JENNY HOLZER, Baltic Newsletter No.10, 2000 [Baltic Newspaper – B.HOLZER]

JENNY HOLZER, Baltic Newsletter No.10, 2000
48 x 34,5 cm
black and white print, 12 pp., newspaper, folded
designed by Jenny Holzer (colophon)
extremely rare
condition: splendid, paper gently aged without dodges
published by Baltic, Gateshead, UK
€ 150,- plus € 18,50 Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv. JHol 000-pr

For Baltic Newspaper No. 10 Jenny Holzer got free hands to design (see colophon) all 12 pages ; 9 pages with text and 3 pages featuring public light projections in Gateshead and Glasgow. This copy is part of a set of first 14 issues of Baltic Newspaper, lacking nrs 6, 9 and 13.

KAY ROSEN, “O”, (Open, Orb, Orifice, Donut, Globe, Hole, Whole, Halo, Zero), 1999 [multiple, DIY]

KAY ROSEN, “O”, (Open, Orb, Orifice, Donut, Globe, Hole, Whole, Halo, Zero), 1999
diameter 30,5 cm
vinyl stencil, type face Futura Bold
edition 10 + 2 AP + 2 HC + 2 PP
to be installed with florescent Plaka colour nr. 81 (orange), signed on certificate
inv. KRo 000-pr

Kay Rosen works are text based. She finds words, letters for minimal use. In her paintings, drawings, wall works, collages and editions she has used various visual/typographical strategies revealing the unexpected, partly by challenging the way people see and understand words and letters they read. Here, she proposed herself possible references to notions as Open, Orb, Orifice, Donut, Globe, Hole, Whole, Halo and Zero. The work ‘O’ is applied to chipboard with a white background as base. It was shown in ‘Een goed in de weg staande tafel’ at Galerie van Gelder in 1999, curated by Jack Jaeger.

History of prices:
Klosterfelde Edition, Berlin, Germany February 2026 € 1.210,-
Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2001 September 2001 Dfl. 1.500,-

DAVID POWELL, Come Together, 1999 [artist’s book, signed]

DAVID POWELL, Come Together, 1999
6,7 x 9,6 cm
artist’s booklet, photo print on firm paper, SC, sewn, 12 pp.
signed, numbered, dated
edition 5
mint
published by Galerie van Gelder Editions, Amsterdam
€ 60,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv. DP 000

The couver of this artist’s book is in pristine condition. In other words, the ‘wear and scuffung’ shown is part of the photo print.

OLIVIER MOSSET, Untitled, n.d., ca 1991 [set of 6 prints]

OLIVIER MOSSET, Untitled, n.d., ca 1991
each 27,5 x 56,5 cm
screen print, cream coloured handmade paper, 6 parts
numbered, edition 50
signed by Mosset (and McLean?)
unknown publisher
comes in customized cardboard KvG-box
p.o.r.
inv. OM 417-pr

Olivier is the most radical artist of the BMPT group founded in Paris in 1968. He is known for ultra large monochrome paintings, most of the time executed in various colours. This list of pop bands could be looked at as a kind of monochrome.
For some reason this edition is difficult to find.

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JACK JAEGER a.o., 2001 [booklet “A table standing perfectly in the way”]

JACK JAEGER a.o., 2001
21 x 15,4 cm
SC, stapled, 20 pp.
edition 500
published by Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
inv. JJa 000

A small part of the edition came with a photo or print insert.

Jack Jaeger was an artist/curator who, very early on, recognized the qualities of artists like Henry Bond, Liam Gillick, Richard Hawkins, Wolfgang Tillmans, and ensured their first exhibitions in the Netherlands at Galerie van Gelder with a group exhibition “Mechanical Reproduction” in AP in 1994. He also curated a group exhibition “A table standing perfectly in the way” at GvG in 2001. Here, work by Phyllis Baldino, Lisa Beck, Ellen Cantor, Tom Friedman, Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane, Johan Grimonprez, Elke Krystufek, Kay Rosen, Steel Stillman, B. Wurtz, and many others were introduced for the first time in the Netherlands.

BRUCE NAUMAN, Self-Portrait as a Fountain, n.d. [1967, post card, signed]

BRUCE NAUMAN, Self-Portrait as a Fountain, not dated [1967]
10,8 x 15,2 cm
post card, offset
extremely rare
published by MCA / Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
comes with CoA by previous owner
p.o.r.
inv. BNau 000-pr

Additional information
In spite of the poor biro ink quality of the used pen, in graphological sense the diacritic hand movements in the signature are authentic. In a forensic sense it seems that Bruce Nauman tends to use his full name when it comes to dedication or a personal request to sign one of his catalogues or post cards. For comparison of handwriting see image below.

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One of Bruce Nauman’s signed and dedicated catalogues.

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.