ULISES CARRIÓN, The Muxlows, 1978
22,9 x 11 cm
SC, 100 pp.
edition 300
published by Verlaggalerie Leaman, Düsseldorf, Germany
condition: slightly aged, at cover top side 3 tiny dents
€ 1.200,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.UCar 06-pr
Introduction on fly leave: ‘The Muxlows’ is the history of an English family from Yorkshire. I found it in 1972, in the city of Leeds, in the last pages of a badly damaged bible. U.C.’
This book is a dry list of names that goes back to 1835 when Thomas Muxlow was born. It is the start of genealogical facts limited to birth and death. The first chapter “Parents names” is followed by “Childrens names”, “Marriages” and “Other family events”. In this way a family story is told as a family drama of generations, i.e. family members come and go. Again with this book Carrión’s shows his strong affinity with the method of archival order to set out a story similar to writing a novel.
KvG
A copy is in the Collection of Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
History of price:
Ecart-Books, Geneva, Switzerland June 2022 SFr 1.700,-
SIGURDUR GUDMUNDSSON, Fjörvit, 1996
ca 41 x 29 x 4 cm
plastic bag, 7 publications, 11 photo copies (stapled)
signed
published by Nýlistasafnið, Reykjavik, Iceland
inv.SG 949-pr
Each newspaper and magazine in this bag contains an article about group exhibition called Fjörvit (trans. Clear white) organised/curated by Sigurdur Gudmundsson at Nýlistasafnið / The Living Art Museum. Participating artists: Dan Wolgers, Carsten Höller, Christene Hohenbüchler and Irene Hohenbüchler. Among the publications also a stapled stack of 11 black and white photo copies is depicting an exhibition about plants and butterflies. For some reason or other the name of that artist is not mentioned.
The backside of the translucent museum bag shows an introductory text in Icelandic by Sigurdur Gudmundsson.
NAN GOLDEN, Nan Golden backstage, 2002
41,4 x 29,3 cm
including photo shoot of David Bowie by Mario Testino mint, sealed
published by V magazine, July-August 2002
€ 95,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace EU registred mail
inv.NGol 947
HETTY HUISMAN, Letters to friends, 1977
29,7 x 21 cm
stencil print
published by Other Books and So, Amsterdam
condition: good, although obviously aged wood-containing paper
extremely rare
€ 280,- plus Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.HHui 945-pr
Extra information
The exhibition showed a collection of handmade unique artists’ books from a series of 15, containing diary-like texts, drawings and collages and published in Korsow, Curaçao, Cabaron Press, 1976. Each booklet was addressed to a friend in The Netherlands while Huisman was temporarily living in Curacao. Staple bound graph books, each 19 x 25,5 cm, 24 pp. with handwritten text, ink and graphite drawings, rubber stamps and collaged photos. All signed, dated and stamped by the artist.
Hetty Huisman (1941-2017) was a Dutch artist working in a variety of fields. She made ceramic based works, albeit with a conceptual and destructive approach, and was a prolific publisher of artists’ books through her imprint Void Editions. Huisman published her own artists’ books and works by others such as Ulises Carrion (Second Thoughts), Henryk Gajewski, John Liggins. In the 1970s she was one of the founders of the In-Out Center artists’ space in Amsterdam. She curated exhibitions in her studio as well as at her temporary gallery in Curaçao where she also launched Cabaron Press.
