RAÚL MARROQUIN, Marroquin Font, 1991
31,5 x 21,5 x 3,2 cm
screen print on sheets of acetate, cardboard box
signed and numbered on certificate, text in screen print on box
ca 1.3 kgs
edition 20
splendid condition
published by Zeger Reijers’ Multiples, Rotterdam, Netherlands
€ 1.200,- plus costs registered mail
Raúl Marroquin is known for undermining existing structures whether in video art, pop music (with his would-be pop band The Sets) or high-tech stream systems. In 1991 he introduced a new type font and in 1998 his letter innovation was bought by Adobe and integrated in their official typefaces. Later on also Apple Inc. included his font in their standard letter faces.
Although the name “Marroquin Font” on the cover of the box suggests the official title, it differs from the name printed on the accompanying and signed certificate. There the multiple is called “Marroquin Roman” referring to the typeface he designed in 1991 as a playful challenge to his friends who would never think of having their names connected to a typographic font. Traditionally a Roman font is provided with serifs, but Marroquin decided to have his without.
Der Augenblick der stehen bleibt, 1991
29,7 x 21 cm
20 pp. perforated gummed stamps with text ‘Fluxeum Wiesbaden 1. Mai 1991’
published by Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany
pristine
€ 60,- plus costs of mailing
Fluxus 558
Participating artists are Geoffrey Hendricks, Klaus Staeck, Tim Ulrichs, Heinz Gappmayer, Charley Banana, Ben Patterson, Milan Kunc, Takako Saito, Corsin Fontana and many others
RICHARD PRINCE, Skull Bunny shopping bag, 1991
50 x 28 x 8 cm
offset on stiff paper bag
limited edition
published during Art Basel 1991 by Printed Matter, New York, USA and Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada
text ‘Learn to read Art’ by Lawrence Weiner, bag printed by Imschoot, Uitgevers
condition: used
€ 380,- plus € 24,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
This paper bag by Richard Prince was produced for supporting Art Metropole at Art Basel 1991. For the sake of supporting Art Metropole Richard Prince signed 29 bags.
History of prices:
Nosbüsch & Stucke, Berlin, Germany 13 May 2023 € 330,- (hammer price)
eBay-lakersla8, Los Angeles, USA, October 2022 US$ 2,000.- (offer)
eBay-banksysells, New York, USA, December 2021 US$ 1,500.- (offer)
Artcurial SVV, Paris, France 16 May 2018 € 1.950,- *
Nosbüsh & Stucke, Berlin, Germany 13 May 2023 € 330,- (hammer price)
eBay-artplus, New York, USA, December 2022 US$ 700.-
Zwiggelaar Auctions, Amsterdam June 24 2022 € 400,- (hammer price)
Printed Matter, New York, USA July 2021 US$ 500.-
eBay/moplen2003, 13 January 2021 € 650,-
Paddle auction, 16 July 2014 US$ 1,700.-
Art Metropole, Toronto and in booth at Art Basel 1991 SFr 150.- (in year of issue)
* NB unsigned
JIM SHAW, The Dogz – It’s Easter in My Brain / Willy Nilly, n.d. [1990]
7″ vinyl EP (45 rpm single), day-glo ink on picture sleeve
percussion: Mike Kelley
edition unknown signed
published by Cameo Appearance, USA
pristine
€ 195,- + € 12,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.JSha 000-pr
A self-pressed (neo-psychedelic) design by Jim Shaw single from 1990 features two songs penned by Jim Shaw (“It’s Easter in My Brain” b/w “Willy Nilly”) with musical backing by “The Dogz” – an all-star cast of early nineties Cal Arts graduates featuring Mike Kelley, Stephen Prina, Eddie Ruscha, Art Byington and Richie Lee. The vocalists include Shaw, Liz Larner, Maija Beeton, Cindy Bernard, Laura Graham, and Martine Tomczyk. Some copies are signed by Jim Shaw.
History of prices:
Cameo Appearance Records, Los Angeles, USA US$ 100.- 1990
OLIVIER MOSSET, Untitled [Flux dots], 1990
30 x 30 cm / 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches
unique colour photo, framed
series of 30 different prints
numbered, signed, dated
published by Galerie van Gelder Editions, Amsterdam, Netherlands
p.o.r.
In 1990 Olivier Mosset was invited to make a proposal for Galerie van Gelder Editions. For this he made use of a George Maciunas edition from the sixties: Flux Dots by Olivier Mosset Total Art Nice, a little plastic box filled with home discs referring to the circle paintings of Mosset, as Maciunas once explained to Olivier Mosset. Mosset liked the idea of shuffling up the red confetti every time before a colour photo would be taken. Hence a series of unique works was eventually realised based on Maciunas’ box.
