Achille Cavellini - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk AVANT-GARDES Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:27:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-nTKdHdZI-1-1-32x32.png Achille Cavellini - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk 32 32 VIDEOTAPES. 1975. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/videotapes-1975/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=videotapes-1975 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:24:16 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=62157 Venice: Galleria del Cavallino, 1975

20 x 19cm, 6pp (single folded sheet). Announcement/exhibition catalogue for a show of artist's video tapes including Cavallino's own. Essay in Italian by Ernesto L. Francalanci. Small screen shots of works by Acconcci and Luthi as well as four works by Cavallini. A list of the tapes shown listed on the card included Beuys, Boetti, Buren, Chiari, Jonas, Nannucci, Oppenheim, Palestine. VG+.

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20 x 19cm, 6pp (single folded sheet). Announcement/exhibition catalogue for a show of artist's video tapes including Cavallino's own. Essay in Italian by Ernesto L. Francalanci. Small screen shots of works by Acconcci and Luthi as well as four works by Cavallini. A list of the tapes shown listed on the card included Beuys, Boetti, Buren, Chiari, Jonas, Nannucci, Oppenheim, Palestine. VG+.

The post VIDEOTAPES. 1975. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> GALLERIA D’ARTE DEL CAVALLINO/EDINBURGH ARTS 73 NOTES. 1973. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/galleria-darte-del-cavallino-edinburgh-arts-73-notes-1973/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=galleria-darte-del-cavallino-edinburgh-arts-73-notes-1973 Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:06:32 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=26946 Edinburgh: Demarco Gallery, 1973
43 x 29cm, 4pp. Gallery publication with a text on the Venice Galleria d'arte del Cavallino where Demarco had arranged a swap of artist's works for exhibition and extensive notes and numerous small photographs (the printer's process camera operator must have hated Demarco in these days before quick digital scanning) showing scenes from Edinburgh Arts 73 the summer school he organised and the trip to find "Meikle Seggie" Demarco's fictional place of artist nirvana (part arcadia, part rustic retreat). VG. The post GALLERIA D’ARTE DEL CAVALLINO/EDINBURGH ARTS 73 NOTES. 1973. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> Edinburgh: Demarco Gallery, 1973
43 x 29cm, 4pp. Gallery publication with a text on the Venice Galleria d'arte del Cavallino where Demarco had arranged a swap of artist's works for exhibition and extensive notes and numerous small photographs (the printer's process camera operator must have hated Demarco in these days before quick digital scanning) showing scenes from Edinburgh Arts 73 the summer school he organised and the trip to find "Meikle Seggie" Demarco's fictional place of artist nirvana (part arcadia, part rustic retreat). VG. The post GALLERIA D’ARTE DEL CAVALLINO/EDINBURGH ARTS 73 NOTES. 1973. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART EXHIBITION. 1983. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/international-mail-art-exhibition-1983/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=international-mail-art-exhibition-1983 Mon, 03 Feb 2020 08:38:16 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=11227 Maine: International Mail Art Exhibition, 1983
28 x 22.5cm, 8pp with two inserted sheets of cinderella stamps especially designed for the exhibition by Steve Random and Mark Melnicove. One of the 4pp signatures is in fact eight postcards also created for the show by participating artists. There is a huge list of participating artists with their mailing addresses which includes Ray Johnson and Achille Cavellini. Folded vertically for storage this is in VG condition although the original manufacture of the catalogue left something to be desired (but then.... mail art!).

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28 x 22.5cm, 8pp with two inserted sheets of cinderella stamps especially designed for the exhibition by Steve Random and Mark Melnicove. One of the 4pp signatures is in fact eight postcards also created for the show by participating artists. There is a huge list of participating artists with their mailing addresses which includes Ray Johnson and Achille Cavellini. Folded vertically for storage this is in VG condition although the original manufacture of the catalogue left something to be desired (but then.... mail art!).

The post INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART EXHIBITION. 1983. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> INVITO PER UN’ESPOSIZIONE. 1975 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/invito-per-unesposizione-1975/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=invito-per-unesposizione-1975 Sat, 28 Dec 2019 23:12:53 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=6328 N.P. (Bresia): s.p. (Cavellini), 1975
13 x 14.6cm, 2pp. Announcement card with a lengthy text by the artist. VG.

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13 x 14.6cm, 2pp. Announcement card with a lengthy text by the artist. VG.

The post INVITO PER UN’ESPOSIZIONE. 1975 appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> DER DEKALOG DES ACHILLE CAVELLINI. 1977. ONE OF 50 SIGNED AND NUMBERED MAIL ART POSTCARDS https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/der-dekalog-des-achille-cavellini-1977-one-of-50-signed-and-numbered-mail-art-postcards/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=der-dekalog-des-achille-cavellini-1977-one-of-50-signed-and-numbered-mail-art-postcards Sat, 28 Dec 2019 23:09:41 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=6327 Brescia: Edition Lydia Franken, 1977
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp. Original colour postcard with a German t4ext on the front over the colours if the Italian flag. One the reverse is a large blue rubber stamp impression (of the artist’s self portrait), a full colour large cinderella stamp (again with the artist’s self portrait that has beeb franked by the artist himself with another black rubber stamp impression. This is one of 50 signed and numbered and dated such cards which are also hand addressed by Cavellini in heavy black ink. The mail art work if in fact unposted as the stamp would not be recognised by the post office and presumably was hand delivered or given to the named person (here Horst Tress). Fine condition.

