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JOHN M ARMLEDER, Plat du Jour, 1993 [voucher, signed]

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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. Only 30 have been signed by the artist (quote JMA) and very few have been issued, because soon the restaurant closed its doors. 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.

 

Envelope of Editions GDL:

GEOFFREY HENDRICKS, Five Found Photos, 1978 [artist’s book]

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GEOFFREY HENDRICKS, Five Found Photos, 1978
15 x 22,2 cm
artist’s book, 5 tipped in photos
edition 600
signed, numbered, here 74/600
published by Printed Editions, New York, USA
condition: splendid, although front cover comes with a hardly detectable vertical bend on the right side
€ 225,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.GHen 000


 

The artist’s book “Five Found Photos” includes a short text by Geoffrey Hendricks:
‘Last summer in Germany, rummaging through flee markets, I collected some old postcards and photographs. The collection was made casually just picking out what struck my fancy. One night I noticed certain photographs were of same people. Other cards seemed to go together because of similar structural elements. I began to group and regroup the material, pairing images visually, narratively, and numerically, seeing contrasts and similarities of form, subject, location, time, or emotion. Sometimes there were surprises. These five cards are one distillation from this process. They might imply a story, or a dream, perhaps a souvenir of a summer abroad. They are for reflection”

History of prices:
Ecart Books, Geneva, Switzerland, March 2023 SFr 250,-
AbeBooks.fr, May 2020 € 195,- (poor condition)

MARINUS BOEZEM, Paper Events, 1970 [signed artist’s book + envelope]

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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.

 

signed label verso on plastic envelope

JOHN LIGGINS, My hidden feelings, 1975 [multiple]

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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.