LIMITED EDITION # 2

WEDNESDAY 2 DEcember at 3pm
LIMITED EDITION # 2
curated by Mathieu Mercier
VIEWING
Saturday 28 of November 2015 from 11am to 7pm
Monday 30 of November 2015 from 10am to 7pm
Tuesday 1 of December 2015 from 10am to 7pm
Wednesday 2 of December 2015 from 10am to 12pm
PIASA
118 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris - France
PRESSE ET COMMUNICATION
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Communiqué de presse
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On Wednesday 2 December 2015 PIASA will stage a second sale devoted to
modern and contemporary editions, curated by Mathieu Mercier with the
assistance of expert Isabelle Milsztein. The auction will include over 200
lots and – along with prints, lithographs and multiples – showcase Surrealist
‘oeuvres-objets’ like Man Ray’s ‘Letter-Box,’ and ‘snare pictures’ by the
Nouveau Réaliste Daniel Spoerri.
One of the star lots is an album of lithographs by Pop Art superstar Keith Haring
(1958-90) whose paintings explore multiplication and accumulation. Stones (1989) is a
series of five lithographs that examine the aesthetic potential of the duplicated motif
(est. €15,000-20,000). As you approach the work of art, you realize that each of the
motifs, outlined in white, is married to another. These mobile forms have striking
aesthetic power.
Another important lot is a Lucio Fontana ‘book-object’ containing Otto Hahn’s
Portrait d’Antonin Artaud (1968) in a de luxe edition of 80 copies, along with Fontana’s
die-cut plates in steel, copper and plexiglas illustrating the work (est. €15,00020,000).
Other sale highlights include two emblematic ‘snare pictures’ by Daniel Spoerri
(born 1930): an isolated drawer with various utensils (cutlery, string, bottle-tops); and
a silver dish that swaps its usual kitchen rôle to become a sort of “vide-poches” packed
with everyday objects (loose change, pencils etc.). Both works belong to the same
series and date from 1975 (est. €2500-3000 a piece).
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Another landmark item is a 1965 Boîte aux Lettres (‘Letter-Box’) by Man Ray
(1890-1976) – a ‘ready-made’ marking his admiration and friendship for Marcel
Duchamp. The box is adorned with a yellow label that reads LETTERS, and
contains inside seven plaster letters in an American typeface. In the jokey spirit of
Duchamp – and in memory of his ‘boîte alerte’ – Man Ray’s contents and container
offer a game of mirrors, suggesting that the assemblage of disparate objects can
enable their joint impact to be highly evocative (est. €5,000-7,000).
Also of note are ten 1980s badges produced by General Idea, the collective of three
Canadian artists, shown at their 2011 retrospective at the Musée d’Art Moderne
de la Ville de Paris. As an example of General Idea’s use of self-mockery and
parody to analyse the consumer society and the links between media and mass
culture, these badges have cult status for collectors of multiples (est. €5,0006,000).
Finally come prints by the American artists Wade Guyton, Josh Smith and
Lawrence Weiner, along with a superb aquatint by Anish Kapoor, a book by
Jean-Marc Bustamante, and Douglas Gordon’s famous ‘bite.’
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Keith Haring (1958-1999)
Stones, 1989
Album de 5 lithographies en noir et blanc
76,1 x 56,6 cm
Estimation: 15 000 / 20 000 €
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Lucio Fontana et Otto Hahn
Portrait d’Antonin Artaud, 1968
Paris, Le Soleil Noir, 1968
Livre-objet-édition de luxe série A
Emboîtage-sculpture de bois vert pomme (36 x 24 x 7m) conçu par l’artiste renfermant - l’ouvrage relié plein
cuir noir - planches de forme ovoïdes réalisées dans les matériaux suivants: acier, cuivre, perspex opaque ou
transparent, chacune signée du monogramme et annotée «69» ainsi que deux planches d’essais rayées.
Estimation: 15 000 / 20 000 €
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Daniel Spoerri (né en 1930)
Vide-poches, 1975
Assemblage d’objets divers sur un plateau en inox
Signé, daté 1975 et numéroté 24/33
Editions Nicole Fauche, Paris
35 X 23 cm
Estimation: 2 500 / 3 000 €
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Daniel Spoerri (né en 1930)
Vide-poches, 1975
Assemblage d’objets divers sur un plateau en bois
Signé, daté 1975 et numéroté 3/39 au revers
Editions Nicole Fauche, Paris
7 x 37,5 x 23,5 cm
Estimation: 2 500 / 3 000 €
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Man Ray (1890-1976)
LETTERS, 1965
Boîte aux lettres en métal peint montée sur plastique de couleur blanche
28 x 13 cm
Estimation: 5 000 / 7 000 €
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Robert Longo (né en 1953)
TIGER, 2011
Impression digitale en noir
Signée, datée et numérotée sur/30
114 x 83,50 cm
Estimation: 20 000 / 25 000 €
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Anish Kapoor
Shadow, 2009
Aquatinte en couleurs
Signée et numérotée 39/39
56 x 76 cm - encadrée
Estimation: 5 000 / 6 000 €
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General Idea
10 écussons, (1/2) circa 1980
Feutrine polychrome réhaussé de broderie
23,5 x 20 cm
Estimation: 5 000 / 6 000 €
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General Idea
10 écussons, (2/2) circa 1980
Feutrine polychrome réhaussé de broderie
23,5 x 20 cm
Estimation: 5 000 / 6 000 €
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Département Editions - Estampes
Curatée par Mathieu Mercier, commissaire d’exposition
assisté d’Isabelle Milsztein, expert
Contact: Dora Blary
www.piasa.fr
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