JOSEPH BEUYS, Holzpostkarte, n.d. [1974]
10,2 x 14,9 x 3,3 cm
screen print, wood
signed
edition 600
published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg, Germany
€ 580,- plus € 13,- costs Track&Trace
inv.JBeuys 283
History of prices:
eBay-Bruckners, Neudorf, Austria December 2024 € 604,60 (make offer)
Tim Byers, Richmond, UK 26 January 2021 GBP 400.-
Van Ham Kunstauktionen, Cologne, Germany 1 June 2016 € 323,-
JOSEPH BEUYS, Holzpostkarte, n.d. [1974]
10,2 x 14,9 x 3,3 cm
screen print, wood
signed
verso ink stamped F.I.U. / Free International University
edition 600
published by Edition Staeck, Heidelberg, Germany
€ 480,- plus € 13,- costs Track & Trace
inv.JBeuys 437
SIGURDUR GUDMUNDSSON, Camouflage, 1974
50 x 40 cm (19 x 23,5)
signed, dated
black and white photograph, rub on letters, frame
edition 3
inv.SG 000
Foto: K. van Gelder
HREINN FRIDFINNSSON, An Aquarelle of the surface of the lake “Thingvallavatn” Painted with water from the surface of the lake plus color, 1973-’74
76 x 62,5 cm
aquarelle, pencil on paper in original frame with silver leaf
each hand made and unique copy depicts the contour of the lake (“Thingvallavatn”) filled in with blue aquarelle paint
edition 10
extremely rare
KRISTJAN GUDMUNDSSON, Shipwreck, 1973 – 1974
29,5 x 22,5 cm
offset on tracing paper, folded as issued
signed, dated, numbered
edition 20
published by the artist
condition: splendid, although aged semi-translucent tracing paper
Private collection
€ 3.500,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.KG 000-pr
Kristjan Gudmundsson installed the print ‘Shipwreck’ behind a glass plate for the first time in Galerie van Gelder in Amsterdam in the late eighties. Originally in the seventies it used to be an object in a wooden box; a paper folded boat lying on its side at the bottom of the box. Now the paper sculpture is conserved in a wooden frame with a signature in capital letters.
In 1974 Kristjan Gudmundsson went to Drukkerij Andersen in Amsterdam that forwarded the order to Drukkerij Van der Stolk also in Amsterdam (Ruyschdaelkade). At that time Kees van Gelder was the only employee in this offset printer’s firm by which he had to print this order on tracing paper.
KRISTJÁN GUDMUNDSSON, Circles, 1973
20,7 x 20,7 cm
artist’s book, 3 pp., cardboard covers
limited edition 500
published by Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
excellent condition
€ 125,- plus € 12,- registered mail
inv.KG 654
The first page in the book ‘Circles’ of Kristján Gudmundsson is made of thin paper, the next page is of a heavier kind and the third page is the thickest. On each page circles in water are depicted that were caused by a stone thrown into the water. As is stated in the book the weight of each thrown stone is equal to the weight of each individual page. The result of the consequently different circles are depicted on each page. Definitively a sculptural book.
History of prices:
Art Book, Stadskanaal, Netherlands December 2024 € 110,-
FTN Books, The Hague, Netherlands April 2024 € 140,-
TAKAKO SAITO, unique performance garment [beetle], 1972
ca 72 x 164 cm
cotton, peasant blouse, buttons, embroidery
two unique garments
signed, dated
inv.TSait 158-pr
TAKAKO SAITO, unique performance garment [pine trees], 1972
ca 68 x 130 cm
cotton, peasant blouse, buttons, embroidery
signed, dated
inv.TSait 158-pr
In the seventies these unique garments have been used by Takako Saito during performances in the US. Both peasant blouses are all-over hand embroidered with flowers, puppets, trees, animals and abstract decorations. Provenance Steven Leiber, New York, USA.
KRISTJÁN GUDMUNDSSON, invitation / announcement Galerie 845, 1972
27,7 x 21,9 cm
printed paper
typeset and published by the artist
pinholes and small tears
extremely rare invitation, folded as mailed
€ 740,-
Foto: K. van Gelder
HREINN FRIDFINNSSON, invitation card In-Out Center [hand written], 1972
6,5 x 9,8 cm / 7,2 x 10,4 cm
pencil on card / envelope
signed
edition ca 15
published by and handed out by the artist
extremely rare
inv.HF 688
Hreinn Fridfinnsson preferred to avoid to draw attention to his exhibitions. Yet is was important to get some friends and colleagues to his opening. Instead of having a printed invitation card for his solo show in In-Out Center he handed out a completely handwritten invite with name. It could quite well be that this card is the only one that still exists. As this hand made card represents quite well the attitude of Hreinn Fridfinnsson it ought to be considered a piece in itself, actually.
KRISTJAN GUDMUNDSSON, Nidur / Down, 1972
26,4 x 27,2 x 2,2 cm
offset, SC, book object, hand bound by the artist
edition 150, of which very few handmade by the artist
signed, numbered
condition: excellent, although aged, some traces of use on couver
extremely rare
published by Silver Press, Reykjavik / Amsterdam, 1972
Collection Kees van Gelder, Amsterdam
p.o.r.
inv.KG 000-pr
‘Nidur / Down’ is an object book a hand bound by Kristjan Gudmundsson who produced several of these books in Daniel Stalpertstraat, Amsterdam, in the seventies. It is a book about the ‘Highest point of land’ and the ‘Lowest point of sea’ containing many parallel horizontal lines on each page. The total amount of lines are equal to the distance of the highest point on earth and the deepest point in sea.
The production of this self published book by Silver Press – a publishing house founded by the artist – was very laborious and no more than ‘circa 30-50’ [sic] copies were hand bound, as stated by the artist. (Probably much less have been made). In 1982 Ottenhausen Verlag in Aachen / Munich, Germany, took over the project and published a limited edition of 100 copies. KvG
History of price:
Zwiggelaar Auctions, Amsterdam 8 December 2023 € 2.600,- (hammer price)
