TAKAKO SAITO, Play with the sun!, 1993
3 x 7 x 3,2 cm
glasses, hand written texts, painted glasses case, chess board of paper collage
ink stamp Noodle Edition inside case
edition 91
published by Noodle Edition, Düsseldorf, Germany
condition excellent
€ 800,- plus € 20,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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TAKAKO SAITO, Hutschachspiel, 1990
ca 16,5 x 21,5 x 27 cm
grey bowler hat, gouache, wooden chess pieces
signed, numbered, dated
edition 10 + 2 AP
sold
The edition Hutschachspiel comes in the colour black. There is an AP edition of 2 that comes in grey; here number AP 2/2. The miniature set of wooden chess pieces are put on a tiny hand painted chess board pattern.
Inside the brim of the hat:
CUT magazine about art, issue #15, January 2016
29,7 x 21 cm, 12 pp.
digital printed magazine
edition 60, of which 35 with multiple of Takako Saito: hand painted text on hand colored rice paper, text on card, in tipped in cellophane envelope
published by Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam.
‘CUT magazine about art appears irregularly however often’ and is published by Galerie van Gelder. The magazine is printed in full colour.
Issue #15 opens with a report of a performance by Takako Saito written by Evert Schoorl – together with his partner Mieke Schoorl enthusiastic collector and economist and emeritus Director of graduate studies, Groningen University – followed by pages of a wall installation ‘You and me – Sky wall’.
TAKAKO SAITO, Buch der Brust, 1984
14,5 x 3 x 12,5 cm
gouache pen, pencil, crayon drawings, copper and thread hinge, handmade cardboard box, cellophane, 10 pp.
edition 8
published by Noodle Edition, Dusseldorf, Germany
sold
Takako Saito shaked up notions of perception and aesthetic experience. Games of chess, playing cards, making art together, games in general were turned into a non-visual experience and activity, such as making use of smell, tactility, and aurality, with a result of breaking existing rules. She has made various kinds of books including Rhine water, sound of thrown paper cubes, and the like. In ‘Buch der Brust’ the artist challenged the traditional notion of a book by turning the pages into the shape of a women’s breast.
TAKAKO SAITO, various announcements, invitations and small objects, 1984-2012
various sizes and materials
TAKAKO SAITO, Behalte die ganze Haut in der Tasche, 2000
7,5 x 7 x 4,5 cm
garlick in handmade mini bag with verso publisher’s stamp
edition 33
signed twice, numbered
published by Noodle Edition, Düsseldorf, Germany
TAKAKO SAITO, Body Music, 2000
18,5 x 5,8 cm
unique glass with hand painted text: Body music. Drink a glass of grappa and listen to its going down.
signed, numbered, edition 6
Takako Saito is a specialist in understanding sound and music from a different angle. In ‘Body music’ she creates a conceptual musical score.
Fluxus – In the spirit of Fluxus, 1993
31,5 x 44,5 x 9 cm
briefcase with catalogues, posters, pencil, buttons and other objects
1st edition 100
published by Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
not available
– Exhibition catalogue “In the Spirit of Fluxus”
– J. Berner, “Cosmic inventory kit”
– G. Brecht, “Drip music”
– “Solo for violin”
– G. Chiari, “Art is easy”
– Orange brooch and blue card
– H. Flynt, “Demolish serius culture”, Green brooch and orange card
– “Art you can lick”, Yellow brooch and yellow card
– G. Hendricks,”Picnic garbage placemat”
– L. Miller, “Flux Box. Do-it-yourself. Excellent 92”
– B. Moore, “Flux Tellus” No. FXCM0076
– G. Maciunas,”Fluxus Chairman”, 1976
– Y. Ono, “Y. O. (1964-1965). Frame enlargement”
– M. Shiomi, “Water Music”
– B. Vautier, “T-shirt printed”
– R. Watts, “Stamp”
– “Fluxus concerned white insignificances”, rubber stamp, 7 x 32 x 4 cm
Fluxus – In the spirit of Fluxus, 1993-1995
31,5 x 44,5 x 9 cm
briefcase with catalogues, posters, pencil, buttons and other objects
2nd edition 50
Der Augenblick der stehen bleibt, 1991
29,7 x 21 cm
20 pp. perforated gummed stamps with text ‘Fluxeum Wiesbaden 1. Mai 1991’
published by Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany
pristine
€ 60,- plus € 12 Track & Trace registred EU mail
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Participating artists are Geoffrey Hendricks, Klaus Staeck, Tim Ulrichs, Heinz Gappmayer, Charley Banana, Ben Patterson, Milan Kunc, Takako Saito, Corsin Fontana and many others
History of prices:
Booklooker, Germany August 2024 € 90,-
eBay Feb. 2015 € 150,-
ZVAB € 295,- Feb. 2015 € 295,-
TAKAKO SAITO, Ein Buch des Mikadobuchs, 1986
12,5 x 15,5 x 1,7 cm
unique series of 20
book and tooth pick in wooden box
not available; ask for details
The whole edition of ‘Ein Buch des Mikadobuchs’ forms a stack of paper sheets. Out of these asymmitrical cut outs 20 stabbed book blocks have been made, each ca 9 x 8 cm in size. The white silk paper pages are bound with a hand coloured cut off Mikado pin, to which a loose hand coloured tooth pick has been added. There is an original pencil drawing on top of each wooden box showing in red colour pencil the part, bound as book, of this Mikado puzzle book.