JONATHAN MONK, The making of ten posters, ten languages, ten colours, ten words, ten euros, 2011


Photo: K. van Gelder

JONATHAN MONK, The making of ten posters, ten languages, ten colours, ten words, ten euros, 2011
book, 50 pp.
17 x 11,5 x 0,5 cm
50 pages of color photographs documenting the creation of an edition of Jonathan Monk posters
published by Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
pristine
set of 5: € 290,- plus € 20,- registered mail Track & Trace
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Also available

As issued, stack of all the ten books in different colours, in original cellophane wrapping
pristine
set of 10: € 920,- plus € 20,- registered mail Track & Trace
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Jonathan Monk: “… Once something has been done, it can be done again in a different colour.”
From studio interview by U. G. Lambert,  26 April 2012.

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De Kunstkraai, 1988 [tabloid]

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De Kunstkraai, 1988 [tabloid]
42 x 29 cm
offset, tabloid, 8 pp.
edition unknown
very good condition, due to aging slightly yellowed

De Kunstkraai was published in May 1988 during the Dutch artfair Amsterdam KunstRai and meant as a magazine with gossip and slander on the Dutch art scene.

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Commentaar op bespreking van journalist Renée Steenbergen op de eerste solotentoonstelling van JOHN M ARMLEDER in Nederland:

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MAN RAY, Self portrait / Autotratto, 1974 [poster as sculptural triptych]

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MAN RAY, Self portrait, 1974
69,7 x 99,5 cm
offset, triptych
folded for mailing as issued
publisher Studio Marconi, Milano, Italy
sculptural poster as self portrait designed by the artist
condition: three tiny wears in center due to folding as sent
uncommon, not mentioned in the Junko and Teruo Ishihara collection
(excluding handmade wooden reader’s desk)
€ 180,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered mail
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In his fifties Man Ray shaved half his face for the above self-portrait. Francis Naumann has suggested that this act may have referred to Man Ray’s duel identity as an American artist with strong ties in Europe. He was living in Hollywood at the time he took the photograph in 1942, and would return with his wife Juliet to Paris in 1951 to spent the rest of his life.

This large triptych print was published as an announcement for a work called Autoritratto (23 x 18 cm), a signed and numbered photo edition of 23 copies – together with a biographical text and an archivist’s note in pencil with the name of the artist. Not discoloured copy!

History of price:
Studio Bibliografico Marini, Valenzano, Italy January 2026 € 200,-
Mouvements – rue Visconti, Paris, France January 2026 € 100 (verso repaired tear)
L’Arengario – Studio Bibliografico, Cellatica, Italy February 2025 € 250
Mouvements – rue Visconti, Paris, France February 2025 € 100 (verso repaired tear)
Casa d’Aste, Brescia, Italy February 2025 estimate € 200 – € 300

MAN RAY, Self Portrait, 1965 [signed biography]

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MAN RAY, Self Portrait, 1965
24 x 17 x 4 cm
book, biography, ill.
1st edition, hand signed in pencil
published by Little Brown & Company Ltd, Canada in association with Atlantic Monthly Press
mylar protection cover
dust cover on lower front side has tiny chips; for the rest more than very good
very rare in this state
€ 500,- plus € 18,- Track and Trace registered mail
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History of price:
Mungobooks, Poole, UK January 2025 US$ 1,244.-
Brooklyn Rare Books, Brooklyn, New York USA January 2026 US$ 900.-

BILL MITCHELL, Azonic II – A drawing by Bill Mitchell, n.d. [ca 1978] – artist’s book

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BILL MITCHELL, Azonic II – A drawing by Bill Mitchell, n.d. [ca 1978]
19,9 x 15 cm
thread, plastic pages, tape, artist’s book, SC, 16 pp.
published in Newton Abbot, Devon, England
pristine condition

This artist’s book was published in two versions. Here “Azonic II” comes with a foul red cover and contains 16 pages. “Azonic I” was published in ca 1974 and has 26 pages with a foul blue cover.

ULISES CARRIÓN, removal announcement Other Books and So, 1980

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ULISES CARRIÓN, removal announcement Other Books and So, 1980
A3 card
card design by Ulises Carríon, postal stamp d.d. 2 June 1980
n.b. hand written text by Ulises Carrión
edition unknown
very rare
€ 480,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace registered mail
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In April 1975 Ulises Carríón started a bookshop Other Books and So at Herengracht 227 in Amsterdam.
In 1980 this by artists highly esteemed bookshop changed its name into Other Books and So Archive and removed to Bloemgracht 121. As the hand written lines show the addressees were warmly invited to come to the new venue: Het is zo ver. Komen jullie eens langs? (trans. It’s there. Will you come by?)

The removal card enumerates the activities of the venue: Books, Mail, Recordings, Video, Distribution, Exhibition, Registration and also Concentration.

JONATHAN MONK, The Magnetism of Colour, 2016

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JONATHAN MONK, The Magnetism of Colour, 2016
94 x 68 cm
silkscreen print on 150 gas C-mat paper, set of 10 magnets on cardboard base
signed on sticker, numbered
edition of 25 + 5 A.P.
(does not include a vitrine)
published by More Publishers, Brussels, Belgium

This print comes with a set of 10 colored magnets to hang the print on. The edition is signed and numbered on a adhesive label, glued on the back of the package of magnets.
This edition is part of a so-called Public Poster Program initiated by the More Publishers in Brussels. The show cases they are presented in are on display in Belgium at MuZee in Ostend, MuhKA in Antwerp and KASK in Ghent. Each month a new poster is launched on the theme time and space. More info at link: http://www.morepublishers.be/series/260

Basically a set of ten colour magnets on a piece of white cardboard is offered, but Jonathan Monk’s edition would not be a (typical) Monk piece if he wouldn’t make a repetition by having it simply reproduced. And that’s what he did using a poster as a vehicle of that drive, so characteristic for his way of working.

RICHARD PRINCE, Untiled (Jawbone), 2016

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RICHARD PRINCE, Untitled (Jawbone 2013-2015), 2016
46 x 30,5 cm / 18 x 12 inch
C-gloss photo print
signed, numbered
edition 100
published by The Kitchen, New York, USA
not available

On the occasion of performances by The Glenn Branca Ensemble: The Third Ascension at The Kitchen NYC Richard Prince created this limited edition print. Print courtesy of Richard Prince.

KLAAS KLOOSTERBOER, 16109, 2016

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KLAAS KLOOSTERBOER, 16109, 2016
ca 3,2 x 9,2 x 4,7 cm
cardboard box, offset
signed, numbered, dated
edition 7 + 1 AP
€ 120,-

 

 

In 2008 Klaas Kloosterboer introduced for the first time curtains in his works in the exhibition ‘Partij – Wederpartij’. A theatrical setting of his white and black sprayed fabric paintings gave an exceptional movement to the gallery space, and in fact to his oeuvre. He later used this idea in the gigantic rotating installation in the Submarine Wharf / Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam in 2009.

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For his show in Galerie van Gelder an invitation card was designed by the artist of which he has made a card board box (see multiple above) as part of his contribution to the group exhibition ‘After Gerolama Cardano’s suspension’ at Galerie van Gelder in Amsterdam.