BARBARA KRUGER, Business as usual, 2019
5,7 x 6,9 cm
metal badge, print, glossy plastic coating, verso: two plastic parts
edition unknown
published by Printed Matter, New York, USA
This metal pin comes with a one year subscription as a Friend of Printed Matter in New York for US$ 60.-
History of prices:
eBay-hotelmarquetteprints, Cleveland, Ohio, USA $ 175.- March 2021
Printed Matter, New York, USA $ 60.- March 2020
BARBARA KRUGER, Untitled (Kiss), 2019
44 x 38 x 38 cm
Artek stool 60 with text, industrial paint, wood, screws, booklets
numbered verso on seat of stool, artist’s name ink stamped in red on cardboard box
edition 600
(a second and final run doubled the original edition of 300), here number 281 i.e. part of the first run, original packaging and booklets
published by ICA, London, UK
condition: mint
p.o.r.
Apparently publisher ICA had second thoughts when it came to the final edition number. It first decided to extend the edition from 300 to 500. Then another 100 were added and presented as a final second run of 300 copies. Below you will find a screen shot of their website made on 7th of December 2019.
History of prices:
1stDibs, Jersey City, USA € 3.617,- January 2023
Smolensky Gallery, Manchester, UK GBP 1,700.- January 2023
ICA, London, UK GBP 2,000.- September 2022
Artware, New York, USA US$ 3,500.- July 2022
Commodity Gallery, Los Angeles, USA US$ 3,500.- October 2021
Artsy-Alpha 137 Gallery, New York, USA US$ 2,400.- September 2021
Wright Auction, Chicago, USA € 1.525 15 July 2021 (hammer price)
Artware, New York, USA US$ 2,000.- April 2021
ArtRepublic.com, Benbury, England, UK € 1.785,- April 2021
eBay-artwiseonline, Brooklyn, New York, USA US$ 3,500.- March 2021
eBay-can-buy-my-art, The Hague, Netherlands US$ 2,200.- March 2021
Bonhams Auction, London € 846,- 10 December 2020 incl. premium
Bonhams Auction, London € 1.822,- 17 October 2020 incl. premium
Artware, New York, USA US$ 2,000.- 26 August 2020
Bonhams Auction, London € 844,- 19 June 2020 incl. premium
PopFineArt.com, between US$ 1,000 – US$ 2,500.- 8 March 2020
ICA, London, UK GBP 1,000.- 4 March 2020
ICA, London, UK GBP 650.- 10 December 2019 – sold out 30-12-2019
ICA, London, UK GBP 450.- 23 October 2019
BARBARA KRUGER, Your gaze hits the side of my face, 2013
5-5/8 inches, width ca 1-3/4 inches
tortoise/black sunglasses with red temples
fabric drawstring sleeve for glasses, box
edition 100
published by LACMA, Los Angeles, USA
not available
The sentence “Your gaze hits the side of my face” phrase first appeared in an 1981 artwork along with the profile of an anonymous classical bust. A phrasing that suggests that such a gaze is impertinent. When it comes to the lens of a camera Barbara Kruger says: ‘What it menas to put a camera at another person, I think there is a brutality about that.’
Extra information:
Other versions published by LACMA each in an edition of 100:
BARBARA KRUGER, Call me, 2012
178 x 153 cm / 60 x 70 inches
beach towel, original wrapping, tag
pristine condition
published by Art Production Fund: Works On Whatever, New York, USA
p.o.r.
Much of Barbara Kruger’s work engages the merging of found photographs from existing sources with pithy and aggressive text that involves the viewer in the struggle for power and control that her captions speak to. She develops her ideas on a computer, later transferring the results to oftentimes billboard-sized images.
History of prices:
Wright Auction, Chicago, USA 12 August 2021 € 596,- (hammer price)
Wright Auction, Chicago, USA 18 November 2020 € 1.203,-
Arthema Auction, Lille, France 26 September 2015 € 290,- (hammer price)
Art Production Fund: Works On Whatever, New York, USA September 2012 (year of issue) USA US$ 95.-
BARBARA KRUGER, I shop therefore I am, 1990
43,9 x 27,3 x 10,7 cm / 16 1/2 x 11 inches
edition 9000
offset in black and red, paper shopping bag
published by Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany, 1990
excellent and close to mint condition
€ 1.200,- plus € 18,- registered mail Track & Trace
History of prices:
Leslie Hindman Inc., Chicago, USA 19 July 2021 € 2.103,- (hammer price)
Caviar20, Toronto, Canada 18 April 2021 € 1.794,-
Caviar20, Toronto, Canada 2 July 2020 CAD$ 1,950.- (€ 1.275,-)
Artcurial, Paris 16 May 2018 € 3.250,-
D. & E. Lake Ltd., Toronto, Canada 22 December 2017 US$ 770.-
Galerie & Antiquariat Gerhard Zähringer, Zürich, Switzerland 12 September 2017 US$ 415,-
Artnet.com / Deborah Ripley estimate: 28 August 2012 US$ 700-800.-
Harlowe-Powell Auction Gallery 15 October 2011 US$ 500.-