MARC BAUER, Untiled, 2013
paper bag
signed, numbered
edition 100
published by Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland € 100,- January 2013
Marc Bauer lives and works in Amsterdam and Berlin. His drawings, installations and videos suggest a mix of childhood memories and fantasies that repeatedly transgress taboos. His works unsettle a traditional understanding of morality. The lines in his drawings are so out of focus, in fact, that here and there they barely give shape and definition, blending and dissolving often into a mist of gray. With all their blurring and smudging, his drawings seem to emulate painting. In this, technically, Marc Bauer plots a new twist in the classical story of drawing versus painting. Here butterflies are symbolizing freedom or innocence, yet this depicted beauty of nature is paradoxically put in order and apparently framed.
ANAHITA RAZMI, States, 2013
DVD, 36 min., loop
edition 10 + 2 AP, numbered, signed
published by Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover, Germany
Anahita Razmi has a special relationship with Iran, the homeland of her father. She connects with it on the level of a stranger, as she explains, “Somebody who is on the outside, but who at the same time finds herself in some kind of indefinable relationship with this alien place.” Here she focusses on the question of what happens when ‘Haram'(i.e. sinful in Islamic jurisprudence/forbidden) and ‘Halal'(i.e. lawful/permissable) are transplanted into a different cultural, as well as aesthetic, political context.
History of price:
Kunstverein Hannover, Germany December 2013 € 450,-
JONATHAN MONK, A controlled chance encounter, 2012
74 x 36 x 2 cm
spray paint, cardboard mailing wrap
signed, numbered
edition 14 + 4 AP
published by Monopol – Magazin für Kunst und Leben, Berlin, Germany
not available
Jonathan Monk has chosen to use the inner side of a cardboard mailing envelope after he walked in his studio over such a mailing wrap protecting the floor for paint stains. In this envelope a recent Monopol Magazine is send to the addressee. The 14 copies + 4 AP’s of the edition differ slightly from each other. The work is finished when the magazine and envelope is mailed and after receipt is opened, the magazine may be taken out and is either pinned on a wall, framed or merely put on the table. Jonathan Monk comments: ‘Eventuelle Dellen oder Kratzer auf dem Postweg machen das Werk nur schöner!’
History of price:
Monopol – Magazin für Kunst und Leben, Berlin € 900,- December 2012 (year of issue)
JOHN BALDESSARI, Beach towel, 2012
70 x 60 inches
100% cotton beach towel original wrapping, tag
published by WOW / Works on Whatever, New York, USA mint
€ 795,- plus € 20,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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John Baldessari is known for integrating photomontage, painting, and text. His visual juxtapositions connect words with images to illuminate, mystify, and contest meaning and expectations. In an interview he once said that he unavoidably will be remembered as the artist with the circles.
History of prices:
eBay-thearteryfineart, Miami, USA US$ 975.- March 2025
eBay-thearteryfineart, Miami, USA US$ 1,028.- November 2024
eBay-dynas-46, Secaucus, New Jersey, USA US$ 450.- September 2023
Los Angeles Modern Auctions, Van Nuys, CA, USA US$ 800.- 26 April 2023
Los Angeles Modern Auctions, Van Nuys, CA, USA US$ 754.- 15 December 2022
eBay-thearteryfineart, Miami, USA € 430,46 September 2021
Wright Auction, Chicago, USA € 315,- 18 November 2020
Works on Whatever, New York € 72,- / US$ 95.- December 2012 (year of issue)
OLAFUR ELIASSON, Little Sun, 2012
ca 8 x 8 x 2 cm
torch with verso 6 x 6 cm mono-crystalline solar module
published by Tate Modern, London, England € 21,- / GBP 17.- December 2012
On 31st of December 2018 more than 838.000 solar torches had been distributed worldwide.
Olafur Eliasson: ‘Light is for everyone – it determines what we do and how we do it. This is why Frederik Ottesen and I have developed the solar-powered lamp Little Sun. Little Sun is a small work of art with a large reach. One part of the artwork is the lamp and the activities it enables. The other is the successful distribution of Little Sun in off-grid communities, its journey from production to usage.’
According to Tate Modern (2012): ‘By purchasing a Little Sun solar-powered lamp here, you help make it available for a lower price to people who do not have consistent access to electricity’.
MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, In de verte, 2012
18,7 x 25 cm
colour photo on dibond; recto and verso, wooden ledge
signed, numbered, dated, edition 40
published by Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands € 600,- October 2011
In this double sided film still Marijke van Warmerdam’s hands are shown sliding across the slats of Venetian blinds. At the other side of the photo another moment is depicted taken from her film ‘Light’ from 2010. Here two moments in one are literally put on display, but cannot be seen simultaneously. The latter being both a strategy of fetching reality and a trademark of the artist.
JOHN BOCK, Ohne Titel, 2012
ca 235 × 43 x 65 cm
various bike parts assembled
unique series of 4
signed, numbered
published by NBK / Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
History of price:
NBK / Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany – December 2012 € 6.200,-
BEN VAUTIER, Attention travaux en cours, 2012
27 x 27,5 x 34,5 cm
printed texts on plastic file box, 4 drawers
published by Quo Vadis, Paris, France
History of price:
Quo Vadis, Paris, France € 50,- December 2012 (year of issue)
For a very short period a similar and more fancy version was offered for sale as featured below. It had white brims on the front side of each drawer. The inner part of the drawers were also white.
BEN VAUTIER Attention travaux en cours / Big Box Ben, 2012
27 x 27,5 x 34,5 cm
printed texts on plastic file box, 4 drawers
published by Quo Vadis, Paris, France
History of price:
Quo Vadis, Paris, France € 53,- November 2012 (year of issue)
