HANNES VAN ES, Liberty, Vanes Paint, 1987 [3 paint cans with label]

HANNES VAN ES, Liberty, Vanes Paint, 1987
00 x 00 x 00 cm
paint, 3 cans, label
limited edition
extremely rare
published by XX, Spain
inv. HvE 000-pr

In the 1980s, Hannes van Es began creating abstract paintings. The paint was applied to the canvas with a smoothing squeegee. This had to be so pasty that the grooves remained in the paint. For this, he had found a manufacturer in Spain who produced a tough paint specifically for him. Van Es designed a wrapper for the paint cans and they were marketed under the name ‘Vanes Paint’.

HANNES VAN ES, “Clear view on several black stains”, 1987
Galerie van Gelder, exhibition view with blobs of “Vanes Paint’ on rolled out paper strips.

YAYOI KUSAMA, Pumpkin, 2019 [bath mat, large]

YAYOI KUSAMA, Pumpkin, 2019
51,5 x 84 cm
print on bath mat, polyester fabric
mint, here wrapped in cellophane
published by Redbubble, Docklands, Victoria, Australia
€ 395,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv. YKusa 937-pr

In 2019 for a very short period a bath mat (both small and large) with printed pumpkin was offered for sale. The design was striking since only circa 5% of the surface was used for the image. In less than two months it was taken from the website of Redbubble.

Additional information
Redbubble is a global online marketplace for print-on-demand products based on user-submitted artwork. The company was founded in 2006 in Melbourne, Australia, and also maintains offices in San Francisco and Berlin in 2017.

FRANCK BRAGIGAND, Painted Street Collection – cassettes, n.d. [2003]

FRANCK BRAGIGAND, Painted Street Collection – cassettes, n.d. [2003]
11,8 x 8,5 x 7 cm
5 music cassettes, hand written titles of songs on inner sleeves, lacker paint
out of a series of objects found in the streets of Amsterdam
inv. FB 000-pr

The title of this series “Painted Street Collection” refers to one of Franck Bragigand’s recycling methods. He collects all kinds of objects found in the garbage on the street, which he then cleans, sands and paints. Here he only applied a method of working that he calls ‘Un plan, une couleur’ (trans. “One plane, one colour”), i.e. painting a yellow layer of paint on one side of each cassette.

FRANCK BRAGIGAND, Restauration of Life – Order the next one…, 2003

FRANCK BRAGIGAND, Restauration of Life – Order the next one…, 2003
various sizes and colours

A gallery sign lying on the seat of a yellow chair explained in short that visitors could go out back into the street searching for a chair left at the street garbage. Once back in the gallery, a buyer could choose a colour that would be painted on by the artist. For each extra colour added to a part of the chair – ‘un plan, une couleur’ – an amount of money was added to the sale price.

On a nearby wall the price setting written by Franck Bragigand was shown:

RAUL MARROQUIN, The Neotronics Greatest Hits, 1983

RAUL MARROQUIN, The Neotronics Greatest Hits, 1983
vinyl, 45 RPM
drawing couver by R. Marroquin, music by Rod Summers
mint, i.e. never played
published by Stemra, Amsterdam
€ 100,- plus € 19,50 Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv. RMar 000-pr

“In The Neutronics Greatest Hits, Marroquin takes on the genre of the music video as the carrier of his underlying critique of mass media. Intended as part of the programming for Marroquin’s Amsterdam/New York satellite broadcast called The Link, the work is both a music video and a documentation of a live performance given by the concept band at the Mazzo club in Amsterdam.”

History of prices:
Discogs.com, Beaverton, Oregon, USA 18 February 2025 € 129,-
Discogs.com, Beaverton, Oregon, USA 20 August 2024 € 228,85
Discogs.com, Beaverton, Oregon, USA 11 June 2023 € 175,-

LILY VAN DER STOKKER, Good Old Abstract Art, 2025 [embroidered and woven patch]

LILY VAN DER STOKKER, Good Old Abstract Art, 2025
8,3 x 5,4 cm
iron-on patch, woven with embroidered edge
published by Apply Stickers, New York, Brooklyn, USA
For more details contact Applystickers.com
inv. LvdS 000-pr

This patch was taken from drawing ‘Good Old Abstract Art’ that LvdS made in 1992. The piece may be glue ironed on fabric or anything comparable.

Additional information
Apply Stickers is founded in 2019 by Spencer Lazar, Chris Fischer and Blake Hinckley. It operates as an Internet company offering stickers.