Category Archives: printed matter



MIKE KELLEY, The Destroy All Monsters Assortment, 2002 [bag + added envelope]

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MIKE KELLEY, The Destroy All Monsters Assortment, 2002
19 x 19 cm
plastic bag, paper strip, stapled, 15 parts
including pin
with Jim Shaw, Cary Loren
edition 300, second series
inv.MKe 000

added Monster Masher Nickel Bag, n.d.
sealed cellophane envelope with 8 cards
10,5 x 8,7 cm
published by The End Is Here Productions, Detroit, USA

This edition comes with a purple coloured pin depicting a white panter with the text ‘music is revolution’. On the side of the pin in tiny letters the publisher is mentioned, namely www.thebookbeat.com that brings you to a website with punk, unusual books and publications.

YOKO ONO, 20 postcards – Drawing from Franklin Summer, 1995 [20 postcards, envelope]

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YOKO ONO, 20 postcards – Drawing from Franklin Summer, 1995
16 x 23,3 cm
ink stamped envelope with 20 postcards, each 17,5 x 11,4 cm
signed in print ’94
vintage; 1st print
published by Carte d’Arte, Messina, Italy in 1995
rare in this condition: cards mint, envelope in excellent shape
€ 195,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.YOno 87-pr

History of price:
UnoriginalSins, UK February 2024 GBP 140.-
Idea Nowonline, September 2022 GBP 95.-

JAMES LEE BYARS, invitation card, 1981 [Galerie Helen van der Meij]

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JAMES LEE BYARS, invitation card, 1981
10,4 x 14,7 cm
offset
published by Galerie Helen van der Meij, Amsterdam
€ 450,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace EU mail
inv.JLBy 71-pr

James Lee Byars was quite interested in making paper works and printed matter. The motif of the ephemeral was never far away. Here his name is printed in extremely tiny capital letters on the front of the card.

JAMES LEE BYARS, The Palace of Good Luck, 1989 [multiple, invitation]

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JAMES LEE BYARS, The Palace of Good Luck, 1989
11,4 x 16 x 0,3 cm
3 parts: gold printed envelope, card, red plastic mini ball
published by Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, Italy
extremely rare
€ 950,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.JLBy 70-pr

On behalf of the inauguration of solo exhibition ‘The Palace of Good Luck’ of James Lee Byars a gold printed envelope including a white card with a very small red ball was sent to a selected group of people. The empty card and mini marble should be considered a part of this edition, also the gold envelope is an important part of the artist’s vocabulary; hence this multiple consists of three parts.

MARTIN CREED, ‘I Can’t Move’ CD, 1999 [invite, order form]

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MARTIN CREED, ‘I Can’t Move’ CD, 1999
each 10.8 x 14 cm, invite + order form
published by Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada
Collection K. van Gelder, Amsterdam
inv.MCre 38-pr

This invitation came with an order form on very thin paper to buy a released CD at Art Metropole in Toronto. On Thursday September 9th Martin Creed performed songs from his CD during the launch.