NOKUKHANYA LANGA, 25 m2 + a gallerist, 2018
print on polyester flag, cardboard box, 4 handmade stickers, label
signed, numbered
edition 4
published by Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
€ 500,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.DIV4-ds
The four foam board boxes for this edition have been hand made by Nokukhanya Langa and is glued on with hand made stickers. On the inner part of the lid a green sticker is glued with ‘50% USA’ referring to a part of her identity. This is the very first multiple of this artist and was published by Galerie van Gelder Editions.
YAYOI KUSAMA, I Love Lots of Dots, 2019
ca 70 x 37 cm
tote bag, screen print
published by Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, Netherlands
inv.Tassen 619
Descriptions of the term tote or tate for bags, meaning bags “to carry”, can be traced back to 1900. During the 1950s, tote bags began to enter into the main culture. Women primarily utilized them as practical handheld bags because they didn’t require much care.
GENERAL IDEA, $-shopping bag, 1990
27,8 x 40 x 10 cm
black glossy paper bag with offset adhesive-backed label
edition unknown
published by General Idea, Toronto, Canada
splendid condition
€ 295,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.Tassen 619-pr
This oblong shaped paper shopping bag was first presented at the ARCO Art Fair (1990) in Madrid at the Yen-Boutique of Galerie Montenay, Paris, France
General Idea was a collective of three Canadian artists Ronald Gabe (1945–1994), Slobodan Saia-Levy (1944–1994), and Michael Tims (b. 1946). They met in Toronto in 1969, and later took the names Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson. They started to name themselves as General Idea after they were addressed as such when they proposed an exhibition plan.
A copy is in the collection of Moma, New York, ref. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/402101
and a copy is in the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, ref. https://walkerart.org/collections/artworks/lucre-shopping-bag
History of prices:
Concept Books, Eindhoven, Netherlands August 2026 € 300,-
eBay-twobittsstore, New Westminster, BC, Canada January 2024 US$ 599.99
UnoriginalSins, UK January 2024 GBP 600.- (poor condition)
ALISON KNOWLES, Fortune, 1980
ca 4 x 5 x 4 cm
fortune cookie, print and handwriting on paper, machine typed label
published by Armin Hundertmark, Cologne, Germany
inv.AKno 703
ROBERT BARRY, Over Time, 2019
each 10,5 x 15 cm
offset, set of 12 post cards, verso stamp dated in 2019
signed, numbered
edition 40
published by More Publishers, Brussels, Belgium
inv.RBar 784
This is a suite of 12 postcards, send by post over time in 2019 at irregular intervals. The first postcard that was sent out is signed and numbered by the artist, here number 17/40.
Robert Barry likes to use words out of context and place to explore the notions the words are standing for. They are scattered across different supports and kinds of paper, canvas, mirror, wall, floor and behave almost like dynamic objects.
Ⓒ photos: K. van Gelder
History of price:
More Publishers, Rebecq, Belgium January 2025 € 400,-
SOPHIE NYS, Wanted Librarian, 2017
21 x 14.7 cm
offset, inlay in Posture Editions: Not to be fed, but to be famous – Sophie Nys, nr. 26, p. 64-65
inv.SNys 790
In 2016 Posture Editions invited 75 students of the HKU in Ghent to make a drawing that presents an imagination of a book of their own choosing. A full-scale drawing of each of the participating students is included and is mirrored opposite the original cover of the book chosen with the name of the speaker who originally introduced that book during a project called “Curating the Library” in Art Centre De Singel, Antwerp in Belgium.
This inlay and artist’s edition comes with a copy of Posture Editions number 26, 2017.
GERHARD RICHTER, Tote bag, 2019 – number 2
18 x 18 inches
tote bag, dye print on polyester fibre
published by FineArtAmerica.com
produced by PX Pixels, Corporate Headquarters, Chicago, IL, USA
inv.GRich 000-pr
p.o.r.
Fine Art America is a company comparable to RedBuble Pty Ltd that was founded in 2006 as a global online marketplace for print-on-demand products. In 2007, Broihier launched Fine Art America, also an ecommerce marketplace. Artists upload digital images of their artwork to fineartamerica.com and offer them for sale as frame prints, canvas prints, greeting cards and more. Once a purchase is made, Fine Art America outsources the printing, framing, matting, stretching, packaging, shipping and insuring.
FineArtAmerica.com sells not only in-the-style-of, but also merchandised 2 patterns (details of a painting) that are offered as ‘by Gerhard Richter’, i.e. both 2 Throw pillows and 2 Tote bags. That brings one to the question whether Gerhard Richter or his team ‘uploaded digital images of artworks to fineartamerica.com’ or that e.g. Fine Art America got a license to publish and produce this product.
For some reason on the Tote bags number 2 and 3 no reference can found related to Gerhard Richter’s name, consent or authorisation. KvG, 28 October 2019
When one is looking for Richter’s Tote bags produced by various companies none of these bags are for sale anymore. Instead of making clear whether a product is an authentic item made with the consent of Richter, nowadays Tote bags are printed with squeegee reproductions designed by designers obviously inspired by the paintings of Gerhard Richter. This all makes the Tote bag number 2 a peculiar collector’s item. KvG, 17 March 2021
