GERHARD RICHTER, November, 2013
31,5 x 21,8 cm
offset
edition 800
signed, numbered
published by Heni Publishing, London, England
pristine
sold out
Richter produced NOVEMBER, a series of 54 works in ink. These works were created using a variety of ways to manipulate the consistency of ink and its flow on highly absorbent paper. The ink permeated through the sheets creating two related images, one on the front and one on the back of each of the 27 sheets used. In some cases Richter also applied lacquer or pencil.
Richter had a complete set of facsimiles made, so both sides of the 27 sheets could be viewed at the same time. However, the sequence of mirrored pairs of images is disrupted, as some of the images have been rotated by 180 degrees. The book displays the images of the pairs, one on the front and one on the back of each page and ends with an overview of all 54 works.
In the artist’s book November Richter not only made use of sheets with a mirror image of the motif on the reverse; in some cases the ink that had soaked through layers of sheets created what looked like visual echoes. His manipulation of the given sequence was distinctly restrained: for instance, November 2nd (recto) is placed upside down, disturbing the regularity of the mirror-image idea. In addition to this, the obscuring over-painting of this same sheet and of November 3rd draws attention to the differences between the two, rather than to any repetition. In the case of the pairs of sheets dated November 4th and 5th, the verso images are again rotated by 180º; it also appears that the sequence of front and back has been reversed in the case of the latter. The given reflections are thus just the point of departure for an interlocking web of playfulness, which in turn creates simultaneity from a temporal and material sequence. In the same way that original and facsimile per sheet and page are barely distinguishable, any distinctive qualities in the different ink markings are all but impossible to discern – with the initial disposition on one side and copy, duplicate and replica on the other. It has become a work in itself.
History of prices:
Antiquariat an der Uni Muenchen, Munich, Germany € 1.500,- January 2021
The Archive is Limited, Amsterdam € 950,- December 2020
Tate Museum, London, England € 470,- / GBP 400.- April 2013
New Art Editions € 800,- March 2017
ED RUSCHA, Make New History, 2009
6,5 x 19,5 x 13 cm
linen bound note book, text in stamp printing on book block, 624 blank pages signed in print on endpaper of book
original cardboard box, incl.loose paper with colophon and statement of the artist, dated: ‘Ed Ruscha November 10, 2009’
edition 1000
published by MOCA, Los Angeles, USA
mint extremely rare in this mint condition
€ 3.450,- plus € 38,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
On the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles this edition of 1000 copies was produced for distribution to members and attendees of its anniversary gala and not sold to the public. The pages of the book are blank, Edward Ruscha’s intention being for the owner to write his or her own history on the pages.
Due to its weight and thickness this artist’s book may also be considered as a real object or conceptual sculpture.
History of prices:
EHC Fine Art, USA US$ 4,500.- April 2023
1st Dibs, New York, USA € 4.736,- 24 September 2022
Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Australia US$ 1.513 – € 1.561,- &#nb; 24 September 2022
Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Australia AU$ 2.250 – € 1.468,- &#nb; 25 February 2021
LA Modern Auctions, Los Angeles, USA US$ 2,000.- &#nb; 18 October 2020
EHC Auctions + Artsy, Lot 5, highest bid US$ 1,900.- estimate US$ 2.500-US$ 3.000 &#nb; 31 March 2020
The Archive is Limited, Amsterdam € 1.950,- &#nb; 28 March 2020
Rago Arts & Auction Center, Lambertville, NJ, USA & nbsp; – Lot 733, $ 1,063 &#nb; 16 November 2013
Alone together: Alone (Facing East), alone (Facing West), 2000
96,5 x 77,5 cm / 38 x 30 1/2 inches
screenprints, enamel ink, glitter, 2 parts
edition 100 + 8 AP + 2 PP, here nr 38/100
published by The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
mint
€ 4.000,- excluding transport / insurance
sold
This portfolio is the eighteenth edition in The New Museum’s Limited Edition Program, and was produced by Donald Sheridan, the printmaker responsible for Andy Warhol’s diamond dust prints. It depicts two glittery pandas that are mirror images of each other. Placed back to back, the pandas form ‘Together Alone’, and appear as if in an argument. Facing one another, the pandas form ‘Together’, and the bamboo stalks in their paws unite to create a heart.
In the late 1980s Rob Pruitt was, along with Jack Early, part of the collaborative art team Pruitt-Early, a duo that was instantly touted as a pair of intrepid, iconoclastic newcomers—that is, until a 1992 show at Leo Castelli Gallery, where the two artists paid tribute to black culture by splashing paint on foil, shrink-wrapping posters of famous African Americans, and supplying their own rap soundtrack. Today that kind of show wouldn’t read as much of a shock, let alone a scandal, but in the early ’90s, the culture was still fully entrenched in the dicta of political correctness. Protests ensued, their work was accused of being racist, and, soon after, the pair disbanded.
