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)
Lesbian Dream Press, 1971
ca 24,5 x 17 cm
12 pp.
paper collage, typed written texts on cover; recto and verso, book block of empty pages
dummy for issue # 6
published by Jón Gunnar Árnason, Reykjavik, Iceland
inv.SG 000-pr
This issue number 6 was handed out to Sigurdur Gudmundsson with machine types instructions on the back of the cover on how to participate with a contribution to the magazine. A handwritten text reads: Þessi bók er fyrir Sig Gu∂mundson (trans. ‘This book is for Sig Gudmundsson’).
DAAN VAN GOLDEN, Speciale Editie Ameland-Rapport, 1971
ca 22,5 x 15 x 2 cm or ca 30 cm x 21 cm
various sizes and techniques of sealed and assemblaged herbarium, includes colour postcard, feathers, sand, tree-leaves, grass, fern
published by Rotterdamse Kunststichting, Rotterdam
€ 550,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered mail
Daan Van Golden spends October and November 1971 on the island of Ameland; while walking and cycling he collects leaves, mosses; the result is a series of 500 cellophane wrapped herbariums. His Ameland-Report is distributed as the 6th edition of the ‘Atlas voor een nieuwe metropool’.
In 1971 -1972 in total 8 editions were made by Hans de Vries, Lex Wechelaar, Wim Gijzen, Cor Blok, Sjoerd Buisman, Daan van Golden and Pieter Engels.
DAAN VAN GOLDEN, Untitled, 1971
75 x 56 cm
screen print in 6 colours, coloured paper
verso signed, dated, numbered
edition 25 (unknown if the edition of 25 was issued as published)
inv.DvG 000-pr
p.o.r.
For Daan van Golden when it comes to making an edition there is not really an interest in limiting the edition, although sometimes he uses edition numbers, as is the case here. Basically he prefers to have for instance the amount of a photo edition defined by the amount of buyers during an exhibition. Re-using a work from even decades ago is another modus operandi. In this sense the editions by Daan van Golden are contextualized and for him re-usable any time in whatever form or technique. And seen in this light, the following story was often put forward by Van Golden: An emperor commissioned a team of Greek and a team of Chinese artists each to paint a wall. A partition was made between the two with a wall so that they could not prematurely see each other’s work. When the Chinese finished their job, their mural was unveiled. A few weeks later, the Greeks had finished their work also. The emperor was invited to come and to see the result. They had polished their wall surface so that the painting of the Chinese reflected softly in it.
The image featured in this print could be in some way or the other the image of an Eastern-like figure with arms high in the air mirrored in a pond, lake or even a polished marble wall?
History of price:
Kunstveiling.nl, Netherlands 17 June 2015 € 1.450,- (not sold)
ERIC ANDERSEN, 10 times of Finish It, 1970
ca 42 x 12,5 x 12,5 cm
spirit duplicator print in purple and black, red biro ink, paper bag
edition unknown
published by the artist
Eric Andersen’s works and performances often invite the public to participate. Also in his installations the public may be prompted to contribute.
STANLEY BROUWN, Tatvan / Tatwan, 1970
15,2 x 21,5 cm
stapled artist’s book: offset, screen print on cover, 32 pp.
Tatvan or Tatwan is a place in Turkey with a train track that abruptly comes to an end. Brouwn took pictures of the extension of the line as he imagines it would be. These photos are not shown in the book and instead distances are mentioned: x-Tatwan 1 km; x-Tatwan 1000 km, x-Tatwan 1000 000,etc.
SIGURDUR GUDMUNDSSON, Untitled (Ice Philosophy), 1970
24.5 x 18 inches
black and white print on coloured paper
edition 16, here nr VII/XVI
The edition is partly signed recto at the left corner in edition number, initials and year, partly signed recto at the lower right corner in initials, edition number and year.
Foto: K. van Gelder
