MIKE KELLEY, My Little Friend Doll, 2007

MIKE KELLEY, My Little Friend Doll, 2007
43 x 30 x 16,5 cm / 17 x 11 x 6.5 inches
fake fur, felt, plastic, speaking device, original cardboard box
covered in blue plush with plastic eyes, felt hands & feet
edition of 800
pristine condition
published by Whitney Museum, New York, USA
€ 1.800,- plus € 32,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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This plush toy has a startling characteristic. Like many plush toys, when you squeeze their belly they speak, but this one speaks 20 different phrases you don’t expect to hear from a toy. It says things like “Hurt me, I don’t mind,” and “Do you really love me?”

History of prices:
Los Angeles Modern Auctions, Los Angeles, USA US$ 1,016.- 18 March 2025
Bonhams Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Brussels, Belgium € 832,- 24 September 2024
Art.net, private collection, Miami USA US$ 2,750.-, May 2023 (make an offer)
Vince Fine Arts, Miami, US$ 4,500.- January 2023
Lama Auctions, Van Nuys, CA, USA US$ 813.- 16 December 2021 (hammer price)
Vince Fine Arts, Miami, US$ 3,000.- April 2020
Alternate Projects, US$ 1,800.- April 2020
Artsation, Berlin, Germany € 2.500,- March 2014
Whitney Museum, New York, USA, € 360,- / US$ 475.- October 2012

CINDY SHERMAN, Woman in Pool, 2007 [XL beach towel]

CINDY SHERMAN
Woman in Pool, 2007
print on huge beach towel, tag, plastic envelope
178 x 152,5 cm / 70 x 60 inch
original wrapping as issued
mint
produced by Works on Whatever
€ 450,- plus € 32,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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History of price:
eBay-FTRInternational, Daejeon, South Korea February 2025 US$ 400,-
eBay-TheArteryFineArt, Miami, USA May 2024 US$ 1,210.- (make offer)
eBay-TheArteryFineArt, Miami, USA December 2022 US$ 1,000.- (make offer)

YANN SÉRANDOUR, Cahiers Clairefontaine, 2006

YANN SÉRANDOUR, Cahiers Clairefontaine, 2006
22 x 17 cm
school notebooks with lined pages in six colours, stapled, each 32 pp.
edition 1500, of which 32 numbered, signed with insert of original ink drawing on tracing paper
produced by Cahiers Clairefontaine, Paris, France                

The printed grids on the notebook pages of ‘Cahiers Clairefontaine’ have been originally hand drawn by pupils of the Jules Verne Primary School in Croissy-sur-Seine in France and were reproduced in print. These notebooks are used for learning to write straight by making use of horizontal blue and vertical red printed lines. The edition is 1500 of which 32 are numbered and signed.

LAWRENCE WEINER, Give & Get, Have & Take, 2006

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LAWRENCE WEINER, Give & Get, Have & Take, 2006
two incised copper plates, cardboard box
leporello, subscription card
edition 1000
mint
published by Cereal Art, New York, USA
€ 450,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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History of prices:
Sotheby’s, USA 20 June 2024 US$ 600.-
DR Fine Arts, New York, USA November 2023 US$ 450.-
DR Fine Arts, New York, USA October 2022 US$ 225.-
Maison Jules Veilinghuis, Ghent, Belgium, 2 December 2017 € 100,-

MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, Days and holidays, 2006

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MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, Days and holidays, 2006
3,8 cm / 2,5 cm
badges in plastic bag, stapled print on paper, 2 parts
edition 250
published by IKON Gallery, Birmingham, England
€ 85,-

 

 

When Marijke van Warmerdam was commissioned to make a badge for the IKON Gallery in Birmingham, she based her design on the spots from a cup and saucer she has used for a mobile with rotating photos called Take a break. She compares a working day to a holiday and so she made two badges representing both kinds of days. The printed light reflections on each badge suggest that the circular form is an air bubble. KvG

 

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OLIVIER MOSSET, wallpaper, 2006

OLIVIER MOSSET, wallpaper, 2006
53 x 100,5 cm / 20.86 inches x 11 yards
edition 100
published by Wallpaper by Artists, Lyon, France
extremely rare
mint condition
Private collection, Amsterdam
Margin Scheme

With this plain yellow wallpaper Olivier Mosset continues his exploration of monochromes, a smooth manufactured plane with no more than one colour and its materiality. Although this wallpaper too is meant to be attached to a wall creating a monochrome colour field, here the roll could be looked at as a monochrome sculpture by Olivier Mosset. As a kind of DIY edition quite a few rolls have been used to create a monochrome wall in yellow by Olivier Mosset. Hence quite uncommon.
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