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10.5 x 15cm, 2pp. Original colour postcard with a German t4ext on the front over the colours if the Italian flag. One the reverse is a large blue rubber stamp impression (of the artist’s self portrait), a full colour large cinderella stamp (again with the artist’s self portrait that has beeb franked by the artist himself with another black rubber stamp impression. This is one of 50 signed and numbered and dated such cards which are also hand addressed by Cavellini in heavy black ink. The mail art work if in fact unposted as the stamp would not be recognised by the post office and presumably was hand delivered or given to the named person (here Horst Tress). Fine condition.

The post DER DEKALOG DES ACHILLE CAVELLINI. 1977. ONE OF 50 SIGNED AND NUMBERED MAIL ART POSTCARDS appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> AN URGENT APPEAL OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. 1975? https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/an-urgent-appeal-of-utmost-importance-1975/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-urgent-appeal-of-utmost-importance-1975 Sat, 28 Dec 2019 23:07:12 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=6325 n.p.(Brescia?): Cavellini, n.d.. (1975?)
15 x 15cm, red, green, b/w 2pp card with a reproduced photomontage of various political figures (including Hitler, Mao, Marx, Che Guevara, Mussolini, Lenin and, verso, an appeal in facsimile handwriting by the artist to stop nuclear war and "thus foster the preservation of the works of art that I have created". Fine and remarkably deliberately self-absorbed as always.

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15 x 15cm, red, green, b/w 2pp card with a reproduced photomontage of various political figures (including Hitler, Mao, Marx, Che Guevara, Mussolini, Lenin and, verso, an appeal in facsimile handwriting by the artist to stop nuclear war and "thus foster the preservation of the works of art that I have created". Fine and remarkably deliberately self-absorbed as always.

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21 x 30cm, folded sheet which opens out to 42 x 60cm. As usual with Cavellini the subject matter is his own standing in the art world and the publication consists of an open letter to Dr Will Bongard, editor of Art Aktuel from Cavellini explaining how in 1976 10,000 copies of the latter's catalogue 'Twenty six works from the Cavalini Collection' were mailed to museums and individuals all over the world with the explicit instruction that the receipt of the catalogue would be regarded as having realised an exhibition of Cavellini in their institution or in the case of individuals their living room. Hence - went the logic of the artist - having had no received no refusals by any recipient of his ' exhibition' then it was clear that Cavelini was the most popular exhibiting artist in the world and that the publication of the Kunstkompass in Art Aktuel - a listing placing artists in order of their number of exhibitions in 1976 - was wrong Obviously Cavelini should have been at the head of the list. Helpfully Cavellini reproduces the list with this horrendous mistake helpfully corrected so to allow future art historians to put the record straight. Folded as issued and quite overwhelming in its audacity and humour.

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21 x 30cm, folded sheet which opens out to 42 x 60cm. As usual with Cavellini the subject matter is his own standing in the art world and the publication consists of an open letter to Dr Will Bongard, editor of Art Aktuel from Cavellini explaining how in 1976 10,000 copies of the latter's catalogue 'Twenty six works from the Cavalini Collection' were mailed to museums and individuals all over the world with the explicit instruction that the receipt of the catalogue would be regarded as having realised an exhibition of Cavellini in their institution or in the case of individuals their living room. Hence - went the logic of the artist - having had no received no refusals by any recipient of his ' exhibition' then it was clear that Cavelini was the most popular exhibiting artist in the world and that the publication of the Kunstkompass in Art Aktuel - a listing placing artists in order of their number of exhibitions in 1976 - was wrong Obviously Cavelini should have been at the head of the list. Helpfully Cavellini reproduces the list with this horrendous mistake helpfully corrected so to allow future art historians to put the record straight. Folded as issued and quite overwhelming in its audacity and humour.

The post KUNSTKOMPASS. 1977. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> CAVELLINI 1914 – 2014. ADHESIVE LABEL AS INVITATION OBJECT. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/cavellini-1914-2014-adhesive-label-as-invitation-object/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cavellini-1914-2014-adhesive-label-as-invitation-object Sat, 28 Dec 2019 23:02:14 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=6323 Venice: s.p., n.d.
10.5cm, (dia) circular green, red and black sticker for the exhibition - an unusual form of invitation / announcement object. Fine.

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10.5cm, (dia) circular green, red and black sticker for the exhibition - an unusual form of invitation / announcement object. Fine.

