19 May CONSTRUCTIVIST COMPOSITION (THE CIRCUS). 2017.
Glasgow: Wax366, 2017
10 x 12.5cm, 2pp artist postcard with a colour image of debris on the ground - the shapes are reminiscent of those used in constructivist art (eg triangles). VG+
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Glasgow: Wax366, 2017
10 x 12.5cm, 2pp artist postcard with a colour image of debris on the ground - the shapes are reminiscent of those used in constructivist art (eg triangles). VG+
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Belgium: Dvir Gallery, 2017
21 x 15cm, 44pp plus printed wrappers. Exhibition catalogue for a show where Monk displayed enlarged sections of a Michelangelo Pistoletto photograph "Il cane di Pistoletto" which is a b/w image of the artist's dog. This copy is signed on the title page by Monk in blue felt tipped pen. VG+.
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London: Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 2017 15 x 21cm, 2pp announcement card for a posthumous show - one work "Zwei Frauen" from 1955 reproduced on the front, verso gallery details. VG+. ...
Glasgow: Wax366, 2017
10 x 12.5cm, 2pp artist postcard with a colour image of a found wooden A shape which war clearly from a table or similar support. Bellingham has denoted this an "Improvised A". VG+
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Bruxelles: MOREpublishers, 2017
Two different printed envelopes - both DL - 11 x 21.5cm. The two have texts on the front - respectively AN ENVELOPE BY JONATHAN MONK INSIDE AN ENVELOPE BY MICAH LEXIER in red and AN ENVELOPE BY MICAH LEXIER INSIDE AN ENVELOPE BY JONATHAN MONK in blue. Each envelope has the other inside it.
Signed and numbered by Monk and Lexier on the back from an edition of 50 examples. This is the "European" edition version where the envelopes differ in size from the "North American" version.
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Original printed cardboard mailer with the work title and publisher's details. All VG+.
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Bruxelles: Paul + Wendy Productions, 2017 Two different printed envelopes - both DL - 10.5 x 23.5cm. The two have texts on the front - respectively AN ENVELOPE BY JONATHAN MONK INSIDE AN ENVELOPE BY MICAH LEXIER in red and AN ENVELOPE BY MICAH LEXIER INSIDE AN ENVELOPE BY JONATHAN MONK in blue. Each envelope has the other inside it. Signed and numbered by Monk and Lexier on the back from an edition of 50 examples. This is the North American" edition version where the envelopes differ in size from the "European" version....
London: Sotherby's, 2017
15 x 21cm, 2pp announcement for an auction which included the title work reproduced on the front. VG+.
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Vevey: Emergency, 2017
21 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card which has an original collage made from brown packing tape on the front by Monk and verso gallery details. The card is signed on the reverse by Monk. VG+.
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Leicester: De Montfort University, 2017
Standard audio cassette with a recording of the Monk sound work - "My Mother Cleaning My Father's Piano" which is exactly what it says it is. The recording is on both sides of the tape - the first being labelled "Repeat" and the second "DIgitally Remastered".
There is a 10 x 6.5cm, 10pp (single folded sheet) insert with a text on the work and five small b/w images of works shown in the exhibition including the pianist playing the sheet music transcribed from the original recording. This insert is signed in pencil by Monk and dated 2018. VG+.
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Glasgow: Wax366, 2017
23 x 16cm, plastic MENU wallet content of two artist postcards on thick card in transparent pockets.
The card on the printed blue and black as a parody of a menu - but the various months listed as the various courses. The card on the left is hand drawn by Bellingham in red and black felt-tipped pen and has the "Specials" - "SPRING/SUMMER/AUTUMN/WINTER AND EARTH/AIR/FIRE/WATER".
There were 17 such works made - each unique in the series. Signed and numbered in pencil on the bottom of the "special" menu on the left. VG+.
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Glasgow: Wax366, 2017
19 x 11.5cm, 1pp artist postcard printed red on brown card. Various spurious "conversions" are listed such as 1,760 yards in a year - hence "bites of distance in bits of time". Two small water stains on the front else VG+. ...
Glasgow: Wax366, 2017
21 x 14cm, 1pp artist postcard on thick card printed blue and black as a parody of a menu - but the various months listed as the various courses. Another New Year's card sent to friends and colleagues by the artist. VG+. Signed in red ink on the reverse by the artist.
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