LOUISE BOURGEOIS, I have been to Hell and Back., 2009 [Tote bag]

LOUISE BOURGEOIS, I have been to Hell and Back., 2009
ca 42 x 35 x 12 cm
screen print on cotton Tote bag
published by Moma, New York, USA
mint, very rare
limited edition
€ 620,- plus € 24,- registered Track & Trace mail
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The brilliant screen print on this bag is a bright reproduction of an embroidery work. Originally Louise Bourgeois embroidered on a handkerchief (2007) the text ‘I have been to hell and back. And let me tell you it was wonderful.’ It expresses her opinion that life is a journey with up and downs, and in the end it was worth it. She put this text on her husband’s handkerchief.

More details related to this item
In 2007 a handkerchief with the above text was published by Third Drawer Down in a numbered edition of 1000 for each colour; red, blue and pink. It was co-produced by Tate Modern, London.


Handkerchief, blue version


Handkerchief, label Third Drawer Down / Tate

LOUISE BOURGEOIS, Spider Woman, 2009 [Tote bag]

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LOUISE BOURGEOIS, Spider Woman, 2009
42 x 35 x 12 cm
print on cotton, Tote bag
pristine
rare
published by Moma, New York, USA

This screen print on cotton bag features a reproduction of Louise Bourgeois’ drypoint etching Spider Woman 2005. The bag has generous side gussets, an interior pouch (8″ x 10″) and an extra small pocket.

JOHN BALDESSARI, Stairway, Coat and Person, 2011

JOHN BALDESSARI, Stairway, Coat and Person, 2011
50,8 x 40,6 cm / 20 x 16 inches
archival inkjet print
edition 120
published by CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA

 

John Baldessari is intentionally questioning the conventions of picture-making, among other things. He says: ‘I am interested in conceptual leaps people can make from one bit of information to another and how they can fill the space.’

FRANÇOIS DEY, Benjamin’s house, 2011

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FRANÇOIS DEY, Benjamin’s house, 2011
each ca 31 x 22 cm (installation size: 66 x 122 cm)
6 photo prints
signed, dated, numbered
edition 3

Swiss artist François Dey (1981) is attracted by the continuous flux of life in which nothing is basically fixed. Therefore improvisation and unexpected contexts make as much sense as well prepared plans and thought over constructions, whether in the physical reality or our mind. Also language is used breaking the laws of idiom and spelling which makes his written texts look peculiar and even shabby. For him it is a way to get out of the prison of too much treaded roads we already know of.

LUCY CLOUT, Hook, 2011

LUCY CLOUT, Hook, 2011
59,4 x 42 cm
masking tape on paper
edition of 50 + 2AP
published by Limoncello Editions, London, England                    € 72,-  January 2012

RYAN GANDER, Still not even to be trusted with a paperclip, 2011

RYAN GANDER, Still not even to be trusted with a paperclip, 2011
38.2 x 45.8 cm (image 25,4 x 33,9 cm)
archival inkjet print on paper
edition 50
published by Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
not available

History of price:
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland € 725,- / GBP 600.-  July 2013
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland € 690,- / GBP 600.-  April 2018

 

Ryan Gander’s print is a close up image of a shirt with a small piece of paper poking out of the pocket displaying a description of a dream by a friend of the artist.