Alone (Facing East) and Alone (Facing West) are the first limited edition prints ever produced by Rob Pruitt.
History of prices
Phillips, New York October 2012 € 6.696,- (hammer price) 28 October 2014
Ketterer Kunst estimate: € 3.800-€ 4.500 7 juni 2014
Auction Sotheby’s, London, England € 3.206,- / USD 3,836 (excl. 25% Buyer’s premium)
Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam February 2016 € 4.000,- (edition nr 38/100) purchased by Kevin Brewer, London, England
Artspace, New York, USA October 26 October 2016 US$ 7,500.- (edition nr 38/100) provenance: (flip-) art collector Kevin Brewer, London, England
MARCO BAGNOLI, Albe of zonsopgangen, 1984 [invitation]
41,8 x 29,6 cm
3 parts: invitation + A4 persbericht + A4 travel directions
published by Stichting De Appel, Amsterdam
pristine, rare
€ 160,-
RAÚL MARROQUIN, announcement “Telephone Piece”, 1983
42,2 x 30,2 cm
offset print,
TBA / Time Based Arts, November bulletin: Sound Works
twice folded as mailed
published by Vereniging van Videokunstenaars, Amsterdam
excellent condition, although very slightly aged paper
€ 190,- + € 15,- registered mail
inv.RMar 990-pr
This poster announces presentations by Relly Tarlo / Jacoba Bedaux, Raúl Marroquin and Daniel Brun.
MIKE PARR, Performance – action, 1983
42,2 x 30,2 cm
offset print, September bulletin
published by Time Based Arts, Amsterdam
excellent condition
rare
€ 180,- plus € 8,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.MPar 992-pr
inv.MPar 992
This poster announces video and film presentations about videos/films from Australia. Other presentations by Mike Parr (performance-action), Paul Müller, Arthur and Corine Cantrill, Juan Davila & Martin Munz, Dale Frank, Randall & Bendinelli and Philip Brophy & Maria Kozic
JOHN M ARMLEDER, 1984
87,6 cm x 48,3 cm / 34.5 x 19 inch
acrylic paint, pencil on canvas
edition 60 + 5 AP
published by John Gibson Gallery, New York, USA
not available
John M Armleder is known for mixing functional objects with casual abstract geometric artworks leading to estranged juxtapositions and logics.
History of prices:
John Gibson Gallery, New York US$ 3000.- July 1985
Benefit Auction SI, New York, USA estimated $18,000.- November 2012
JCJ VANDERHEYDEN, Atelier Concreet, 1992
50,7 x 40,5 cm
with painted wooden object mounted on black and white photograph
artist’s box frame
edition 5
published by the artist mint
very rare
€ 4.500,- plus € 24,- Track & Trace registered EU mail – private collection
inv.JCJ 000-pr
On behalf of his solo exhibition “Simultaneous” in Galerie van Gelder in Amsterdam JCJ Vanderheyden made this special photo-with-painting edition. On top of a studio photo Vanderheyden mounted a tiny painting on wood re-staging the realistic situation in his studio in the right proportion, although factually on a much smaller scale. A copy of this very small edition is also in the collection of Centraal Museum in Utrecht.
OLIVIER MOSSET, untitled, 1991
107 x 107 cm (100 x 100)
screen print on colored heavy paper, framed
verso: signed, numbered, dated
edition 25
rare
€ 2.800,- plus courier costs
€ 2.000,- (unframed) plus € 32,- Track & Trace EU registered mail in cardboard tube
Sometimes a print reflects light more than the light it reflects…. This work of Olivier Mosset is one of these works that vibrates brilliantly, due to its colour combinations.
STEVEN PARRINO, untitled, 1993 [Iggy Pop]
25 x 16,2 cm
photo copy / collage
uncut invite, verso: duct tape, artist’s name ink stamped
edition 10
GALERIE VAN GELDER EDITION
published by Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
€ 960,- + € 18,- registered EU mail
Steven Parrino was known for having a preference for black, i.e. black cloths, black sunglasses, black paint on canvas, black noise, black duct tape (although he preferred to wrap his crumpled canvasses in silver coloured duct tape). Vintage cars, Harley Davidson motorbikes and Chevrolet motor blocks were also among his favorites to use in his art. The shortening “SS” for Super Sport is a signature performance option package offered by Chevrolet on a limited number of its vehicles. All SS models come with distinctive “SS” markings on their exterior. The SS package was first made available for the 1961 Impala. Here Steven Parrino combined a motor block with a mooning Iggy Pop (?) in black and white on an uncut invitation card. For the occasion of his show an improvised edition was issued.
