ROBERT FILLIOU, Do you mean me?, 1962
from series of Ample Food for Stupid Thought
12,7 x 17,8 cm
5 cards with questions, letterpress uncommon as loose cards
edition 500, of which 104 were published in a wooden box
condition: gently yellowed due to age
published by Something Else Press, Inc. New York, USA
€ 495,- per set of 5 plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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Apart from loose cards sold in sets of 5-6 cards, the work Ample Food for Stupid Thought consists of a small wooden box containing 96 postcards, each with a question. Also, Filliou published it as a booklet. On the flap, Jackson Mac Low stated that he had seen Filliou using these questions as a performance on February 8, 1965, at Café Go Go in Greenwich Village. These were addressed to someone in the audience, and if one spectator did not answer, the question was asked to someone else until an answer was given.
Ref. A vocabulary of Filliou-sophy, Dr. Antje von Graevenitz, De Witte Raaf, Nr. 243, September – October 2026
These cards were once sold for 5 dollarcents each.
S.p.A. 12.5.1972-15.5.1975, 1975
29,5 x 20 x 2,2 cm
letterpress, SC, 6 fold-outs, 202 pp.
published by S.p.A., c/o C.Prudente, Rome, Italy
uncommon in this condition: hardly visible wrinkling on couver, brown stain on pages edge
€ 445,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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Participating artist:
C.M. Benveduti
T. Catalano
P. Mangogna
F. Falasca
G. Croce
M. Diacono
J. Ruddy
F. Mauri
L. Triunfo
Robert Barry
Robert Filliou
V. Agnetti
C. Romeo
L. Pascucci
C. Prudente
V. Zini
R. Albanese
Frencesco Clemente
C. Costa
F. Loriot
C.Cintoli
L.Piffero
M.V. Carelli
D. Esposito
Jochen Gerz
D. Palamara
A. Fiorentino
J. Calabrò
T. Johnson
M. Schaffer
I. Scanga
Bruno Ceccobelli
L. Trina
Giuseppe Chiari
Wolf Vostell
B. Bocchini
Maurizio Nannucci
Mas. Nannucci
I. Soskic
S. Lombardo
Peter Hutchinson
Arcelli e Comini
A. Davis
T. Smith
Alighiero Boetti
A. Fajetti
W. Guidobaldi
G. Matti
C. Fayer
Nicola De Maria
A, Altamira
A. Guatti
Diodato
F. Valentini
F. Caldura
Th. Woodruff
L. Luppino
T. Binga
L. Marzot
D. Cortez
David Rabinowitch
M.sa Merz
A. Caronna
A. Spinelli
G. Attalai
Tony Shafrazy
Ben Vautier
De.Ca
Peter Downsborough
D.Verni
Christo
Lawrence Weiner
S. Hoppferwisier
M. Stuprò
G. [sic]
A. Faggiano
Ufficio Immaginazione Preventiva
Page by Robert Barry:
History of prices:
Libreria Alberto Govi di F.Govi Sas, Modena, Italy March 2026 € 400,-
Dividing Line Books, Ridgewood, NY, USA March 2026 US$ 350.- (poor condition)
ROBERT FILLIOU, dice Eins, Un, One, not dated [1984]
3 x 3 x 3 cm
over-sized dice, wood, industrially coloured
pencil signed with initials ‘rtf.’ on sticker as issued
limited edition, signed: 100
pristine
€ 325,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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The pencil is shown for scale. The initials on the sticker stuck on the dice as issued are written in lowercase by Robert Filliou. Provenance A. Hundertmark, Cologne, Germany
ROBERT FILLIOU, Standard-book / Livre-Etalon, n.d. [1982]
folded: 4 x 4 cm, unfolded: 4 x 80 cm
edition 1000
mint
published by Dieter Roth, Stuttgart 1982
€ 285,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered mail, margin scheme
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“All literature – past, present and future – can be objectively evaluated at last, thanks to the STANDARD-BOOK which alone ensures the faultless measurement and impartial assessment of printed matter(s).”
History of prices:
Sim Reeds Ltd, London, UK € 594,- May 2024
HundertmarkArtFair, San Agustin, Gran Canaria, Spain € 380,- May 2024
SpainThe Archive is Limited, Amsterdam, € 220,- March 2023
Nosbüsch & Stücke Auktionen, Berlin, Germany US$ 260.- 20 May 2022
Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam € 65,- March 2022
Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam € 75,- November 2014
