THOM PUCKEY, invitations for exhibitions, 1982-1988
various sizes
12 announcements, of which one is signed
added: flyer with text on “Column of Charcoal” and report of KvG on exhibition at Art & Behaviour in Amsterdam in 1982, hand written fully signed postcard, 2 newspaper clippings
very rare
€ 140,- plus € 13,- Track & Trace EU registred mail
inv.TPuc 943-pr
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
MAURIZIO NANNUCCI, Decoding Different Directions, 1999
diameter 5,7 cm
cardboard box (6,3 x 6,7 x 6,7 cm), synthetic ball with integrated text and colour
certificate, vintage card board box, certificate, signed with initials, numbered
edition 112 + 16 AP
mint
published by Texte zur Kunst, Berlin, Germany
€ 395,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.MNan 940
History of prices:
Fabiani Arte, Montecatini terme, italy € 400,- 25 May 2024 (hammer price)
Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen, Düsseldorf, Germany, 14 November 2020 € 200,- (hammer price)
Van Ham Kunstauktionen, Cologne, Germany, 28 June 2019 € 280,- (hammer price)
Auktionshaus Stahl, Hamburg, Germany, 15 June 2019 € 450,- (hammer price)
Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen, Düsseldorf, Germany € 200,- (hammer price)
Van Ham, Cologne, Germany, April 2018 € 258,- (hammer price, not mint)
Phillips, New York, USA, 2 June 2007 US$ 480.-
BEN VAUTIER, N’importe qui peut avoir une idée [trans. Anyone can have an idea], 1993
2,3 x 12 x 3,5 cm
screen print on Opinel knife, cardboard box
mint condition
published by Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France
€ 190,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.BVau 933-34-pr
This edition comes with an original shop envelope of Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain.
A light hearted text by Ben Vautier on the cardboard box reads:
“Qui est Ben?
Je suis né le 18 Juillet 1935 à Naples de mère Irlandaise et Occitane père Suise Français. J’ai vécu en Turquie, Egypte et Grèce. J’arrive à Nice en 1949. Je cherche à faire ce qui n’a pas été fait. J’ai peur d’être un raté, j’aime les spaghetti parfois l’art m’ennui, j’ai envie d’être un arbre, je suis abonné au Monde, je perds la mémoire et ça m’embête, j’aime les extrêmes en art, j’expose un peu partout, mais ça m’angoisse, je vis actuellement à Nice avec ma femme Annie dans les collines, il ya un tilleul devant la maison, mes enfants sont grands et je perds tous mes Opinels. Ben”
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
LEE MCDONALD, Maqqeta True Whistle, 2020
ca 12,5 x 24,5 x 8 cm
mini toy truck, cardboard, pencil, tape
24 K goldleaf, festive whistle
comes with hand made cardboard box, foil and lashing strap
signed, dated, numbered
series of 8 unique copies
published by Galerie van Gelder Editions, Amsterdam
€ 260,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
This edition was produced on behalf of Lee McDonald’s participation at Big Art Fair 2020 (www.bigart.nl). He showed “Test 1450”, a self-destructive F14 airplane fighter made of discarded cardboard, tape, lashing straps, foil.
Pile of “Maqqeta True Whistle” at group exhibition “Aah Aah Way 2020” at Galerie van Gelder/AP in November 2020
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
PIERRE LEGUILLON, The Museum of Mistakes, 2020
26,7 x 20,2 cm
HC, dust cover, 242 pp.
first edition 800 of which 100 are signed, dated and numbered with separately a dedication in print, ink stamp
including entrance ticket; here number 72
dedicated to Aditya Mandayam
published by Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich, Switzerland
In August 2020 Edition Patrick Frey offered a special edition on behalf of the launch of artist’s book “The Museum of Mistakes”. When ordered any name could be given that would become ‘part of the publication’ it was announced. It was not told how the name would become part of an entrance ticket to The Museum of Mistakes on name for life. The ticket reads:
‘Ticket valid for Aditya Mandayam.
Ticket valid from August 20, through forever.
Ticket can be used for any visit.
Ticket can be used for an unlimited number of guests.
Please retain this ticket for future visits.
Food and drinks allowed in rooms.
Photographs welcome!’
The deceased Indian artist Aditya Mandayam (1983-2019) will never be able to make use of this entrance ticket. The same counts for special edition number 71 that is dedicated to Steven Parrino (1958-2005). These tickets valid for ever are dedicated to these too young died and out spoken artists. KvG
In 2021 a second print was published: This is the first book to present a wide selection of works from the Musée des Erreurs, or Museum of Mistakes. Founded in Brussels in 2013 by Pierre Leguillon, the Musée des Erreurs is a traveling exhibition that encamps in the halls of brick-and-mortar museums—like a traveling circus that comes to town—and then moves on. The rest of the time, the collection is stored in the artist’s studio apartment, mainly in his kitchen cupboards. Most of the items are serially manufactured and of negligible material value: postcards, record sleeves, posters large and small, pieces of fabric, ceramics, folk art, children’s drawings, and other miscellany.
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.
