switzerland
very good condition
rare
€ 340,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.JMA 276
LEE MCDONALD, Maqqeta True Whistle, 2020
ca 12,5 x 24,5 x 8 cm
mini toy truck, cardboard, pencil, tape
24 K goldleaf, festive whistle
comes with hand made cardboard box, foil and lashing strap
signed, dated, numbered
series of 8 unique copies
published by Galerie van Gelder Editions, Amsterdam
€ 260,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
This edition was produced on behalf of Lee McDonald’s participation at Big Art Fair 2020 (www.bigart.nl). He showed “Test 1450”, a self-destructive F14 airplane fighter made of discarded cardboard, tape, lashing straps, foil.
Pile of “Maqqeta True Whistle” at group exhibition “Aah Aah Way 2020” at Galerie van Gelder/AP in November 2020
KIMBALL GUNNAR HOLTH, Still not painting??, 2020
2,5 x 17,5 x 5 cm
engraved Parker pen, cardboard box
signed, dated, numbered
edition 8 + 1 AP
condition: mint
€ 120,- plus € 13,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
About eight years ago, Kimball Gunnar Holth stopped making abstract expressionist paintings. He limited himself to a stage with a tarpaulin that house painters and construction workers use. In his studio he made film recordings of work that he made but that never got a final version.
He is often asked why he no longer makes those beautiful paintings: ‘Still not painting ??’. In line with this, he had a pen engraved with this question.
JOHN M ARMLEDER, White Plate, 2020
2 x 27 x 27 cm
porcelain
signed and dated in glaze
limited amount of solely saucer-and-cup out of an edition of 500
condition: mint
p.o.r.
John M Armleder is one of the most well known Swiss artists of today. In the eighties he was called the Neo-Geo Pope after he initiated a group exhibition “Art Abstrait” that created a rouse for being reactionary. Armleder is known for leaving paintings and objects as they come. He makes these works without hardly any interaction. With “White Plate” he leaves the porcelain design of a plate undecorated asking attention for the void and its power of nothingness. The work is ‘already made’ as Marcel Duchamp originally called his first readymades.
JOHN M ARMLEDER, White Cup, 2020
7,5 x 12 x 12 cm
porcelain, 2 parts
signed and dated in glaze
limited amount of solely saucer and cup out of an edition of 500
condition: mint
€ 150,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
WJM KOK, Magic Mug, 2020
ca 9 x 11 x 7,5 cm
thermo print on ceramics
signed, numbered
edition 90
published by the artist
€ 45,- plus € 8,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
TAKAKO SAITO, Die Tuschzeichnung auf dem Düsseldorf Wasser, 1984
22 x 11,2 cm
4 torn marbled paper and hand folded folder unique marbled paper
signed, dated, numbered; here nr 18
published by Noodle Edition, Düsseldorf, Germany
condition: pristine, aged folder
inv.TSait 914
Pile of “Maqqeta True Whistle” at group exhibition “Aah Aah Way 2020” at Galerie van Gelder/AP in November 2020
