9-12 2021
‘Dear Jan’ Works from the Hoet Archive
All sizes: mm, excl. frame. Lots with ‘*’ are illustrated in the catalogue. Estimations below €100 not mentioned.
1. Auction Date The public sale of the goods listed here will take place on Thursday December 9 at 10 am, 2 pm and 8 pm at Bernaerts Auctioneers, Verlatstraat 18, 2000 Antwerp
2. Viewing dates Verlatstraat 18, 2000 Antwerp Thursday December 2 Friday December 3 Saturday December 4 Sunday December 5 Monday December 6 from 10 am to 6 pm
3. Collection dates Immediately after the sale or from Monday December 13 until Friday December 24 by appointment. Monday to Friday from 9 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 5 pm (on Saturday December 18 from 10 am to 1 pm) via Verlatstraat 18
4. Buyers’ premium and other charges 22% in the room 28% via WebCast (registration Wednesday December 8 at 6 pm at the latest) 30% for After Sale €2/ lot administration fee
5. Telephone bids Not accepted for bids below €500
BERNAERTS AUCTIONEERS Verlatstraat 18, 2000 Antwerp T +32 (0)3 248 19 21 - F +32 (0)3 248 15 93 www.bernaerts.be - info@bernaerts.be
Sale: 'Dear Jan', works from The Hoet Archive
Thursday December 9 8 pm
Viewing days:
Thursday 2 - December 6 from 10 am - 6 pm
Experts: Elias Leytens & Peter Bernaerts Bailiff's Office Jan Weyns-Birgit De Troij (WDT bv) © SABAM/ © Digital photo, layout & prepress: Studio Bernaerts ILL. cover lot 1619
detail lot 1619
'Dear Jan', Works from the Hoet Archive
Order of the Sale Thursday December 9 8 pm
Session 4 (1570 - 1640) Works from the Hoet Archive
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1570*
(catalogues) A set of three catalogues regarding exhibitions curated by Jan Hoet: -) chambres d'amis. Gent, 1986. -) Open Mind (Gesloten Circuits/ Circuits Chiusi). Hommage aan Vincent. Gent, 1989. -) Over the edges. Gent, 2000. We join: Two collection catalogues of the 'Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent', including a copy of the rare 1976 catalogue. All copies signed by Jan Hoet. (€ 100-200)
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Gallery Alex Finck, Knokke-Zoute. Werner Cuvelier/ Karel Dierickx/ Jan Hoet/ Wittevrongel/ Walter Vilain. Poster. Framed. 605 x 450 mm (670 x 510 mm) (€ 100-150)
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JAN HOET (1936-2014) Untitled, 1959. Oil on paper. Signed and dated. Framed. 440 x 680 mm (465 x 710 mm) (€ 300-400)
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CORNEILLE (1922-2010) 'Orientale', 1973. Colour lithograph. Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil 22/100. Small tear. Framed. 660 x 510 mm (760 x 595 mm) (€ 350-500)
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(De Keyser) Roland Jooris, Een verpakte gedachte. Gent, Galerie Kaleidoscoop, 1967. Eleven poems by Roland Jooris, printed on cardboard. Typography by Antoon Declerck. De Keyser made the silkscreen on the box. One of the 250 not numbered copies. With handwritten dedication by Roland Jooris to Jan Hoet. This copy was also exceptionally signed by Raoul De Keyser. Traces of use, small tear. (€ 200-300)
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RAOUL DE KEYSER (1930-2012) 'Doos, raamklink, veld, wolk', 1968. Colour screenprint. Signed and dated in pencil 74/75. Published by Galerie Drieghe (Wetteren). Framed. 730 x 550 mm (840 x 660 mm) (€ 1000-1200) Lit.: Jacobs & De Vleeschouwer nr. 2.
Lit.: Jacobs & De Vleeschouwer nr. 1/ Johan Pas, Artist's Books: The Belgian Connection, p. 84, ill.
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BRACO DIMITRIJEVIC (°1948) 'Tryptichos post historicus (Malevich)', 1977. Pencil and watercolour. Signed, dated and partly titled. With handwritten dedication to Jan Hoet on the back of the frame. 485 x 350 mm (500 x 370 mm) (€ 600-800)
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JOSEPH KOSUTH (°1945) 'Text / Context (Ghent) / (to Fernand Spillemaeckers)', 1978. Screenprint. Initials and date in pencil on the reverse. One of the 32 fragments. 600 x 495 mm (€ 300-400)
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JEAN SCHWIND (1935-1985) Untitled. Indian ink and water colour. With initials. Framed. 635 x 500 mm (920 x 920 mm) (€ 400-600)
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HUGO DE CLERCQ (1930-1996) Untitled, 1976. Etching. Signed and dated in pencil. Numbered 3/7, with annotation 'E.D.'. With handwritten dedication. We join from the same: Untitled, 1991. Aquatint. Signed and dated in pencil. Both framed. 90 x 110 mm/ 135 x 105 mm (430 x 360 mm/ 310 x 250 mm) (€ 100-200)
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ROGER RAVEEL (1921-2013) 'Gestreepte man in gestreepte ruimte', 1978. Colour lithograph. Signed in pencil and with annotation 'h.c.'. Framed. 565 x 770 mm (630 x 835 mm) (€ 600-800) Lit.: O. Scheire - Roger Raveel, Het grafische oeuvre, nr. 72.
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PANAMARENKO (1940-2019) 'Introductie van een elektrisch vliegtuig', 1976. Poster. Framed. 440 x 530 mm (465 x 550 mm) (€ 200-300) Lit.: Panamarenko - Posters, nr. 17.
