Category Archives: printed matter



BAS JAN ADER, A work by Bas Jan Ader, 1972 [invitation Art & Project]

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BAS JAN ADER, A work by Bas Jan Ader…, 1972
21 x 29,7 cm
invitation, printed matter, stencil print
published by Art & Project, Amsterdam
good condition, i.e. slightly yellowed
extremely rare
€ 950,- plus € 13,- Track & Trace registered mail
BJAder 559-pr

 

Bas Jan Ader’s first solo exhibition took place at Art & Project in 1972. Twice a day from 15 until 21 April he performed by reading an article published in the Reader’s Digest: The Boy who fell over Niagara Falls. It describes the only recorded instance of someone surviving a fall. At certain moments during his reading performance Bas Jan Ader paused and drank from a glass of water.

MIKE KELLEY, Love, Theft, Gifting and More Love, 2009 [tattoo patch print]

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MIKE KELLEY, Love, Theft, Gifting and More Love, 2009
15,6 x 17,2 cm
iron on patch print; bent as issued, instruction in print
& LOUISE LAWLER, No Smoking, 2009 (match book)
booklet, 24 pp.
cardboard box (19 x 14 x 3 cm) with sticker on Mylar lid with silver coloured rubber band
including 12 cards by Mike Kelley / Louise Lawler, Sophie Calle, Trisha Donnelly, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Sam Durant, Fabrice Gigi, Jamie Isenstein, Leigh Ledare, Mai-Thu Perret, Aura Rosenberg, Greg Parma Smith and Lawrence Weiner
published by Swiss Institute, New York, USA
mint condition
€ 190,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.MK 04-pr

History of prices:
eBay-artplus, New York, USA March 2024 US$ 300.-
D.R. Fine Arts, New York, USA May 2023 US$ 300.-
D.R. Fine Arts, New York, USA May 2022 € 250,-
AbeBooks September 2017 US$ 500.-

ROB PRUITT, untitled, 2011 [business card]

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ROB PRUITT, untitled, 2011
5,4 x 8,5 cm
business card of Gavin Brown’s enterprise
published by Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, USA
€ 35,- plus registered mail Track & Trace

During Art Basel 2011 this 2-colour card was handed out to interested visitors of the booth of Gavin Brown’s Enterprise.
RPrui 609

ULISES CARRIÓN, Alphabet, 1981 [Embryo No. 13 – stack of 20 cards]

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ULISES CARRIÓN, Alphabet – Embryo No. 13-cards, 1981
14,9 x 10,5 x 0,5 cm
stack of cards, offset
cover card with sticker, green text card, 20 postcards, plastic seal bag
edition unknown
published by Embryo magazine, Stockholm, Sweden
extremely rare
€ 850,- plus € 12,- Track & trace registered EU mail
inv.UCar 479

including postcard of Ulises Carrión: Alphabet, 1981

ULISES CARRIÓN, Alphabet, 1981
14,9 x 10,5 cm
offset, postcard

This card depicts a drawing of an alphabet starting in the middle. The letters are drawn in such a way they they never cross each other, making it into a kind of labyrinth.

Participating artists:
Sten Hanson, Sweden: 96
Max M Book, Sweden: Trans-
J.O. Mallander, Finland: The Anxiety of Influence
Stig Sjöland, Sweden, Swing
Hans Clavin, Holland: (phrase)
Jim Axen, Sweden: Nu
Mats B., Sweden: Life is a tram
Bjørn Nørgaard, Denmark: Kunstneren i Paris
C M von Hausswolff, Sweden: Jordmån IV
Hans Esselius, Sweden: Imagobild nr. 1 – Esse Williams
Eva Löfdahl, Sweden: ur Halt
Peter Andersson, Sweden: Hanging
Likka-Juhani Takalo-Eskola, Finland: Grenens frihet
Leif Elggren, Sweden: Framförande II
Pug Karlsson, Sweden: Excursion Area/Revisited
Lars-Gunnar Bodin, Sweden: Enbart en gradvis förskjutning
Åke Hodell, Sweden: Electronic Brain Wash
Henrik Francis Thomsen, Denmark: Articulation Gramma 3
Curt Olson, Sweden: Art trainery
Ulises Carrion, Holland: Alphabet

Colophon:

LAWRENCE WEINER, Point d’Ironie, 1998 [published by Agnes B.]

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LAWRENCE WEINER, Point d’Ironie, 1998
43,2 x 30,6 cm
here only once folded in order to create a newspaper format
each 8 pp., offset on thin paper, only spine folded
stack of 18 copies + 1 viewing copy + delivery ticket + colophon on inlay
text in English: 4 pp. and in French: 4 pp.
edition 100.000
published by Agnes B., Paris, France
mint condition
extremely rare in this condition (stocked out of day light)
€ 2.650,- plus € 32,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.Pointd 533

 

Contrary to many distributed copies this Point d’Ironie (Agnès B.) edition is folded as printed. The distributor was supposed to fold this tabloid size before putting it on display.
Eighteen of the nineteen copies of this stack are in mint condition, i.e. none of them are discoloured as is usually the case, apart from the top one.

English part:

1.
AFTER
2.
AFTER
3.
AFTER THE FACTS & BEFORE THE DELUGE

_____________

1 & 2 & 3
BEFORE THE FUTURE

 

French part:

1.
APRES
2.
APRES
3.
APRES LES FAITS & DEVANT LE DELUGE

1 & 2 & 3
AVANT L’AVENIR

 

 

colophon:

 

delivery ticket: