DOROTHY IANNONE, A Thousand and One Songs for Erik Bock, 2019
43 x 30,7 x 2,5 cm
cardboard box, loosely inserted colour photo in glued on photo corners, 9 offset prints incl. index sheet with credits, 2 CD’s fixed on inner side of lid, postcard
signed, numbered
edition 150
mint
published by Tochnit Aleph, Berlin, Germany
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“Not every love is forever, nor is an unimaginable longevity necessary in order that a love qualify as memorable. I once derived a great deal of pleasure as well as artistic inspiration (and eventually, some pain, I must admit) from a sexual and intellectual friendship with an emotionally thrifty (as he himself would be the first to admit) but very beautiful gentleman from a neighbouring country, north of Berlin, my adopted home, and whom I’m so glad I met long ago.
“These recordings were made for him, to give him pleasure, and pride in his being, as well as for myself, so that I could continue my immersion in our relationship when, for short periods, we were apart…..”
From the liner-notes by Dorothy Iannone, November 2017
GUGLIELMO ACHILLE CAVELLINI, Untitled, 1973
72 x 59,5 cm
screen print on white canvas
hand signed initials with pencil, dated
edition 100, here a not numbered print
verso: stamped with artist’s name and address
condition is very fine, with four pinholes in the corners
€ 200,- plus € 20,- registered mail Track & Trace
This cloth object with Italian text is a reproduction of the artist’s handwriting. Guglielmo Achille Cavellini is a prominent Mail Artist, associated with the Poesia Visiva movement. In 1971 he invented autostoricizzazione (self-historicization), upon which he acted to create a deliberate popular history surrounding his existence, preferably in his personal handwriting. He was well known for his performances in lettered suits and this self-created historification from birth until 2037, including the announcements on his various years of death.
History of prices:
Palazzo Cigola-Fenaroli-Valotti, Brescia, Italy € -,- 10 February 2023
Casa d’Aste Capitolium, Italy € 140,- (i.e. nr 28/100), 10 December 2020 (hammer price)
Artesegno Casa d’Aste, Udine, Italy € 100,- 5 July 2017 – nr 85/100, (excl. premium)
Finarte/Semenzato Casa d’Aste, Venice, Italy € 1.860,-, 18 October 2008 – not numbered print (incl. premium)
JOHN M ARMLEDER, Concert piece project, 1975
10,2 x 14,8 cm
postal card with ink stamps
signed, numbered, postal stamp dated: ’26 IX 75′
here numbered 2/10
edition 10
rare
John M Armleder contributed to the Art Information Festival in Middelburg, Netherlands in 1975. This Festival was initiated and organised by Peter van Beveren.
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‘The idea of John and his Ecart Performance Group consisted of a performance based on a composition for three musicians and a conductor. In preparation for the concert, they spent a few days with me in Middelburg, as you can read in the sender’s details, id est “Ecart Publications” at the Art Information Center.
Through this edition, the concert was announced to, among others, around 20 people and institutions as a “Concert Piece Project” with the title “Chant Piano, Seul Chant”. The small stamps were part of my stamps with which I decorated correspondences and are here symbolic of the number of objects that were part of the concert.’
‘The piece of music set up by John Armleder consisted of three gentlemen sitting behind a table, namely John Armleder, Patrick Lucchini and Carlos Garcia. There were dozens of small items on the table, from toys to shredded paper. I was the conductor and with my baton, standing behind a lectern, I indicated who had to make as much noise as possible with the object of my choice for a few seconds. A score of John’s concept was handed out to the public.’
Peter van Beveren in a mail d.d. 9 August 2019
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Further information:
PETER VAN BEVEREN, catalogue page “The Art Information Festival”, 1975; the concert took place on 26 September 1975.
Close up of the ink stamp in a book of stamps by Peter van Beveren.
SIGURDUR GUDMUNDSSON, Event, 1975-2000
59,2 x 41,9 cm
offset, poster
edition 36 + 1 AP, signed, numbered mint
published by Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands
€ 135,- plus incl. tube € 25,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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Sigurdur Gudmundsson once said: ‘I feel most at home in a country where I don’t speak the language, because then I have to use other senses to understand what the other means or says. I have to use sign language to make me understandable.’ Maybe this attitude has helped him to come to this renowned work ‘Event’ he made in 1975 as one of the first works in his photo series “Situations”.
