MARTIN CREED, Work 88, 1995 [crumpling]

MARTIN CREED, Work No. 88, 1995
diameter ca 5 cm crumpled sheet of A4 paper, paper shavings, cardboard box
numbered, signed on certificate
unlimited edition
published by Hauser & Wirth Edition, Zurich, Switzerland
not available

This work is made out of a sheet of A4 paper crumpled into a ball. It is an unlimited edition, but this doesn’t mean that such a work is available for ever: www.hauserwirth.com/editions/30/work-no-88-br-a-sheet-of-a4-paper-crumpled-into-a-ball/view/ 

MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, Klok, 1995 [electric doorbell]

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MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, Klok, 1995
height ca 40 cm, different heights
bronze, ceiling clamp, electric device
series of 12 unique doorbells, cast in different pitches
Collection Kees van Gelder

 

‘Marijke van Warmerdam could be the very founder of Reaction Art, i.e. context triggers her imagination. The idea of making a school bell in the form of a carillon with two melodies struck Van Warmerdam as a good alternative to the piercing sound of the bell that normally rings out across the schoolyard. She invited composer Jeff Hamburg to make one melody for the start of lessons and another for when school ends. From there in the context of her first commercial gallery show in Amsterdam in 1995 she decided to turn the gallery’s doorbell into a doorbell bell creating a very deep sound in the building when visitors rang it.’ september 2012 KvG

MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, Vuilnisbak, 1995

MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, ‘Vuilnisbak’, 1995
65 x Ø 35 cm
zinc dustbin, gold leaf, varnish
signed, dated, numbered
edition 20
Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam        

‘We use a dustbin every day and half our lives end up in it.’ Based on this idea, the artist felt it was time to place the dustbins on a pedestal by providing them with a layer of gold leaf.

MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, La Fille aux Crêpes, 1995

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MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, La Fille aux Crêpes, 1995
13,6 x 20,6 cm
paper on aluminum
edition 10 + 2 AP
published by the artist

During the opening days of the Venice Biennale 1995 Marijke van Warmerdam was named ‘the girl with the pancakes’ by Didier Vermeiren, because of her contribution in the catalogue. For her first Dutch solo exhibition (in Galerie van Gelder) in 1995 she used this nickname as the title of the exhibition, beside her own name. With the edition La fille aux crêpes she sought to raise that ambiguity once again.

VICTOR VASERELY, Rosenthalkarte, n.d. [ca 1995]

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VICTOR VASERELY, Rosenthalkarte, n.d. [ca 1995]
16 x 11,5 cm
printed ceramic postcard, pencil, plastic support, paper cushion, beauty box + original Rosenthal mail wrapping; complete as issued
edition unknown
published by Rosenthal GmbH, Selb, Germany
pristine condition
€ 260,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered EU mail


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History of prices:
Galeria Tarquinia. Los Lagos, Chile 11 October 2022 € 750,-
eBay-armonia24, Planegg, Germany 11 October 2022 € 99,-
Catawiki, Assen, Netherlands 20 December 2018 € 310,- (hammer price)

RICHARD PRINCE, I never had a penny to my name…., 1994

RICHARD PRINCE, ‘I never had a penny to my name, so I changed my name.[1985]’, 1994
10,5 x 15 cm
signed, dated
p.o.r.

 

This signed postcard is a reproduction of a Richard Prince Joke painting that comes in more than one version. A shadow line in between the two parts of the painting has been replaced by a designer’s cut on the post card. By this a vertical white line is created that is not part of the painting as is shown below.

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Coll. Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA
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LOUISE BOURGEOIS, Untitled, 1994

     

LOUISE BOURGEOIS, Untitled, 1994
each 92,7 x 71 cm / 36 x 28 inches
hand coloured intaglio print
edition 65 (black and white) and edition 35 (red)
signed, numbered
published by The Paris Review, New York, USA
not available

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:
each US$ 3,500.-  September 2012