TAKAKO SAITO, Ein Buch des Mikadobuchs, 1986
12,5 x 15,5 x 1,7 cm
unique series of 20
signed, dated
book and tooth pick in wooden box
not available; ask for details
The whole edition of ‘Ein Buch des Mikadobuchs’ forms a stack of paper sheets. Out of these asymmitrical cut outs 20 stabbed book blocks have been made, each ca 9 x 8 cm in size. The white silk paper pages are bound with a hand coloured cut off Mikado pin, to which a loose hand coloured tooth pick has been added. There is an original pencil drawing on top of each wooden box showing in red colour pencil the part, bound as book, of this Mikado puzzle book.
GERHARD RICHTER, Spiegel, 1986
21 x 29,8 cm
mirror glass on cork plate
edition 100 + XVII
signed, numbered, dated
published by Jahresgabe des Kunstvereins für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
sold
History of prices:
Artax Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf, Germany € 1.800,- October 2005
Mo-Art Gallery, Amsterdam € 2.400,- November 2005
Van Ham Auktionen, Cologne, Germany € 2.375,- June 2012 at auction 311 – Lot 856
KEITH HARING, Untitled, ca 1986
50 x 37 x 12 cm
print on plastic transparent bag
edition unknown
pristine; very rare
published by Pop Shop, New York, USA
ALISON KNOWLES, Untitled, 1986
ca. 9 x 6 x 1 cm / vitrine 12 x 11 x 11 cm
white bean embedded in papier maché
signed, numbered
edition 100
published by Edition Hundertmark, Düsseldorf, Germany
PHILIP CORNER, Piece of reality, 1986
plastic box: 6 x 3 x 5 cm, paper with stamped text: ca. 2,5 x 1 cm
signed, numbered
edition 150,
published by Edition Hundertmark, Düsseldorf, Germany
This ‘Piece of reality’ of Philip Corner was made for a box with many contributing artists. The edition of 150 was in fact a series of different tiny objects as shown.
KEITH HARING, Untitled, ca 1985
Pop Shop bag – white
print on plastic bag, red rope
published by Pop Store, New York, USA
condition: used
inv.KH 000-pr
KEITH HARING, Three Eyed Face, 1985
10,8 x 10 x 3,6 cm
transistor radio, including lid
edition unknown, provenance Pop Shop, New York 1985
published by Pop Shop, New York, USA
private collection
FRANZ ERHARD WALTHER, Instrument proportion, 1984
jute bag: 42 x 46 cm / 16,5 x 18,1 inches
Jute towel, cotton sheath with four pairs of cloth shoes
edition ca 8
not available
History of prices:
estimate € 2.000,- / € 5.500,- November 2012
JOSEPH BEUYS, Schwefelpostkarte [1984]
10,5 x 15 x 0,5 cm
galvanised iron, sulphur, text
signed by Joseph Beuys and Klaus Staeck
ca. 100 produced
Edition Staeck, Heidelberg, Germany
p.o.r.
This card was meant as a Christmas card covered with a thick layer of sulphur representing cleansing Western society since it is used as a desinfecting medicine. The back of the metal card reads: “frohe schweflige weinachten”:
TAKAKO SAITO, Monolog von Kartoffel, 1984
18 x 16 x 7 cm / size cardboard box: 7,7 x 19 x 15,2 cm
stamp printed texts, Pergamin paper, wood, hanging thread and hand made cardboard box (also signed, numbered)
slightly coloured due to aging
edition 5, here number 3/5
signed, numbered, dated
published by Noodle Edition, Düsseldorf, Germany
€ 485,- + € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.TSait 797-pr
