JOHN M ARMLEDER, ‘Plat du Jour’, 1993
21 x 9,7 cm
voucher: photo copy
edition of 100, of which just 30 signed
signed, numbered
published by Editions GDL, Paris-Nice, France extremely rare
€ 120,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.JMA 878_1043
John M Armleder: ‘La Ligne d’Arrivée’ was a restaurant opposite Galerie Gilbert Brownstone & Cie situated in rue Saint-Gilles at nrs 9 and 26 in Paris. The voucher could be validated by ordering a dinner at the restaurant. When a dinner was paid with this voucher the owner of ‘La Ligne d’Arrivée’ would validate it with an ink stamp.” The latter was designed by John Armleder.
JMA: ‘Only 30 have been signed and very few have been issued, because soon the restaurant closed its doors.’
BEN VAUTIER, Étonnez moi, 2014
15 x 10,6 x 1,4 cm
agenda, spiral binding
published by Quo Vadis, Hamilton, Bermuda
condition: splendid
rare
€ 80,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace registered mail
IRIS S. VAN GELDER, Communication, Control freak, Reisplan, You’s so sweet, you’r so nice, 2006-2007
film on DVD, plastic jewel box
produced by Bifrons Foundation, Amsterdam
MARINUS BOEZEM, Paper Events, 1970
29,8 x 21,5 cm
artist’s book, 16 pp. incl. cover, plastic envelope with text in screen print
edition 250, here number 21/250
signed, numbered on label
published by Multi-Art Press, Belgium
condition: book yellowed at top part, envelope fine and undamaged rare in this condition
€ 940,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.MBoe 190
The work ‘Paper Events’ is a DIY multiple. There are instructions for a do-it-yourselfer. Nevertheless, the cover and the first page inside have already been done by Marinus Boezem. From page three further instructions are given:
page 3 – cut with a pair of scissors
page 5 – wrinkle and throw away
page 7 – cut with a pair of scissors
page 9 – tear
page 11 – soak in water
page 13 – hang in open window
page 15 – burn rest of the book and keep in plastic bag.
Marinus Boezem is known for his radical view of art. Together with Wim T. Schippers, Ger van Elk and Jan Dibbets, Boezem is seen as one of the main representatives of conceptual art and arte povera in the Netherlands in the late 1960s.
JOHN LIGGINS, My hidden feelings, 1975
11,7 x 11,8 x 12 cm
cedar wood, label, adhesive Letterpress letters
edition 10, here 5/10
signed, numbered
condition: poor, although with collectable appearance
(one of the corners at the top backside is slightly crushed and has been partly repaired) extremely rare
inv.JLig 898
This wooden cube was purchased in Other Books and So (Ulises Carrión) in Amsterdam. When I met John Liggins later on I asked him at a certain point what is inside. He said: “For that you have to break it open”. I never came any further than shaking the very light box hearing a sound as if a folded piece of paper is in there….
Extra information My hidden feelings is depicted in a documentation box with loose sheets op paper. In 1980 John Liggins produced this cardboard box in which his works and activities are documented. It includes photos, printed matter, press material, etc. This box came in an edition of 25 copies, signed and numbered on a label.
LIDA ABDUL, First photographic catalogue of Afghan artist Lida Abdul, 2008
30,6 x 24,5 cm
HC, 172 pp.
weight: 1,3 kgs signed
condition: splendid, inside pages show vague hue due to light impact on fore-edges
RAÚL MARROQUIN, invitation card “Original Books”, 1976
9,7 x 14,8 cm
red ink stamp, postal stamp dated: “24-III-1976”
published by Other Books and So, Amsterdam / Ulises Carrión
condition: splendid
rare
€ 300,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.RMarr 872
THOMAS HIRSCHHORN, À propos de mon exposition à la galerie de Jeu de Paume, 1994
24 x 17,1 cm
offset, stapled
unpaginated brochure with 72 full page black & white images
published by Éditions de Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
extremely rare
On the couver of this publication Catherine David wrote a short introduction on the work of Thomas Hirschhorn. Inside there are merely full page pictures of street situations and gallery installation views that look like taken in the streets. The brochure gives the impression that one deals with an artist’s book. This publication is extremely hard to find.
LARS LAUMANN, Diese Schallplatte enthält Musik von Dan-Ola Persson, geschrieben und aufgenommen für die Videos von Lars Laumann, 2008-2010, 2010
edition 500
published by Maureen Paley Gallery / Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland
condition excellent, apart from light bump at right top corner of cover
