STEVEN PARRINO, a.o., photograph in Mèle Chaud ou La Collection en Poche, 1992

Mèle Chaud ou la Collection en poche, 1992
16,8 x 12,7 cm / 6.5 x 5 inches
unpaginated exhibition catalogue; pocket photo album with 18 color photographs
edition 50, here number 34/50
very good condition, although tear in spine of plastic sleeve
produced by Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
extremely rare
€ 500,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.SP 000-pr

Participating artists: Carl Andre, J.C. Lefevre, H. Scharnagl, Daniel Buren, S. Parrino, J.-P. Bertrand, L. L’Hermitte, On Kawara, R. Hains, E. Wurm, Olivier Mosset and H. Yongping.

A.R. PENCK, Bananenelephant, 1992 [alias Elephant]

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A.R. PENCK, Bananenelephant, 1992
130 x 245 cm
screen print, with Galerie Aschenbach ink stamp
edition 50
signed, numbered
published by Aschenbach Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
not available anymore

 

A.R. Penck is known for expressionistic paintings with primitive sign gestures spread all over the surface in a fragmented manner. For decades he has made quite some prints in various techniques. ‘Bananenelephant’ is one of the most remarkable large prints A.R. Penck has ever made.

History of prices:
Venduehuis, The Hague, November 2022 € 5.200,- (hammer price)
Dorotheum, Vienna, Austria € 10.240,- 2 June 2022 (incl. premium)
Strauss & Co, Cape Town, South Africa € 3.026,- July 2018 (incl. premium)
Galerie Zimmermann & Heitmann, Düsseldorf, Germany, unframed   € 6.900,- December 2012
Aschenbach Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, unframed fl. 4.000-€ 1.820,- May 1992 (year of issue)

YAYOI KUSAMA, Waves, 1994 [etching]

YAYOI KUSAMA, Waves, 1994
63 x 45,5 cm
etching
signed, dated
edition 50 + 8 AP
excellent
sold

 

History of prices:
Phillips London, UK GBP 3,500.- auctioned 9 June, 2016
Bonham’s Auction, Hong Kong, € 6.090,- (Artist’s Proof) incl. 25% premium – auctioned 21 November 2016

MARLENE DUMAS, Collective Guilt, 1988 [porcelain cup and saucer, …]

MARLENE DUMAS, Collective Guilt, 1988
diameter dinner plate: 26,5 cm
screen print on porcelain cup, saucer, breakfast and dinner plate
edition 250 + 5 AP (numbered from I-V) + 10 HC (numbered from VI-XV)
signed underneath in print, also hand signed and numbered on certificate
published by Kamer van Koophandel / Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
pristine
€ 1.450,- plus Track & Trace EU registered mail

 

This item is part of the collection of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands

KEN LUM, I Can’t Believe I’m in Paris, 2011

KEN LUM, I Can’t Believe I’m in Paris, 1995-2011
54,6 cm x 68,6 cm
ink on water colour paper
edition 100
published by artist/Vancouver Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
€ 520,-
not available

This work is from a series of repeated text portraits that Ken Lum began to pursue in the 1990s. Lum works in a variety of media, including sculptures made from rented furniture, photographic portraits combined with faux corporate logos and texts, mazes made of mirrors inscribed with text, and works that mimic the signage affiliated with working class mini-malls.

 

KEN LUM, I Can’t Believe I’m in Paris, 1995-2011
104,1 x 134,6 cm
ink on water colour paper
edition 5
published by artist and Vancouver Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
not available

History of prices:
Vancouver Gallery, Vancouver, Canada € 305,-/ $ 400.- February 2011 (edition 100)
Vancouver Gallery, Vancouver, Canada € 3.400,- / US$ 4,500.- February 2011 (edition 5)