HANNES VAN ES, Selfportrait, 1973 [black and white photo]

HANNES VAN ES, Selfportrait, 1973
23,8 x 17,6 cm
unique vintage photo print
title and year hand written by artist
condition poor; pin holes at four corners, dog’s ears, stains, although splendid condition of print itself
Private collection, Amsterdam
ask for details
inv.HvE 1141-pr

 

Hannes van Es entitled this photograph as a ‘Selfportrait 1973’ written in the artist’s handwriting. At the back side an ink stamped address shows the name C.W. van Vlijmen, who married ceramist Lies Ram on 27 augustus 1959. Further details about the photographer have not been found.

JACQUELINE DE JONG, analogue Kodak photo, 1988

Photo: Th. K. Johansen

JACQUELINE DE JONG
analogue Kodak photo print, 1988
A6 size
unique colour photo
inv.JdeJ 1081

During the opening of KunstRai art fair 1988 Jacqueline de Jong visited the booth of Galerie van Gelder. The photo was taken by Thora Johansen and during the decades that passed by the negative got lost, hence a unique print.

SIGURDUR GUDMUNDSSON, Event, 1975-2000 [analogue photo for press]

SIGURDUR GUDMUNDSSON, Event, 1975-2000
15 x 19 cm
analogue photo print for press, sticker
published by Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
mint condition
€ 500,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered mail

On 13 March 1996 The Independent published “Event” as a cartoonised plagiarism referring to a political situation in Great Britain: ‘Prime Minister, how do you feel about a referendum?’:

GEOFFREY HENDRICKS, Five Found Photos, 1978 [artist’s book]

GEOFFREY HENDRICKS, Five Found Photos, 1978
15 x 22,2 cm
artist’s book, 5 tipped in photos
edition 600
signed, numbered, here 74/600
published by Printed Editions, New York, USA
condition: splendid, although front cover comes with a hardly detectable vertical bend on the right side
€ 225,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.GHen 000


 

The artist’s book “Five Found Photos” includes a short text by Geoffrey Hendricks:
‘Last summer in Germany, rummaging through flee markets, I collected some old postcards and photographs. The collection was made casually just picking out what struck my fancy. One night I noticed certain photographs were of same people. Other cards seemed to go together because of similar structural elements. I began to group and regroup the material, pairing images visually, narratively, and numerically, seeing contrasts and similarities of form, subject, location, time, or emotion. Sometimes there were surprises. These five cards are one distillation from this process. They might imply a story, or a dream, perhaps a souvenir of a summer abroad. They are for reflection”

History of prices:
Ecart Books, Geneva, Switzerland, March 2023 SFr 250,-
AbeBooks.fr, May 2020 € 195,- (poor condition)

THE ARCHIVES – Art Information Centre Peter van Beveren, 1981

THE ARCHIVES-Art Information Centre Peter van Beveren, 1981
30,4 x 21,7 cm
artists book, HC, 30 pp., stamp numbered
edition 500, here nr 95/100
signed by all contributors; some stamp signed,
here also signed – only first 100 copies – by Peter van Beveren
inlay with list of artists
condition: more than splendid, hardly discoloured pages, although with a yellowed loose inlay with index,
like in all cases several metal parts by Klaas Gubbels have a finger print patina appearing due to aging
€ 885,- plus € 20,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.PvBe 1077-pr

 

Peter van Beveren (born in 1952) started in the early 1970’s as conceptual artist, developed his passion for collecting by sending and also acquiring mail art. He initiated and managed The Archives / Art Information Centre and considered this part of his art practice. Later on in the mid eighties he became gallery owner of Galerie Van Beveren in Rotterdam. In 1981 for the Provincial Museum in Hasselt (Belgium) Peter van Beveren assembled contributions of the following artists: Robert Jacks, Woody van Amen, Carl Andre, Joseph Beuys, Marinus Boezem, Christian Boltanski, Daniel Buren, Michel Cardena, Christo, Robin Crozier, Geurt van Dijk, Pieter Engels, Hans Eijkelboom, Ken Friedman, Ad Gerritsen, Klaas Gubbels, Wim Gijzen, Richard Hamilton, Dick Higgins, Tommy Mew, Maurizio Nannucci, Richard Nonas, Arnulf Rainer, Dieter Roth, Yves De Sme, Al Souza, Endre Tot, Timm Ulrichs, Ben Vautier and Wolf Vostell.

This iconic book contains an exuberant amount of various materials and techniques. The first hundred copies are signed by Peter van Beveren.

History of prices:
John Benjamins Antiquariat, Amsterdam December 2022 € 1.500,-
William Allen Words & Image, London, UK November 2022 US$ 913.-
Venduehuis, The Hague, Netherlands 14 April 2022 € 325,- (hammer price)
William Allen Words & Image, London, UK February 2022 US$ 1,045.-
Prentwerk, Groningen, Netherlands February 2022 € 550,-
William Allen Words & Images, London, UK January 2021 € 869,-

JULIEN MONNERIE, untitled, 2018 [multiple]

JULIEN MONNERIE, untitled, 2018
10,7 x 8,8 cm
polaroid photo
series of 20 unique photos
felt pen signed, dated
published by Connoisseurs, Paris, France

 

With a necktie, cuff-inks, collar pins or his signature Julien Monnerie shows a preference for making works related to his body. Since 2014 he is specifically interested integrating his initial-like signature in his paintings and prints. In this polaroid edition he shaved his hair in the shape of his signature, playfully referring to artists like Man Ray and Yves Klein. KvG