Takako Saito Collection - Unoriginal Sins

UNTITLED (BOWLER HAT) 1995. UNIQUE PAINTING, SIGNED & DATED BY SAITO.

paul robertson — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:12:52 +0000

21 x 14.8cm, 1pp original painting utilising brown paint, ink/graphite and white blank out fluid. The bowler hat was a common motif used by Saito. The painting here is unique but also on semi-transparent paper. The work is signed bottom left in pencil by Saito and dated 1995.

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A JOINT-PIECE “YOU + ME”. 2021.

paul robertson — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 09:10:00 +0000

Dusseldorf: s.p. (Noodle editions/Saito), n.d. (2021)

15 x 10cm, 1pp offset lithographic event leaflet inviting participants to jointly make a flag (from paper and a small wooden stick) which will be included in an exhibition at Lara Vincy in Paris and later returned to the addressee.

JOINT:

A hand addressed envelope (by Saito) with stamp and franking, Open at the top ellse VG.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR. UNIQUE MAIL ART & NEW YEAR CARD. SIGNED BY SAITO.

paul robertson — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 17:10:00 +0000

Dusseldorf: s.p. (Saito), n.d.

14.5 x 10.5cm (approx.) irregular hand cut transparent paper which the artist has added a spot of white correction fluid (tippex) and a new year greeting in Saito's hand added in ink and a short note in Italian to Caterina Gualco. Signed by Saito. VG+.

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TAKAKO SAITO. 1982.

paul robertson — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 17:10:00 +0000

Dusseldorf: M + R Fricke, 1982
21 x 7.5cm, 1pp. Announcement card for a solo show - mostly typographic design with tipped on small green slip advertising a performance by the artist. Fine.

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HAND DRAWN SHORT LETTER ON CARD FROM TAKAKO SAITO TO CATERINA GUALCO. 1996.

paul robertson — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 17:10:00 +0000

Dusselfdorf: s.p. (Saito), 1996

10.5 xx 15cm, commercial blank cream postcard with a detailed note from Saito to the curator Gualco inviting Gualco to a performance in Zurich. The card has many other small additions but there is a hand printed bowler hat which Saito has added to to create a small portrait. Hand addressed on the reverse with stamp and franking. Unique mail art.

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BIRD DICTIONARY. 1979. CONCERT POSTER.

paul robertson — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 17:10:00 +0000

N.p. (Tokyo): n.p., 1979

26 x 18cm, 1pp. Black and red small poster for a musical performance on January 231 1979 - the 6th concert in a series organised by the Japan Composers Conference. The first work performed is Bird Dictionary. VG+.

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FLUX GAME FEST. 1973.

paul robertson — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 19:24:39 +0000

NYC: Fluxus: n.d. (1973)

27.5 x 21.5cm., 1pp black on blue small poster/leaflet issued by Maciunas for one day performance which included the creation of a "multi-tandem bike" constructed "without damage to your bicycle" as well as Fluxvehicles by Maciunas, Joe Jones, Takako Saito. VG+ with the blue paper not really fading at all.

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DRAWING AND TEXT ON DRY LEAF. 2021. UNIQUE SIGNED MAIL ART WITH HAND-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE.

paul robertson — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 11:13:59 +0000

Dusseldorf: s.p. (Saito), n.d. (2021)

2.5 x 23cm (approx) dry leaf which has two small drawings of minnie mouse and one of the duck family along with hand written speech bubbles. The leaf has unavoidably split at one end but is still solid.

JOINT:

Hand addressed (by Saito) mailing envelope with return address stamp. Open at top else VG.

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TAKING FLUXUS AROUND FOR A DRIVE. 1989.

paul robertson — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:44:38 +0000

Bonn: Bonner Kunstvereins, 1989

21 x 21cm, 1pp, Announcement card printed blue on white with a small reproduction of a work by Ben Vautier and details of the events including Paik's Wrap around the world, Takako Saito's DO it your self performance and Paik/Klepsch's International Call. Folded as issued else vg. Scarce.

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TEUTONIC SCHMUCK. 1975.

paul robertson — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 21:54:43 +0000

Devon: Beau Geste Press, 1975
21 x 29cm, unpaginated, original printed wrappers. Edited by Ehrenberg & Mayor. Single number (the seventh in the series) of the British Fluxus related assemblage produced by the co-operative. Includes contributions by Dick Higgins, Michael Gibbs, Felipe Ehrenberg, Robin Crozier, Jiri Valoch, Takako Saito, Ian Breakwell, Paul Burwell, and others includes booklet: The Intermediary: The first lecture”. Very good example. Scarce.

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DIE FLUX MESSE VON GEORGE MACIUNAS. SIGNED BY MANY ARTISTS. 2002.

paul robertson — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 20:37:00 +0000

Wiesbaden. Fluxus Freunde Wiesbaden, 2002

68 x 49 cm. Red and black on off-white paper. A "Fluxus Messe" organised by Geoffrey Hendricks as part of a Wiesbadener Flux-Fest honouring George Maciunas. This exhibition poster is signed by the majority of the artists taking part including : Geoffrey Hendricks, Milan Knizak, Ann Noel, Ben Patterson, Takako Saito, Emmet Williams, Melissa Bebee, Ligia Bouton, Anne Leist, Zach Rockhill and many others. VG+ condition. Unique thus.

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TAKAKO SAITO BUCHER, EXPERIMENTS, OBJEKTE, SCHACHSPIELE. 2012.

paul robertson — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:39:38 +0000

Munster: Galerie Etage, 2012

10.5 x 15cm, 4pp typographic announcement for a Saito solo show. VG+.

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