Sigurdur Gudmundsson heeft ooit eens gezegd: “Ik voel mij het meeste thuis in een land waarvan ik de taal niet spreek, want dan moet ik andere zintuigen gebruiken om te begrijpen wat de ander bedoelt of zegt. Ik moet gebarentaal toepassen om mij begrijpbaar te maken.” Misschien heeft deze houding hem geholpen om het vermaarde werk ‘Event’ in 1975 te maken dat het begin werd van zijn reeks unieke fotowerken ‘Situaties’.
TAKAKO SAITO, Games, 1976
ca 50,4 x 35,3 cm
handmade cardboard folio with 21 offset prints, ink stamp, collage
signed, numbered, dated in print
nr 4/200, only ca 20 have been made
published by Noodle Edition, Düsseldorf, Germany
condition: excellent, lightly discoloured on the outside extremely rare
ask for details
€ 4.800,- plus € 32,- Track & Trace registered mail
Priavate collecion, Amsterdam, Margin scheme
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Each sheet is provided with a speech cloud and shows instructions of the game that may be played. This folder contains 7 different prints colored-in by the artist. Each print comes with 2 extra blank black and white prints, obviously meant for colouring them yourself. This game was designed to be played with other objects or pieces, as stated in Saito’s notes.
Two hundred signed and numbered copies were planned but ONLY circa 20 were made by Takako and sold (hence an early number from the edition). The amount of prints may vary from copy to copy. Fondazio Luigi Bonotto in Colseresa in Italy has a copy (number 5/200) with 8 different prints in its collection.
Ref. Takako Saito Fondazione Bonotto.
Introduction print in folio:
Example of coloured-in print plus two black and white copies
NEL AERTS, The Servant Serves, 2019
60 x 80 x 30 cm
3D printed pitcher (25 x 16,5 x 18 cm), acrylic paint, cork, steel
2 parts, painted by hand, instruction for hanging
signed, numbered
edition of 8 + 2 AP
published by More Publishers, Brussels, Belgium
inv. NAer 000-pr
Originally, the jug was glued to the platform painted with acrylic paint. Since this paint layer hardly has any grip on the surface, here a safer method of display has been chosen.
As a precaution, it is recommended to keep the jug and the metal tray separate. During an exhibition the jug may be secured by means of double-sided tape. As a result, storing this artwork has become a lot easier and safer.
This work is in the collection of MuHKA / Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp – Inv. no. M00351.
JUTTA KOETHER & STEVEN PARRINO, invitation, 2002
29,7 x 21 cm
print out on paper
mail from E-flux for Black Bonds in Swiss Institute, New York, USA
Black Bonds was an exhibition which reinvented anti-art’s collaborative spirit. ‘Our solution was to save them by blacking them out, canceling the image/object. A positive/negative, deconstruct to reconstruct, chaos to order to chaos… We decided to show these reclaimed paintings and dedicate the show to George Grosz’s Deathdada, caught in the flux between dissonance and consonance.’ Steven Parrino 2001
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OLIVIER MOSSET, Untitled, 1991
ca 50 x 80 cm
screen print
signed, dated, numbered
edition 100
mint
€ 2.200,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace registered mail
Olivier Mosset is known for his circle paintings he made in the sixties. Basically he is interested in not only hard edge and monochrome paintings, but also in geometric signs like the letter A, dollar signs, crosses, squares, etc. Here he makes a small square balancing on one of its corners by using two arrows.
History of prices:
Catherine Issert, Saint Paul de Vence, France January 2026 € 3,000.-
Galerie Eva Vautier, Nice, France € 3.000,- March 2020
Galerie Eva Vautier, Nice, France € 2.500,- June 2019
BEN VAUTIER, La vie est un film, 2019
ca 50 x 40 cm
signed, numbered
edition 100
published by Editions Galerie Eva Vautier, Nice, France
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This screen print was made parallel with the introduction of a film about Ben Vautier “la vie est un film”.
History of price:
Galerie Eva Vautier, Nice June 2019 € 450,-
