JOHN M ARMLEDER, Niente, purtroppo!, 1975
20.8 x 14.6 cm
SC, ink stamps, postage stamp, 20 pp.
edition 650 + 40 + HC I-X
signed, numbered, here dedicated to Ulises Carrión
condition: splendid
published by Edition Galerie Gaëtan, Carouge and Écart publications, Geneva, Switzerland
inv.JMA 000-pr
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: heavily yellowed due to aging and paper quality
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
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 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”. For that he designed a logo “AP” that was supposed to promote a co-operation of publishers in Geneva, Cologne, Amsterdam and New York. An edition “AP” was made by galerie van Gelder Editions on an enamel door plate. The image depicts the letters AP inside a tumbled zero.
JOHN M ARMLEDER, 2022, PackMax-Gra
16 x 23 cm
beach pouch with zipper, linen, 4 tags
signed in print, both on linen label and tag
mint
produced by JPR Editions / Vilebrequin, Geneva, Switzerland
On one of the tags one can read; ‘John M Armleder combines an extraordinary visual culture with delegation principles and chance procedures. This tension between mastery and the effects of randomness stretches his work from abstraction to appropriation.
JOHN M ARMLEDER, invitation card ‘Nieuw werk’, 1988
21 x 14 cm
offset
mint
published by Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
JOHN M ARMLEDER, invitation card ‘Six Logo’s around the carpet’, 1991
21 x 14 cm
offset
mint
published by Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
€ 25,- plus € 8,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.JMA 000
In “Six Logo’s around the carpet” a hand woven carpet with tassels by Peter Nagy played a central role. The title of this black and white fabric is ‘Desease and Decoration’. It depicts six microscopic enlarged Aids-virus pictures used as a decoration for a carpet that was produced and distributed by Equator Productions in Brussels in Belgium. Six art works were shown on six walls.
Participating artists:
John M Armleder
Ansuya Blom
Hreinn Fridfinnsson
Kristján Gudmundsson
J.C.J. Vanderheyden
Olivier Mosset
Peter Nagy
JOHN M ARMLEDER, Black Noise, 2017
27,3 x 17,4 x 9,9 cm
32 booklets, offset, stapled, cardboard box with high gloss paper and screen print
edition 600
mint
published by Ecart Publications, Geneva, Switzerland
JOHN M ARMLEDER, Cercle et Carré, 1987
ca 130 x 30 x 20 cm
handmade pedestal; wood, paint, lamp, perforated metal plate, electricity wire
signed, numbered on certificate with instructions
edition 18, here 12/18
published by Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin, Germany
condition: excellent, although painted pedestal with original patine has minor paint chips.
€ 4.600,- plus transport costs
inv.JMA 1046-47
Sometimes an edition is loaded with information about the artist’s mindset while its appearance suggests the opposite, for a part due to its self-evidence. Such a piece is ‘Cercle et Carré’ with its geometrical forms, the aesthetics of simplicity, the functionality of formal design, the ambition of the avant-garde and humour; it is all there.
John Armleder is renowned for re-introducing abstract art in a dominating one-way art market in the early eighties of the previous century, for referring to predecessors in art history (hence the title ‘Cercle et Carré’) and for ‘making art that is comparable to making a B-film’ as he describes it. In this sense this edition is as banal as that. ‘Cercle et Carré’ has the look of a modernist Italian design, yet all three parts have been composed and put together by the artist, as if it is an installation. He put together lamp, pedestal and a piece of metal, then switched on the light. KvG
inv.JMA 1045
Furniture Sculpture 193, Caprice, 1988
Ø 25,4 cm
engraving on bowling ball Caprice by Columbia, vinyl bag
edition 24
engraved signature and number
comes with vintage label used in booth Art Publishers at Art Basel Edition 1992
published by Gallery Daniel Newburg, New York, USA
€ 3.500,- plus € 32,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.JMA 994-label
Furniture Sculpture 267, 1991
ca 278 x 104 x 110 cm
flexible aluminum tubes in handmade wooden box
edition 30, 3 versions
signed, numbered, dated on certificate
GALERIE VAN GELDER EDITIONS
1 tube € 5.200,- edition 10
2 tubes € 6.600,- edition 10
3 tubes € 9.800,- edition 10
When John Armleder made this multiple in 1991 he was quite attracted by the transportability of this foldable multiple. He considers this sculptural edition as an ultimate example of a multiple that is a true three dimensional work, and yet can very easily be carried around to any place on the world.
