WJM KOK, Monochrome 360º (Revaleiland), 2020 [card]

WJM KOK, Monochrome 360º (Revaleiland), 2020
SN 68172
10,4 x 14,8 cm
offset, verso residual glue and paper, cellophane envelope, sticker
edition 81, here number 28/81
signed, dated, numbered
published by the artist
€ 35,- plus € 5,- Track & Trace NL registered mail
inv.WJM 1034_1043

During the pandemic in 2020 Dutch advertising columns were temporarily out of use for advertising. They were all around set on hold and covered with a blue colour print on paper. Wjm Kok appropriated a considerable amount of these unused so-called ‘peperbussen’ in Amsterdam by merely localising them. He took a picture of each cylindrical column, adding a title and Serial Number.
Due to weather conditions the blue posters came down partly. A colleague teared some of these parts off. When this was offered to him, he decided to cut the torn off poster parts into cards. With this less ephemeral and more concrete gesture he brought this work closer to the approach of the American appropriation artists who materialised their ideas by putting the borrowed products merely on display, although without the need for manual work. KvG

Appropriated advertising column opposite Herengracht 213, Amsterdam

JCJ VANDERHEYDEN, Zilveren Spiegel, 1991

JCJ VANDERHEYDEN, Zilveren Spiegel, 1991 [mirror]
38,9 x 35,9 x 3,5 cm
mirror, wood, paint
signed, date, year
series of 2 unique works with yellow inner brims
€ 3.850,- plus € 32,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.JCJ 1033

JCJ Vanderheyden has produced various mirrors, most of the time for the sake of an exhibition in order to play with repetition through mirroring. This one comes with two yellow painted glass laths, i.e. one on the lower side and one on the right side. A method he uses on the edges of his paintings as well. The horizontal and vertical painted laths reappear in the reflection of the mirror.

MAX KLINGER, Le Théâtre de l’Étrange, Les suites gravées, 1879–1915, 2012 [catalogue]

MAX KLINGER, Le Théâtre de l’Étrange, Les suites gravées, 1879–1915, 2012
23 x 24 cm
SC, bound
original publisher’s seal
published by Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
extremely rare in this pristine sealed printer’s condition
mint condition
€ 160,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.MKli 1031-1032

From his earliest sets of prints, Max Klinger (1857–1920) showed a strong interest in this medium, which he dubbed “Griffelkunst”, or “stylus art.” This wanted catalogue has been sold out for a long time.

History of prices:
Amazon-Books around the world, UK GBP 1,342 4 February 2021 [mint]
Amazon-AB Books, UK GBP 1,287.- 4 February 2021 [new]
Amazon-AB Books, UK GBP 499.- 4 February 2021 [used]
Rakuten-Restignac, France € 469,- 4 February 2021 [used]
AbeBooks-Graphem. Kunst- und Buchantiquariat, Berlin, Germany € 180,- 1 February 2021 [used]

THOMAS RUFF, Sterne, 01h 55m/-30º, 1989 [signed postcard]

THOMAS RUFF, Sterne, 01h 55m/-30º, 1989
14,8 x 10,4 cm
postcard
signed with silver marker
rare
splendid condition, with verso partly residual glue and paper
€ 225,- plus 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.TRuf 1027-pr

 

Uncommon signature put straight into the image of the print, by which the artist’s name creates much more depth to the depicted firmament. It functions as a repoussoir.

Editions & Communications marginales d’Amerique Latine, 1977

Editions & Communications marginales d’Amerique Latine, 1977
21 x 29,7 cm
risoprint, stapled, folded as issued: 15 x 21 cm, 9 pp.
organised by Guy Schraenen
published by Maison de la Culture du Havre, Le Havre, France
inv.GSchr 1026

This publication was issued on behalf of a group exhibition curated by Guy Schraenen. Felipe Ehrenberg, Ulises Carrión, Raúl Marroquin, Flavio Pons, Claudio Goulart among many others participated.

History of price:
Zwiggelaar Auctions, Amsterdam, 9 December 2022 € 400,- (hammer price)

BEA McMAHON, Jesus and chlorophyll, 2012

BEA McMAHON, Jesus and chlorophyll, 2012
21 x 18 cm
SC, 46 pp., stapled, digital printing, screen print, paper collage on cover, incl. loose text page
edition 40
signed, numbered
published by Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
splendid condition
inv.BMcM 1022

 

This book edition contains 18 pages text by curator Maeve Connolly about the works of Bea McMahon, the other pages – 28 in total – are obviously pages that could fit into an artist’s book. This makes the edition into a hybrid book, i.e. partly catalogue, partly artist’s book.

BEA McMAHON, Bracket, 2011 [booklet]

BEA McMAHON, Bracket, 2011
20,7 x 14,4 cm
SC, stapled, 20 pp.
published by FTI-Io, London, England
splendid condition
inv.BMcM 1021
 

“Bracket” is about a choreography for cats that comes in from the right and leaves the stage at the left. The second Act is executed the other way around. The structure of this choreography is apparently based on angle brackets often used in mathematics, denoting some form of grouping.