Jonathan Monk - Unoriginal Sins

14 Jul RICHARD PRINCE (NACICIO EN 1949……. 2008. SIGNED BY MONK – ONE OF VERY FEW COPIES SURVIVING.

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Panama: s.p. (Monk), 2008
33 x 25cm, b/w lithograph. One of a small number of posters bearing the title text (noting that Richard Price was born in Panama when the USA regarded it as being part of the United States). The poster was produced for the Panama Biennale and Monk had a local designer create the poster from the supplied text alone. The posters were fly-posted around the city and a few given away. this copy - very unusually is signed by Monk on the verso and is one of only very few believed to have survived. Mint.

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20 Jun PICTURE POSTCARD POSTED FROM POST BOX PICTURED. BRUSSELS. 2008. HAND ADDRESSED & SIGNED BY MONK ON REVERSE.

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Brussels: Jan Mot, 2006
14.8 x 10cm, 2pp colour postcard with an image of a Belgium post box where the card was posted. One of a long series of similar cards sent from all over the world. This example is hand addressed to Paul Robertson by Monk and has been signed by Monk in ink on the reverse. VG+.

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04 Jun JONATHAN MONK SHOPS AT ART METROPOLE. 2008. ONE OF 50 SIGNED & NUMBERED EXAMPLES.

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Toronto: Art Metropole, 2008
25.5 x 20cm, silkscreened black on silver paper bag with string handles. One of a number of similar themed bags that indicate Monk's support for a shop. This example was issued during Art Basel and is one of 50 signed and numbered copies (aside from unsigned examples). VG+.

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17 May JONATHAN MONK + KEITH ARNATT/PETER LIVERSIDGE & FISCHLI + WEISS. 2008. (Copy)

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Edinburgh: Ingleby Gallery, 2008
15 x 16.5cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for pairings of Jonathan Monk with Keith Arnatt and Peter Liversidge with Fischli + Weiss. VG.

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11 Apr SOMETHING NO LESS IMPORTANT THAN NOTHING. 2008.

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Glasgow: Tramway, 2008
30 x 21cm, 1pp press release for the solo exhibition by Monk in the city in which he studied. VG+.

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11 Apr SOMETHING NO LESS IMPORTANT THAN NOTHING. 2008.

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Glasgow: Tramway, 2008
15 x 21cm, 2pp artist designed announcement card printed full colour. On the front is the title text with a small geometric addition. Verso: gallery details. Fine.

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20 Jan PICTURE POSTCARD POSTED FROM POST BOX PICTURED. VILNIUS. 2008. HAND ADDRESSED & SIGNED BY MONK ON REVERSE.

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Vilnius: Tulips & Roses, 2008
14.8 x 10cm, 2pp colour postcard with an image of a post box in the capital of Lithuania where the card was posted. One of a long series of similar cards sent from all over the world. This example is hand addressed to Paul Robertson by Monk and has been signed by Monk in ink on the reverse. VG+.

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14 Dec APPLES AND PEARS AND OTHER FRUITS OF THE FOREST. 2007.

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Paris:Yvon Lambert, 2007
21 x 21cm, 1pp typographic invitation card for the dinner in honour of Monk for the opening of his solo show. VG+.

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13 Nov DAS TWODO-PROJEKT 2007. 2007. SIGNED BY MONK.

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Aachen: NAK, 2007 10.5 x 21cm, 2pp announcement card with a detail of work on the front, verso museum details. This is a mailed example with address label and franking but which is also signed in ink on the back by Monk. VG+. ...

13 Nov DAS TWODO-PROJEKT 2007. 2007.

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Aachen: NAK, 2007
10 x 21cm, 2pp. Announcement card for a conceptual art show where Monk created a jigsaw puzzle in metal on teh floor referencing Carl Andre. VG+.

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05 Sep UNTITLED (KOONS RABBIT). 2007. SIGNED BY MONK.

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n.p. (Paris/Berlin?): s.p., n.d. (c. 2007)
84 x 60cm, two colour poster print with a full sheet image of Monk alongside a parody/homage by Monk of Jeff Koon's highly polished rabbit sculpture - however in Monk's version it looks deflated. Alongside this featureless work Monk has deleted his own face with an overprinted circle of colour (which references other works by the artist using a single large point). This is an signed example from a unstated limited edition. Fine.
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29 Aug THE SOUND OF MUSIC. 2007.

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San Francisco: RITE Editions, 2007
18.5 x18.5cm, 6pp (4pp plus 2pp insert). Announcement card for the artist's limited edition LP record that each plays the sound of its own making - hence each LP is unique. The insert here shows an image of one of the records. The card essentially copies the edition packaging with the exception that no record is included. VG+.

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