LAWRENCE WEINER, (&) so weiter, 1991 [post card, signed]

LAWRENCE WEINER, (&) so weiter, 1991
10,5 x 14,8 cm
die-cut postcard
signed, here in full written signature
published by Altonaer Museum, Hamburg, Germany
condition: mint
€ 340,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.LWein 906-pr

This post card has been signed in various ways on different places on the front, with either biro, fineliner or felt pen ink.

History of prices:
eBay/ashbinx74, Bruton, UK, December 2022 GBP 288.-(make offer)
eBay/ashbinx74, Bruton, UK, January 2022 € 465,- (make offer)
eBay/ashbinx74, Bruton, UK, January 2021 € 438,- (make offer)
Anartist, New York, USA, January 2021 € 105,-

JOHN M ARMLEDER, White Plate, 2020 [dinner plates, cups and saucers]

JOHN M ARMLEDER, White Plate, 2020
dinner plates, cup and saucers
set of 24 parts
all signed and dated in glaze; in 4 original cardboard boxes
limited edition 500
€ 495,- plus € 65,- Track and Trace EU registered mail,
incl. plywood crate or cardboard box 60 x 40 x 40 cm
inv.JMA Coffret01-pr

 

John M Armleder is known for leaving things as they come. While they come the objects of his choice seem to help him out of what to do with them. Paintings are poured over, debris come together and form obviously a natural sculpture.
For this edition the form, presence and sparkling whiteness helped the artist to decide to leave it all alone as it is and to add merely a title to the set of objects: “White Plate”. KvG

JOHN M ARMLEDER, Plat du Jour, 1993 [edition GDL, voucher, signed]

JOHN M ARMLEDER, ‘Plat du Jour’, 1993
21 x 9,7 cm
voucher: photo copy
edition of 100, of which just 30 signed
signed, numbered
published by Editions GDL, Paris-Nice, France
extremely rare
€ 120,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.JMA 878_1043

 

John M Armleder: ‘La Ligne d’Arrivée’ was a restaurant opposite Galerie Gilbert Brownstone & Cie situated in rue Saint-Gilles at nrs 9 and 26 in Paris. The voucher could be validated by ordering a dinner at the restaurant. When a dinner was paid with this voucher the owner of ‘La Ligne d’Arrivée’ would validate it with an ink stamp.” The latter was designed by John Armleder.
JMA: ‘Only 30 have been signed and very few have been issued, because soon the restaurant closed its doors.’

 

Envelope of Editions GDL:

MARINUS BOEZEM, Paper Events, 1970 [signed artist’s book + envelope]

MARINUS BOEZEM, Paper Events, 1970
29,8 x 21,5 cm
artist’s book, 16 pp. incl. cover, plastic envelope with text in screen print
edition 250, here number 21/250
signed, numbered on label
published by Multi-Art Press, Belgium
condition: book yellowed at top part, envelope fine and undamaged
rare in this condition
€ 940,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.MBoe 190

 

The work ‘Paper Events’ is a DIY multiple. There are instructions for a do-it-yourselfer. Nevertheless, the cover and the first page inside have already been done by Marinus Boezem. From page three further instructions are given:
page 3 – cut with a pair of scissors
page 5 – wrinkle and throw away
page 7 – cut with a pair of scissors
page 9 – tear
page 11 – soak in water
page 13 – hang in open window
page 15 – burn rest of the book and keep in plastic bag.

Marinus Boezem is known for his radical view of art. Together with Wim T. Schippers, Ger van Elk and Jan Dibbets, Boezem is seen as one of the main representatives of conceptual art and arte povera in the Netherlands in the late 1960s.

 

signed label verso on plastic envelope

JOHN LIGGINS, My hidden feelings, 1975 [multiple]

JOHN LIGGINS, My hidden feelings, 1975
11,7 x 11,8 x 12 cm
cedar wood, label, adhesive Letterpress letters
edition 10, here 5/10
signed, numbered
condition: poor, although with collectable appearance
(one of the corners at the top backside is slightly crushed and has been partly repaired)
extremely rare
inv.JLig 898

 

This wooden cube was purchased in Other Books and So (Ulises Carrión) in Amsterdam. When I met John Liggins later on I asked him at a certain point what is inside. He said: “For that you have to break it open”. I never came any further than shaking the very light box hearing a sound as if a folded piece of paper is in there….

Extra information
My hidden feelings is depicted in a documentation box with loose sheets op paper. In 1980 John Liggins produced this cardboard box in which his works and activities are documented. It includes photos, printed matter, press material, etc. This box came in an edition of 25 copies, signed and numbered on a label.