DOROTHY IANNONE, Ta(Rot) Pack, 2009
3.75 x 5 inches
offset cards, wooden box, signed and numbered
edition 100 + 10 AP
published by The New Museum, New York, USA
not available
Between 1968-1969 Dorothy Iannone made a series of 27 A4 drawings depicting her life with Dieter Roth while living in Germany, France and Iceland. Dorothy described this period as “always immersed in the beloved.” She called this series of drawings Ta(Rot) (Dieter Roth was also known as Dieter Rot). When Dorothy had her exhibition at the New Museum in 2009, she collaborated with Jarrett Gregory and Daniel Thiem to re-imagine her Ta(Rot) series into a tarot pack edition. She compressed them into 3.75 x 5″ inches laminated cards.
History of prices:
The New Museum, New York, USA 8 December 2012 US$ 200.-
DANIEL KNORR, Pukapuka Tohunga Mahi Toi, 2009
ca 16 x 23 x 2,5 cm
SC, inserted objects, Maori text, 240 pages, DVD
edition 168
numbered, signed
published by Clouds, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Daniel Knorr’s artist’s book ‘Pukapuka Tohunga Mahi Toi’ involves a process of mapping the city in which Knorr collected pieces of rubbish on the street. This material was interleaved into the blank pages of each book and pressed by a 200-ton press, embossing the objects into the paper. Each book sets out to respond to local concerns and histories and, for this reason, the text for the New Zealand version is entirely in Maori. The cover the artist used the typeface Churchward Maori, designed by New Zealand type designer Joseph Churchward. The book includes a video which documents the process of making the work.
Clouds is a small publishing house involved in the publication of art books.
History of price:
published by Clouds, Aotearoa, New Zealand November 2009 US$ 200.- (year of issue)
Extra information:
DANIEL KNORR, Carte de Artiste, 2007
book with pressed objects, CD,
edition 100 with original objects
published by NBK / Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany December 2012 € 160,-
LOUISE BOURGEOIS, Self-Pity, 2009
75 x 66,5 x 6,1 cm
pillow shaped woven textile in frame
edition 25 copies
published by Louisiana Edition, Huemlebak, Denmark
sold
Louise Bourgeois made sculptures in wood, steel, stone and cast rubber and used drawing and printing as a tool of artistic expression, often organic in form and sexually explicit, emotionally aggressive yet witty, covered many stylistic bases. But from first to last they shared a set of repeated themes centered on the human body and its need for nurture and protection in a frightening world; protection often translated into images of shelter or home.
History of prices:
Louisiana Edition, Huemlebak, Denmark € 8.800,- incl. V.A.T. November 2012
HREINN FRIDFINNSSON, Touch, 2009
ca 8 x 8 cm
eye ball of glass, red ribbon with text, carton box
Christmas ball, in original silver coloured box with small booklet
signed in print on object
limited edition rare
€ 268,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
The glasswork ‘Touch’ (2009) of Hreinn Fridfinnsson could be characterized as a breakable object that has been touched by the artist’s paint hand in the colours blue, green, yellow, violet and red. It reads as a symbolic act of all the touches done by billions of individuals, a universal human urge that will last until eternity. Fundamental colours that refer to white light and to elementary colours emphasise this continuity of human condition to relate to nature, and the way we look at it and how behave in that same nature being part of it. During millennia many touches have been made and in that sense during the ages to come with touch after touch nothing will change this human drive. KvG
NAVID NUUR, Let us meet inside you, 2009
24 x 5,8 x 5,8 cm
silver foil sticker, bottle with water from artist’s studio
edition unlimited
‘Let us meet inside you’ (2006-2009) is a work which Navid Nuur redeveloped for his solo exhibition “The Value of the Void” at the Fridericianum in Kassel, Germany in 2009. The work originally consisted of a water dispenser, where a notebook was attached to a water tank by a belt of the artist. In the notebook the words ‘let us meet inside you’ were written. While looking through the water tank the words could be espied by the viewer. In Kassel this re-staged work consisted of a wall of crates composed of 7000 water bottles. In this case these were filled with Kassel water coming out of a tap which from Navid Nuur’s studio.
JOHN BALDESSARI, Raised Eybrows / Furrowed Foreheads : Man Viewing Valve, 2009
27,3 x 39,3 cm / 10.75 x 15.5 inches
offset print
signed in pen on A4 certificate, incl. compliments card
edition of 150 + 20 AP
pristine
published by Provinciaal Museum voor Kunst / PMMK, Ostend, Belgium
€ 1.200,- excluding FedEx courier costs inv.JBald 63
DAMIEN HIRST, Untitled, 2009 [skull balloon]
card size: 6,5 x 9,3 cm
print on balloon, printed matter, plastic seal bag
signed in print, hand numbered in pencil
edition 5000, here number 1230
published by Contemporary, London, UK
pristine; never used rare in this condition
Margin scheme € 485,- + € 15,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.DHir 022-pr
“Contemporary” was a monthly visual arts magazine based in London. Founded by Keith Spencer as a quarterly publication, it re-emerged under the title “Contemporary Art” in 1993. Around 2000 it started to offer special inlays like CDs and stiff cards signed in print and hand numbered mostly in an edition of 2000-5000. In spite of its high edition this rubber skull balloon edition is extremely difficult to find.
Handling advice
Balloons made of latex basically deteriorate in time, think of Piero Manzoni’s balloons and the condition they are in now. When exposed to open air the latex shrinks and petrifies; the chemical compositions added during the process of making change, apparently. Therefore this item has been locked in its original seal bag with as less as possible oxygen enabling the tiny balloon to stay flexible, even after one and a half decades. This is done without squeezing the balloon itself. As a result, one smells the strong latex odeur when opening the little bag. It is recommended to handle the balloon with gloves to keep it away from skin moisture that contains fat and salt. KvG
History of prices:
eBay-Pop Flotsam Collectables, Roselle NJ, USA August 2023 US$ 1,900.- (Make offer)
Michaan’s Auctions, Alameda CA, USA 18 September 2021 US$ 240.- (hammer price)
Catawiki-user-3391bda, Italy 2019-2021 ca 280,- (estimate)
KARIN KALIMNIK, Untitled, 2009
150 x 176 cm / 70 x 60 inches
print on huge beach towel
produced by Art Production Fund / Works On Whatever, New York, USA € 72,- / $ 95.- January 2013
EDWARD RUSCHA
The Study of Friction and Wear on Mating Surfaces, 2009
print on huge beach towel, tag, incl. wrapping as issued
178 x 152,5 cm / 70 x 60 inch
produced by Art Production Fund: Works On Whatever, New York, USA
inv.ERus 000
History of price:
eBay-thearteryfineart, Miami, USA December 2022 US$ 850.- (make offer)
