Category Archives: multiples



HERBERT ZANGS, untitled, 2001 [monotype]

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HERBERT ZANGS, untitled, 2001
32 x 24 cm (22 x 15,5)
monotype on envelope, acrylic paint, felt pen
series of ca 50 unique monotypes
inv.HZan 185
p.o.r.

Herbert Zangs made these series of monotypes for lenders and assistants of his exhibition. These were added to the first 50 copies of the accompanying signed catalogue published on behalf of his exhibition at the Kunstverein in Jena, Germany in 2001. A small part of the edition is signed with ‘ZANGS’ integrated in the image, the largest part of the edition has initials or just the letter ‘Z’ as shown here.

Some sources mention a series of no more than ca 20 monotypes.

GÜNTHER FÖRG, Texte zur Kunst, 2000 [multiple]

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GÜNTHER FÖRG, Texte zur Kunst, 2000
16,6 x 23 x 2,5 cm
acrylic paint on wood
edition 120 + 20 AP (here nr 107)
published by Edition Texte zur Kunst, Berlin, Germany
pristine
€ 1.350,- plus € 24,- registered mail – Margin scheme
Private collection
inv.GFörg-pr 342


History of prices:
Artax, Düsseldorf, Germany € 1.500,- June 2021
Swann Auction Galleries, New York, USA: estimate US$ 1,000-1,500 excl. sale taxes
Artnet Auctions: estimate US$ 2,500 – 3,000 June 2012

YAYOI KUSAMA, Narcissus Garden, 1966 – 1999 [mirror ball, 2001]

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YAYOI KUSAMA, Narcissus Garden, 1966 – 1999
ca 28 x 18 x 20 cm
plastic mirror ball, transparent plastic mini bag, ribbon, printed tag
edition 1500
mint condition; pristine ball in clear transparent plastic bag
very rare in this mint condition
published by Les Abattoirs, Lyon, France
p.o.r.
inv.YKus 1098-pr

This mirror ball in transparant plastic bag was shown in “Een goed in de weg staande tafel” curated by Jack Jaeger in Galerie van Gelder in 2001. A catalogue was issued.
In spite of its description being an edition of 1500 this multiple as shown above is difficult to find. It is known that the original version of plastic balls shown in the Venice Biennale in 1966 was produced in an edition of 1500, but one may wonder what has happened with the other 1499 copies. This apparently smaller plastic version is put in a plastic mini bag with tag saying: YAYOI KUSAMA One of the 1500 mirror balls of Narcissus Garden 1966-1999.

 

Added information
At least one other version of the yellow tag circulates, printed with another date i.e. ‘1966 – 2001’. Also the ribbon has been replaced by a chain. So the tag of the above ball was produced in 1999, the one pictured below in 2001. KvG

Example of a tag with chain instead of ribbon, with slightly aged plastic bag. This tag is of a later date, namely 1966-2001.

History of price of metal version to compare:
SBI Art Auction Co, Ltd, Tokyo, Japan 25 January 2026 € 2,059 metal version, 2x balls (hammer price)

HENK PEETERS, rain of feathers, 1999 [signed DVD]

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HENK PEETERS, rain of feathers, 1999
19 x 14,2 cm
hollow shaft of feather with a tiny dot hand glued on cover of booklet, DVD in jewell box
series of 30 unique collages on couver of 16 pp. inserted booklet
signed, dated, numbered
mint
published by Bifrons Foundation, Amsterdam 1999
€ 500,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered EU mail

In 1998 Thora Johansen, director of the Bifrons Foundation in Amsterdam, invited Henk Peeters to make a film for her Flash project that found its premiere with nine DVD’s in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1999. Peeters very soon came up with an idea of having a rain of white feathers coming down on a glass plate until this was completely covered with a layer of down. It was filmed in colour with a blue background, added with music of invited composer and guitarist Eric Calmes. For the second request to make also a very short film of one minute Henk Peeters decided to have the film in negative run backwards within the given sixty seconds.

When opening the box the feather moves elegantly in the air.