The post CAVELLINI 1914 – 2014. ADHESIVE LABEL AS INVITATION OBJECT. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> 25 LETTERE DI GUGLIELMO ACHILLE CAVELLINI. 1975. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/25-lettere-di-guglielmo-achille-cavellini-1975/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=25-lettere-di-guglielmo-achille-cavellini-1975 Sat, 28 Dec 2019 23:00:41 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=6322 n.p.(Brescia): s.p. Cavellini, 1975
15 x 12cm, 2pp. Self published promotional card with recto a photomontage of a supposed fictional exhibition on the occasion of the artist's birth centenary. Details of the title book. Fine.

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15 x 12cm, 2pp. Self published promotional card with recto a photomontage of a supposed fictional exhibition on the occasion of the artist's birth centenary. Details of the title book. Fine.

The post 25 LETTERE DI GUGLIELMO ACHILLE CAVELLINI. 1975. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> UNTITLED. ADHESIVE STICKER. 1975. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/untitled-adhesive-sticker-1975/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=untitled-adhesive-sticker-1975 Sat, 28 Dec 2019 22:55:33 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=6321 n.p.(Brescia?): Cavellini, n.d.. (1975?)
12.5 x 12.5cm, b/w adhesive sticker with a reproduced triangle within which various artists are placed (including Caravaggio, El Greco, Rembrant, Goya, van Goch, Cezanne, Mondrian, Duchamp, Picasso, Pollack and, at the very base, Cavellini. Fine if slightly yellowed at the top edge.

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12.5 x 12.5cm, b/w adhesive sticker with a reproduced triangle within which various artists are placed (including Caravaggio, El Greco, Rembrant, Goya, van Goch, Cezanne, Mondrian, Duchamp, Picasso, Pollack and, at the very base, Cavellini. Fine if slightly yellowed at the top edge.

The post UNTITLED. ADHESIVE STICKER. 1975. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> FUN-DANGOS 5. 1975. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/fun-dangos-5-1975/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fun-dangos-5-1975 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:14:52 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=5695 Maastricht: Jan van Eyck Academy, n.d. (1974)
44.5 x 29cm, 16pp. Tabloid newspaper printed black on blue paper. A single issue of this assemblage of page works and short text and photographic pieces by the European avant garde. Included in this issue are contributions by Ulises Carrion ‘From Fandangos to you’; an interview with Tony Pegotty; a double-page spread of the ‘The Contract’ by Marroquin. Other contributors include Anna Banana, Michael Druk, Jacques Lizene, Giovanni Cicatelli, Michel Cardena, Ger Van Dijk, Bertil Petersson, Jean Claude Schauenberg, Gerald Minkoff, Achille Cavellini, Mad Enterprises Inc, Tony Pegotty, Nicolas Uriburu, Ana Kamien, Antonio Trotta, Jorge Natalio Silberman, Chiquito Gomez, Raul Marroquin, Jorge Caraballo, COUM, The Bay Area Daddaists, Theodoros, Ulises Carrion, Carlos Ginzburg, E. Buchwalder, Grupo Teatro del Encuentro. The paper is folded horizontally and has a major sun faded line vertically along a second vertical fold for half of the front page else VG. A very scarce, perhaps rare, ephemeral journal.
295 uk pounds
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44.5 x 29cm, 16pp. Tabloid newspaper printed black on blue paper. A single issue of this assemblage of page works and short text and photographic pieces by the European avant garde. Included in this issue are contributions by Ulises Carrion ‘From Fandangos to you’; an interview with Tony Pegotty; a double-page spread of the ‘The Contract’ by Marroquin. Other contributors include Anna Banana, Michael Druk, Jacques Lizene, Giovanni Cicatelli, Michel Cardena, Ger Van Dijk, Bertil Petersson, Jean Claude Schauenberg, Gerald Minkoff, Achille Cavellini, Mad Enterprises Inc, Tony Pegotty, Nicolas Uriburu, Ana Kamien, Antonio Trotta, Jorge Natalio Silberman, Chiquito Gomez, Raul Marroquin, Jorge Caraballo, COUM, The Bay Area Daddaists, Theodoros, Ulises Carrion, Carlos Ginzburg, E. Buchwalder, Grupo Teatro del Encuentro. The paper is folded horizontally and has a major sun faded line vertically along a second vertical fold for half of the front page else VG. A very scarce, perhaps rare, ephemeral journal.
295 uk pounds
The post FUN-DANGOS 5. 1975. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> JOSEPH BEUYS AT PIERO CAVELLINI. 1980. SIGNED BY BEUYS. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/jospeh-beuys-at-piero-cavellini-1980-signed-by-beuys/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jospeh-beuys-at-piero-cavellini-1980-signed-by-beuys Fri, 16 May 1980 15:53:50 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=36013 Brescia: Nuovi Strumenti, 1980<BR>

70 x 59.3cm, black and red on white paper offset lithographic exhibition poster with an image of a red rose and a reproduced FIU stamp.  VG+ - this example is signed in red by Beuys although the signature is slightly faded. Prestel Beuys Posters nr 152.<BR><BR>

 

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70 x 59.3cm, black and red on white paper offset lithographic exhibition poster with an image of a red rose and a reproduced FIU stamp.  VG+ - this example is signed in red by Beuys although the signature is slightly faded. Prestel Beuys Posters nr 152.<BR><BR>

 

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