Olivier Mosset in discussion with Kees van Gelder about how to produce his photo edition “Untitled 1990”, in Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1990.
Added information:
On 7th of June in 2023 a particular lot was auctioned at Auction house Metayer Merdoz in Paris. In some way four prints out of this series were put together into a square and offered, apparently as a work in itself.
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
€ 1.450,- plus € 24,- registered mail Track & Trace
inv.BKru 000-pr
History of prices:
Artsy-MLTPL, Hamburg, Germany February 2024 € 2.200 (Make an offer)
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.-
A.R. PENCK, I am ar. penck, 1989 – English version
30 cm x 38 cm
leporello, screenprint
size unfolded 30 x 453,5 cm
edition 100 + 20 AP
signed, numbered
published by Aschenbach Gallery, Amsterdam
condition: mint
€ 1.250,- plus € 24,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.APen 157-pr
History of prices:
Bromer Booksellers, Boston, USA – (English version) US$ 1,045.- August 2022
René Schmitt Druckgrafik, Berlin, Germany US$ 8,500.- April 2020
Ketterer Rare Books, Hamburg, Germany € 240,- 22 November 2016
Versandantiquariat Elke Rehder, Barsbüttel, Germany – (German version) € 480,- October 2012
Versandantiquariat Elke Rehder, Barsbüttel, Germany – (English version) € 450,- October 2012
Extra information:
Artist’s book “I am ar. penck” was also issued in a German version.
A.R. PENCK, I am ar. penck, 1989 – German version
30 cm x 38 cm
screenprint
size unfolded 30 x 453,5 cm
edition 100 + 20 AP
signed, numbered
published by Aschenbach Gallery, Amsterdam
SIGMAR POLKE, Untitled, 1989
98,5 x 69 cm / 38.5 x 27 inches
screen print on Schoellershammer 250 grams/m²
signed, edition 940
excellent condition
published by Griffelkunst Vereinigung, Hamburg, Germany
€ 1.000,- plus € 24,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.SPol 000-pr
Sigmar Polke was the practicioner of large-scale works whose interest in cartoon and mass media was once called Capitalist Realism in Germany, and whose intensely varied marks yielded a lifelong inventiveness with form, media and chance.
The screen print edition Untitled 1989 of the Griffelkunst Vereinigung is part of the MoMA Print Collection, New York, USA.
History of prices:
Grisebach Auktionen, Berlin, Germany 18 August 2023 € 1.143,-
Nosbüsh & Stucke, Berlin, Germany 13 May 2023 € 800,- (hammer price)
1st Dibs, Hamburg, Germany, May 2022 € 3.400,-
Van Ham Kunstauktionen, Cologne, Germany, 6 February 2020 € 1.000,- (hammer price)
Jetschke-Van Vliet, Berlin, Germany, November 2020 € 900,- (hammer price)
SIGMAR POLKE, Untitled, 1988
98,5 x 69 cm / 38.5 x 27 inches
screen print on Schoellershammer 250 grams/m²
signed, edition 940
published by Griffelkunst Vereinigung, Hamburg, Germany
splendid condition
€ 3.800,- plus € 75,- courier costs
SPolk 555
Sigmar Polke was the practicioner of large-scale works whose interest in cartoon and mass media was once called Capitalist Realism in Germany, and whose intensely varied marks yielded a lifelong inventiveness with form, media and chance.
The screen print edition Untitled 1989 of the Griffelkunst Vereinigung is part of the MoMA Print Collection, New York, USA.
History of prices:
1st DIBS, Hamburg, Germany, May 2022 € 3.400,-
see also various auction results
Century ’87, 1987 each 16,2 x 82,4 cm
6 streamers, screenprint, limited edition:
‘Daan van Golden in de Hortus’
‘Nam June Paik in het Postkantoor’
‘Scholte en Dokoupil op de Wallen’
‘Pieter Laurens Mol op Solder’
‘Clemente in de Kelder’
‘Titus Nolte in de Oude Manhuispoort’
* In 1987 Sjarel Ex initiated Century ’87 together with Els Hoek and Nicolette Gast on behalf of Amsterdam Cultural Capital. It was an exhibition in the Amsterdam city centre featuring installations from 30 contemporary Dutch and foreign artists including Nam June Paik, Barry Flanagan, James Lee Byars, Boltanski, Sarkis, Daan van Golden, Rene Daniels and Marlene Dumas. The graphic design group Wild Plakken distributed the black and white streamers all over town in order to draw attention to the project. Very fine copies. Rare.
