Paintings - Unoriginal Sins

UNTITLED (ABSTRACT). C. 1995. UNIQUE DOUBLE SIDED PAINTING BY SAITO.

paul robertson — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:15:00 +0000

21.7 x 15.1cm, double sided original painting utilising black and grey paint on card that has had thin paper added to its surface after being wet and dried to create an unusual three dimensional texture. The work is unsigned but came from a close friend of Saito's in Germany. Unique and VG++ condition.

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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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TANTOPECANTA’. SIGNED UNIQUE WORK CIRCA 1990.

paul robertson — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:29:14 +0000

36 x 24.5cm, single sheet of cartridge paper which has had a brownstain added to it and the title of the work overwritten "Tantopecanta" by Chiari. At the bottom of the work the artist has signed very clearly in felt tipped ink. The title has two meanings - "just to sing" ( after a famous 1970s Roman dialect song written by Ettore Petrolini and Alberto Simeoni,) and "residue". Unique work in a series of similar late paintings. VG+.

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UNTITLED. C. 2015. UNIQUE SIGNED PAINTING BY CHIARI.

paul robertson — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 15:59:07 +0000

48 x 32cm, five colour abstract painting on paper using felt tipped pens by Chiari. Typical late period work by the Flxus artist. Previously folded carefully once for storage. Signed in black ink at the bottom of the work. Indiretly purchased from the artist direct. VG+.

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ITSTHESTUPIDECONOMY. 2019. ONE OF 500 SIGNED & NUMBERED BOXES.

paul robertson — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:27:00 +0000

N.p. (Edinburgh): Brexit art (s.p. Hunter), n.d. (2019)
Two part 11.5 x 7.4 x 1.75cm cardboard box with rubber stamped title content of 9.5 x 6.5 x 0.3cm silkscreened and varnished text painting on wood, a geometric design adhesive sticker 10 x 3.75cm (approx) and a "Hello my brexit is..." adhesive name sticker. The text painting (based on Bill Clinton's famous dictum "it's the economy stupid") is signed on the back by the artist. One of 500 such boxes issued from a "Brexit Art Machine" installation that Hunter placed in different venues during the countdown to the economic disaster that is the UK leaving the EU. Not clear if the painting is unique or not. All contents VG+ in like box.

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UNTITLED. INK PEN, GOUACHE ON PAPER. UNIQUE PAINTING. 1957.

paul robertson — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:27:00 +0000

22 x 22.7cm, Ink pen, gouache on paper - an unique work by the artist displaying a landscape with what appear to be German, tank-like machines perhaps laying siege to castles in the foreground. Framed (38 x 53.5cm) in wood and glass, the verso of the frame is stamped by the Roman Opalka Foundation. While unsigned the work is reproduced in Catalogue Opalka Foundation, Warsaw, 1998, page 74, item 257, il.. Fine estate.

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GROS VENTRE VU MARCHANT PORTANT AU PIED UN SCARIFICATION LA LETTRE “BHOLI” SIGNIFICANT UNE MALADIE. 2004. UNIQUE PAINTING. SIGNED & DATED.

paul robertson — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:27:00 +0000

15 x 11cm, unique drawing with ballpoint pen and coloured pencil on cardboard. One of a series of such works made by Brouabre which are usually interpreted as an attempt to document his experience of the world around him in an encyclopaedic manner. The image shows a fat man with a sigil on his leg (caused by scarification) which denotes he is diseased. The work is signed and dated in black ink on the reverse. The card used by the artist was usually salvaged from commercial packaging. Very slightly grubby on the reverse from fingerprints but else VG+. Gorgeous. Unique.

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GBSIRELE (?) MANIERE DE BRILLER ICI! UNE LUCIOLE VUE VOLANT AU DESSUS D’UNE CASE MAISON. . 2004. UNIQUE PAINTING. SIGNED & DATED.

paul robertson — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:27:00 +0000

The work is signed and dated in black ink on the reverse. The card used by the artist was usually salvaged from commercial packaging. Very slightly grubby on the reverse from fingerprints but else VG+. Gorgeous. Unique.

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ART DIVIN RELEVE SURE BANANE JAUME PAR LA MATURITE FIGUIRE “BEL HOMME PORTANT SA VEGETATION”. . 2006. UNIQUE PAINTING. SIGNED & DATED.

paul robertson — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:27:00 +0000

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UNTITLED. 1987. ONE OF 50 HAND PAINTED EXAMPLES SIGNED & NUMBERED BY MOSSET.

paul robertson — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:23:58 +0000

NYC; John Gibson, 1987

19 x 12cm, blank white index card overpainted with an orange stripe in acrylic. One of 50 numbered copies each of which is initialled and signed by Mossett bottom right and number3ed on the left in pencil. VG+.

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FAX-O-GASME. 1998. UNIQUE PAINTING ON FAX MADE FOR FILLOU’S ART BIRTHDAY..

paul robertson — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:58:14 +0000

152 x 21cm, original fax which has been conjoined with glue by Corner in two places. The fax having been sent to L'Espace Cultural F.M. in Périgueux on the "birthday of art " - 17th January (as claimed by Robert Filliou) - thereafter Corner then painted over the sheets using a variety of ink colours to create a long abstract painting on paper.

The work is titled "FAX-O-GASME" and is signed, dated and has the title and background information also handwritten in blue ink on the upper part of the fax. The paper is mildly browned after 20 plus years but else this work is in VG+ condition.

A unique work by the Fluxus artist.

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I CAN WALK THROUGH THE WORLD AS MUSIC. 2016. ONE OF 25 HAND PAINTED WORKS – EACH UNIQUE, SIGNED & NUMBERED..

paul robertson — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:36:06 +0000

n.p. (Blois): n.p. (Foundation du Dutte) n.d. (2016)

23.5 x 27cm, linen covered box with ribbon closure content of a 46 x 64cm, 1pp brown, red and blue gouache on heavily crumpled white paper. The paper reads "Ear Paper" in brown and below "Papier deciute" in blue and signed PH in red bottom right. The work "I CAN WALK THROUGH THE WORLD AS MUSIC' was first conceived by Corner in 1966 but was used in different contexts by the artist in the 80s and later. This is perhaps the most attractive of the versions. Unique within the series of 25 released copies (numbered and signed in pencil on the back of the box. VG+.

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