MICHAEL CARDENA, invitation card Mazzo, Amsterdam, 1981
17,4 x 10,8 cm
date postal stamp: ’24-6-81′ (verso)
added: SMA newsletter in Dutch, 1984 + a newspaper clipping
good condition
€ 95,- plus € 10,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.MCar 944-pr
This card reads: “A tough evening Cardena” dedicated to Paulina Lagrande and other art critics from Purmerend and surroundings. Live-performance Michael Cardena
This item comes with a SMA newsletter and a newspaper clipping De Volkskrant d.d.22 mei 1981
JOHN M ARMLEDER, Sphinx d’Or Awards, 1973
8,3 x 11 cm
6 different cards with embossed blind plate, 6 printed envelopes
published by Ecart, Geneva, Switzerland
excellent condition
extremely rare
The cards read the following texts: The Sphinx D’Or Award 1973, Count Fanzini
Best Glossy Zine for 1973, File/Ifel General Idea, Toronto”
Best Camouflage for 1973, Dr.Brute, “Spots in Front of Your Eyes”
Best Major Work, Flakey Rose Hip, “Great Wall of 1984”
Best New Talent for 1973, Gilbert and George
Best Contribution to Art Deco in 1984, ms. Rhonda
JOHN M ARMLEDER / PATRICK LUCCHINI, Leathern Wing Scribble Press, 1978
7 x 10,4 cm
text in letterpress, envelope, 4 tiny cards
edition 300
published by Ecart, Geneva. Switzerland
very good condition
rare
€ 340,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.JMA 276
CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI, Point d’Ironie, 2010
43,2 x 30,6 cm
8 pp., offset on thin paper, text in English and French added: Nr 23 – Thomas Hirschhorn
edition 300.000
published by Agnes B., Paris, France
mint condition
€ 70,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
collection of 21 issues € 600,- plus € 24,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.Point 533-pr
Content of set (in box):
Nr 05 – Annette Messager 1998
Nr 12 – Harmony Korine 1999
Hors série Point d’Ironie 2007 (“Société Anonyme”: Louwrien Wijers, o.a.)
Nr 23 – Thomas Hirschhorn 2001 (Dokumenta XI)
Nr 27 – Hanne Darboven 2002
Nr 31 – Yoko Ono 2003
Nr 34 – Michel Foucault 2004
Hors série interview Agnès B. 2004 (interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist)
Nr 36 – Tacita Dean 2005
Nr 37 – Ed Ruscha 2005
Nr 40 – Damien Hirst 2006
Nr 45 – Robert Crumb 2008
Nr 46 – Carlos Cruz-Diez 2008
Nr 47 – Koo Jeong-a 2009
Nr 48 – Walid Raad 2009
Nr 49 – Ryan McGinley 2009
Nr 50 – Christian Boltanski 2010
Nr 51 – Dayanita Singh 2010
Numéro spécial – Pierre Reimer 2011
Nr 54 – Pierre Henry 2013
Nr 56 – Robert Barry 2014
Added to the set:
Nr 05 – Annette Messager 1998 (3 copies)
Nr 12 – Harmony Korine 1999 (2 copies)
Nr 50 – Christian Boltanski 2010 (2 copies)
History of prices:
Unoriginal Sins, Gorebridge Midlothian, UK GBP 125.- March 2024 Nr 05-Annette Messager
The Land of Nod, Ostend, Belgium, November 2023 € 30.- i.e. Nr 50-Christian Boltanski
Unoriginal Sins, Gorebridge Midlothian, UK GBP 125.- September 2021 Nr 05-Annette Messager
KIMBALL GUNNAR HOLTH, Trying to look for the right words, 2020
5,4 x 8,5 cm
hand-out card
edition 100 of which ca 10 signed
published by the artist
inv.KGH 1090
KIMBALL GUNNAR HOLTH, Still not painting??, 2020
2,5 x 17,5 x 5 cm
engraved Parker pen, cardboard box
signed, dated, numbered
edition 8 + 1 AP
condition: mint
€ 120,- plus € 13,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
About eight years ago, Kimball Gunnar Holth stopped making abstract expressionist paintings. He limited himself to a stage with a tarpaulin that house painters and construction workers use. In his studio he made film recordings of work that he made but that never got a final version.
He is often asked why he no longer makes those beautiful paintings: ‘Still not painting ??’. In line with this, he had a pen engraved with this question.
