2014 - Unoriginal Sins

20 Dec A SMALL GLASS CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT PLACED INSIDE A PADDED ENVELOPE & STAMPED ON BY JONATHAN MONK. 2014.

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Newcastle on Tyne: Locus +, 2014
21x 15cm, 4pp printed folder with gusset content of a small padded jiffy bag containing a broken glass Xmas ornament. Monk has created other works that consist of damaged items - including one work where he pour a glass of red wine on a collectors’ white long-pile carpet. One of 500 such works released by Locus+ as a Xmas gift/card.
JOINT: Original red posting envelope. Both in fine condition.

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17 Dec MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 2014. SIGNED BY MONK.

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N.p. (Karlsruhe):Meyer Riegger Gallerie, 2013
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp Christmas card issued by the gallery - on the front is a sculptural work by Monk - "Together again alone by himself as someone else" which is a image of as Father Christmas but this also references Paul McCathy the artist who often portrays himself as Santa! Signed in pencil on the back by Monk. VG+.

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20 Nov PROPOSAL FOR A FLAG. UNIQUE DRAWING. 2014.

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21 x 15cm, black on white inkjet with found hand applied colours. A proposal for a unique artwork - a flag of all four British nations with the word "land" replaced by a colour although Wales also has a colour - this was never realised. A work promoting the idea of British commonality against the separatism of some Scottish politicians. Slight creases else VG. Unique.

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14 Nov I (HEART) 1984. 2014.

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London: Lisson Gallery, 2014
25 x 17.5cm, 2pp typographic announcement on thick card for a solo show in London. VG+.

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11 Nov JONATHAN MONK WOOL EN (sic). 2014. SIGNED BY MONK.

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Berlin: Little Krimminals, 2014
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a show of works by Monk referencing Christopher Wool: signed by Monk on the reverse. VG+.

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08 Nov MONK NANNUCCI. 2014. SIGNED BY MONK.

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Torino: Quartz Studio, 2014
10.5 x 21.5cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for an Italian exhibition joint with Nannucci. Signed in pencil on the back by Monk. VG+.

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07 Nov ARTISTS’ BOOKS (sic) PHOTOS INVITATIONS POSTERS. 2014. ONE OF ONLY 30 NUMBERED COPIES.

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Torino: Edizioni dell'Arengario, 2014
21 x 15cm, 24pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue for a show of Monk's books, photographs and other ephemera - 77 items are listed from the book dealer's collection. 30 colour images of the collection. This is one of only 30 numbered copies of this very rare catalogue.

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20 Oct PICTURE POSTCARD POSTED FROM POST BOX PICTURED. LLANDUDNO. 2014. SIGNED BY MONK ON REVERSE.

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Llandudno: Mostyn, 2014
14.8 x 10cm, 2pp colour postcard with an image of a Welsh post box where the card was posted. One of a long series of similar cards sent from all over the world. This example is signed on the reverse by Monk but has not been posted from the mailbox. VG+.

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25 Sep CERTIFICATE FOR STORAGE MEMORY. 2014.

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Paris: s.p. (Boltanski), 2014
30 x 21cm, 1pp inkjet output - the certificate (nr 764064263) to Paul Robertson to allow online access to films made by Christian Boltanski. A short lived project of films made by the artist which were accessed online only by those holding the appropriate certificate. Presumably an attempt to use the internet as a new way of distributing art but such ventures often fail because art collector wish to own an object or permanent access to the site. As far as we know the access is no longer available online. VG.
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06 Sep KOMMUNIKATION DURCH WIEDERHOLUNG. 2014.

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Hamburg: Jurgen Becker, 2014 15 x 21cm, announcement card for a posthumous exhibition with one text work in Beuys' facsimile hand on the front (Wer nicht denken will fliegt raus) and verso gallery details. VG+. ...

02 Sep FROM THE YEAR I WAS BORN UNTIL THE YEAR I LEFT AMERICA. 2014. ONE OF 250 NUMBERED COPIES.

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Paris: One Star Press, 2014
26 x 17cm, unpaginated. Printed card covers. First edition of this artist’s book which displays a series of American cents (both front and back) one for each of the titular years. This is one of 250 numbered copies. Fine.
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30 Jun SIGNAL. 2014. ONE OF ONLY 170 SIGNED & NUMBERED DELUXE COPIES.

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Paris. Editions Dilecta, 2014
32 x 22 x 5cm, two part heavy cardboard box with printed label content of:

a 17 x 24cm book which contains ten 13 x 18cm, full colour lenticular images tipped onto each page such that one can see two different images when the page is angled towards or away from the viewer.
a 54 x 36cm 4PP full colour artist's broadside folded to 27 x 36cm
a further 13 x 18cm lecticular photograph set into the lid of the box using photocorners
a signed and numbered 21 x 15cm, 1pp colophon sheet.

Deliuxe artist's book based on images found in the Wehrmacht magazine "Signal" that Boltanski bought at flea markets in Paris. Previously issued as a signed and numbered print, Boltanski here matches up images such that a war related photograph has a corresponding "normal" life image (often pretty girls enjoying themselves).
This is one of only 170 numbered and signed copies (with 20 HC copies also retained by the artist and 10 artist's proofs). VG+.

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