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24 Feb YESTERDAY TODAY TOMORROW ETC. 2006. SIGNED BY MONK WITH POST-IT NOTE.

Posted at 20:23h in Jonathan Monk, Uncategorised

Hannover: Kunst Verein Hannover, 2006
10 x 21cm, 6pp. Announcement card for a solo show with one work (an upside down bicycle) illustrated plus gallery texts. This example is signed by Monk and additionally has a white post-it note added "Dear Paul 2 more cards with thanks JM" (a reference to Postcards Posted from Post Box Pictures which Monk had asked Paul Robertson to post from the box on Edinburgh's Royal Mile. VG+.
JOINT:
Hand addressed by Monk postal envelope.

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20 Dec COMMERCIAL POSTCARD WITH HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM MONK TO PAUL ROBERTSON. 2003.

Posted at 10:20h in Jonathan Monk, Uncategorised

Commercial Colorscope postcard displaying Kings Canyon National Park in Calefornia and the General grant Tree (the "nation's Christmas tree") sent to Paul Robertson at Xmas 2005 from Jonathan Monk with a handwritten note on the back in pencil "Dear Paul/Let me know if any of this is of interest/until then/JM". JOINT: A hand addressed (by Monk) airmail envelope....

04 Nov CONTINUOUS PROJECT ALTERED DAILY. 4TH NOVEMBER 2005.

Posted at 18:11h in Jonathan Monk, Uncategorised

London: ICA, 2005
21 x 15cm, 4pp. One of a series of exhibition catalogues which changed daily as Monk insisted that the daily list of items in the exhibition should change with a small number of works being replaced (rotated) from a storeroom of his works held elsewhere on a daily basis. Hence each "daily diary" was different from the next. All fine.

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19 Apr I SAW ANDY WARHOL IN MY COFFEE CUP. 2005. LIMITED EDITION.

Posted at 20:30h in Jonathan Monk, Uncategorised

Avignon: Collection Lambert en Avignon, 2005
15 x 15 x 15cm, espresso coffee cup and saucer with an image of Warhol on the inside of the bottom of the cup and the title "I saw Andy Warhol at the bottom of my cup for a second, then he vanished." on the saucer. A limited edition object multiple which reminds the owner of the short timescale of Warhol's famous dictum that "in the future everyone will be famlus for 15 minutes."...

30 Aug JONATHAN MONK SMALL WORKS. 2002. SIGNED BY MONK.

Posted at 16:44h in Uncategorised

Copenhagen: Galleri NIcolai Wallner, 2002 30 x 42cm, 1pp black and brown offset lithographic exhibition poster with one b/w photograph of a family party above gallery information. This example is signed boldly by Monk in red felt tipped pen. Folded as issued for mailing, else VG+....

07 Mar CORNER.

Posted at 13:37h in Uncategorised

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, n.d. (1990s?) 8.2 x 10.7cm, 4pp outer folder with image of old unused flowerpots by Gary Hincks and inside a poem by FInlay:

CORNER

Earthenware,
earth & wear.

The meaning of which is obvious - the old pots on the front showing "wear". VG+. ...

24 Mar INSTRUMENTS OF THE REVOLUTION AND OTHER WORKS. 1992. OFFSET POSTER.

Posted at 18:04h in Prints + Posters, Uncategorised

London: ICA, 1992 70 x 50cm, full colour poster with an image of one sculptural work "LA REVOLUTION EST UN BLOC" and Finlay's name. A print version of this poster was also released without the floating text. VG+. ...

24 Feb INSTRUMENTS OF THE REVOLUTION AND OTHER WORKS. 1992. LIMITED EDITION PRINT.

Posted at 18:08h in Prints + Posters, Uncategorised

London: ICA, 1992 62 x 50cm, full colour offset print with an image of one sculptural work "LA REVOLUTION EST UN BLOC". A limited edition print released during the ICA exhibition - apparently in a very small number (according to Pia Smilig only 30 copies were released). This print differs from the poster released in that Finlay's name is not printed in large letters top right and the white unprinted strip is not found along the bottom (making the print smaller). Additionally the paper is a little thicker than the poster. One small mark top right else VG+. ...

25 Oct JOSEPH BEUYS DRAWINGS / SCULPTURE/ENVIRONMENTS. 1986.

Posted at 09:35h in Uncategorised

NYC: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, 1986
10.5 x 15cm 2pp. Announcement card for a posthumous show which took place only 9 months after the artist's sudden death. Image on the front of a Beuys action (probably The Hearth from 1975 which took place in the same gallery). A mailed copy with typed address verso else VG+.

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05 May JOSEPH BEUYS. ETCHINGS AND BRONZES. 1984.

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London: Editions Schellmann & Kluser, 1984
21 x 15cm, 4pp announcement card with two works reproduced internally (Dead Stags from 1982 and Bath-Tub for a Heroine, 1984) internally, exhibition and gallery details on the front and back covers. VG+.

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30 Jan LA REVOLUZIONI SIAMO NOII. 1981. WITH SIGNED NOTE BY BOTH DEMARCO AND BEUYS.

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Heidelberg: Edition Staeck, 1972
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp. Original postcard edition by Beuys issued as part of the "Originalgrafik - Series D" which has extensive notes from Richard Demarco and Beuys on the back and a rubber stamped Die Grunen green impression. Stamped, franked and mailed to an address in Cambridge, England. Dated by frank 30/1/81. VG+.

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27 Nov JOSEPH BEUYS. 1980.

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Roma: Galleria Santoro, 1980
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp. Announcement card with a design of a FIU print on the front KUNST = KAPITAL. A mailed example with written address - but VG+.

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