JOHN M ARMLEDER, The John Armleder is a vegetarian book, 1973-’75
ca 25,5 x 18 cm
32 pp. (incl. couver)
hand made artist’s book: metal rings, very thin paper
edition 15, nr 11/15
fruit and ink stamps, fountain pen
condition: yellowed due to aging
extremely rare
published by Leather Wing Scribble Press, Geneva, Switzerland
inv.JMA 000-pr
This edition is part of a series of unique artist’s books, since all fruit prints are handmade.
page 1
JOSEPH BEUYS, Werke aus Münchener Sammlungen, 1981
10,5 x 29,5 cm (opened)
invitation, folded card
signed
splendid condition
published by Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
inv.JBeu 709-pr
The depicted ‘bonbons’ on this card is an installation described as “Ohne Titel, 1963-’66, made of gelatin, wax and transformer parts”.
GILBERT & GEORGE, Six Plants, n.d. [ca 1986]
27,4 x 20,9 cm
book page, offset
signed
condition splendid
inv.G&G 682-pr
verso:
JOSEPH BEUYS, Zeichen aus dem Braunraum III, 1984
10,5 x 14,7 cm
post card, screen print
signed
condition: excellent, elegantly aged
published by Edition Stack, Heidelberg, Germany
€ 320,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.JBeu 219-pr
History of prices:
Van Ham Auktionen, Cologne, Germany, 27 May 2021 € 774,-
(2 post cards, hammer price)
Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany, 30 June 2018 € 250,- (hammer price)
MICHAEL ASHER, Série de 16 cartes postales de Michael Asher, 1991
each 15 x 10,5 cm
offset, stack of 16 post cards, vintage envelope
condition: verso slightly aged
published by Le Consortium, Dijon, France
inv.MAsh 000
Michael Asher is known for the so-called “Situational Aesthetics”, a movement in Conceptual art that is critical on what defines art and on the production of commodities. Marcel Duchamp pointed out to a paradigm in the arts by inserting an already made object within an art context. It exposed the legitimising function of an institution and its crucial role in defining of what should be considered as art.
3 cards:
History of price:
Antiquarian Maria, Lisbon, Portugal, March € 400,-
DAAN VAN GOLDEN, untitled / Souvenir, 2017
3 parts
screen print on fabric: 10,5 x 12,9 cm / gold envelope: 11 x 15,6 cm
condition: excellent
“Souvenir” recto and initial “D” verso on outer envelope: 12 x 18,1 cm
poor condition; scuffing, stains
private collection
inv.DvG 000-pr
This gold envelope with screen print on vinyl cloth depicts a characteristic dark red Daisy pattern that Daan van Golden often uses in his paintings and photographs. There is no sign of origin.
A white outer envelope entitled “Souvenir” contains the edition. At the back side a ‘D’ in print refers to the first name of the artist. The envelope’s colour in gold alludes with the surname of Daan van Golden. The grey line frame on the white envelope suggests that this item was perhaps a thank object presented to people for their compassion and sympathy after Daan van Golden deceased in 2017. Any form of origin of publication is lacking.
DOROTHY IANNONE, Put Out The Light, 2022
3 x 29 x 6 cm
cardboard XXL box, matches
edition 500
mint
published by We Do Not Work Alone, Paris, France
inv.IDor 000-000
“Put out the light” is the last edition Iannone Dorothy made before she died in december 2022 at the age of 89. Dorothy became well-known with what she called “ecstatic unity” that referred to erotic and sexual explorations featured in many of her works. In “An Icelandic Saga” she describes a trip made in the late sixties to Reykjavik in Iceland, with her then American husband James Upham. There she met and fell madly in love with Swiss Fluxus artist Dieter Roth.
GALERIE VAN GELDER Bericht 1, 1992
29,7 x 21 cm
photo copy, vintage
edition ca 35
published by Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
inv.GvG 000
This is the first newsletter (in Dutch) of Galerie van Gelder issued in the beginning of June 1992. It announces the gallery’s participation of Art Basel ’92, being a co-operation of five galleries. This was initiated by John M Armleder who also coined the name “Associated Publishers”.
LUIS CRUZ AZACETA, invitation card, 1996
17,8 x 17,8 cm, unfolded 70,6 cm long
3 fold leaflet, offset, 8 pp.
text by Tina Yapelli
splendid condition
published by San Diego State University, San Diego, USA
€ 185,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.LCAz 000-pr
Tina Yapelli: ‘Luis Cruz Azaceta paints his self-portrait repeatedly, in myriad guises and conditions. He intends that his visage becomes the face of Everyman, the typical human being…
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ULAY/MARINA ABRAMOVIÇ, The Sun and the Moon, 1987
63,6 x 48,3 cm (folded 21.5 x 27.5 cm)
offset print on firm paper
very rare
published by University of San Diego, San Diego, USA
inv.MAbr 000-pr