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JEAN LE GAC (°1936) 'The painter', 1974. Series four colour and six black & white photographs and printed text. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil 19/50. With stamp. Mounted in one frame. 750 x 1000 mm (790 x 1030 mm) (€ 800-1000)
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ANNE & PATRICK POIRIER (°1942) Untitled. Pencil. Signed. Preliminary study for the sculpture ‘La colonne pour la Villa Adriana’ (1979), from the SMAK collection. Framed. 140 x 200 mm (500 x 500 mm) (€ 500-750)
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CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI (°1944) 'Composition architecturale', 1981. Chromogenic print mounted on cardboard, on panel. One of the 12 numbered copies, this one being nr. 7, signed in pencil (on label on reverse). Upper right corner very slightly damaged. 290 x 390 mm (€ 600-800)
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JEF GEYS (1939-2018) 'Lili Dujourie', 1989. Orig. black & white photograph. Signed, dated and numbered 'HC 1/4'. Signed. With dedication. Framed. 400 x 580 mm (580 x 760 mm)
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MICHIEL HENDRYCKX (°1951) 'Italiaanse Leghorn op het strand', 1986. Cibachrome. Initialed with red stamp. Framed. 240 x 160 mm (315 x 255 mm) (€ 200-250)
(€ 600-800)
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WOLF VOSTELL (1932-1998) Untitled. Piano key. Signed in black marker. Relic from the 1983 performance 'La Sibérie d'Estrémadure (III)' by Vostell in the round hall of the Ghent 'Museum voor Schone Kunsten'. 405 x 25 x 30 mm (€ 300-400)
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RENÉ HEYVAERT (1929-1984) Untitled. Assemblage of eight boxes of Bambix. Mounted on a plate. 'People know little of what exists. An artist knows these things and shows them to the people'. In this case, 'ordinary' Bambix boxes. But for Heyvaert, these boxes were of enormous importance. Through this assemblage (and a great deal of his work), life and art joined forces. 360 x 490 x 60 mm (€ 5000-7000)
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(€ 800-1000)
(€ 1000-1200)
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MARTHE WERY (1930-2005) Untitled, 1982. Black and orange ink. Dated and signed in pencil on the reverse. Framed. 280 x 230 mm (420 x 420 mm)
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GILBERTO ZORIO (°1944) Untitled. Red ink. Signed. With handwritten dedication to Jan Hoet. Framed. 140 x 200 mm (500 x 500 mm)
MARTHE WERY (1930-2005) Untitled, 1982. Brown ink. Dated and signed in pencil on the reverse. Framed. 285 x 230 mm (420 x 420 mm)
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JOSEPH BEUYS (1921-1986) 'Countdown 2000', 1981. Offset. Signed in pencil. Framed. 870 x 630 mm (900 x 660 mm) (€ 350-500) Lit.: Schellmann nr. 377.
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JOSEPH BEUYS (1921-1986) 'F.I.U.', 1981-83. Bottle of rosé wine. Signed in print on the label, from the unnumbered edition of 200 boxes with 12 bottles. Published by Edizione Lucrezia De Domizio, Pescara, Italy. Without the box. . 290 mm (€ 100-200) Lit.: Schellmann nr. 484.
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JOSEPH BEUYS (1921-1986) 'Rundbrief', 1982. Offset. Signed in pencil. With stamps. Framed. 295 x 210 mm (420 x 420 mm) (€ 300-400) Cfr. Schellmann nr. 444.
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ROGER RAVEEL (1921-2013) 'Een groet, een vierkant', 1983. Woodcut, heightened with gouache and watercolour. Signed, dated and numbered 18/30 in pencil. With annotation and handwritten dedication. Framed. 565 x 395 mm (730 x 565 mm)
1596*
JAMES LEE BYARS (1932-1997) 'Mr. Joseph Beuys makes the Documenta 8', 1987. Golden imprint on black folded/ wrinkled paper. Without envelope. Framed. Diam.: 220 mm (420 x 420 mm) (€ 200-300)
(€ 1500-2000) Lit.: O. Scheire - Roger Raveel, Het grafische oeuvre, nr. 118.
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1597*
MARC MAET (1955-2000) Untitled, 1988. Etching. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil 40/75. 200 x 150 mm (€ 100-150)
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RAOUL DE KEYSER (1930-2012) Untitled, 1987. Gouache. Initialed in red crayon and dated in blue. Sent as a New Year's card. Framed. 140 x 85 mm (420 x 420 mm) (€ 2000-2200)
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GUILLAUME BIJL (°1946) 'Miss Hamburg Audition', 1988. Antwerp, Zeno X Gallery, 1988. 10 Photographs printed in colours on glossy paper. Signed with initials in pencil and numbered .../20 on a label on the last page, glued down along the edges on black wove paper. Clothcovered album, with red silk ribbon and titled in goldprint, in plastic protective folder, in black cloth-covered cardboard sliding case, with the additional poster. Some traces of wear. (€ 600-800) Lit.: Guillaume Bijl - Multiples & Editions, p.66.
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JAN FABRE (°1958) Untitled. Orig. black & white photograph on shiny stock. With handwritten dedication to Jan Hoet. Some wrinkles. Framed. 700 x 500 mm (920 x 920 mm) (€ 200-250)
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MICHAEL BUTHE (1944-1994) Untitled. Assemblage (shells, wooden crate, acrylic and wax). Signed and dated in pencil 'Michael Buthe/ 19..'. 300 x 200 x 130 mm (€ 3000-4000)
GUILLAUME BIJL (°1946) '20 foto's/ (Werkmateriaal)', 1988. (Antwerpen), Editions ADD Uitgaven, (1988). Portfolio with 20 orig. colour photographs. One of the 50 numbered copies, this one being nr. 9. Signed and dated on the title page. Orig. folder. (€ 400-600) Lit.: Guillaume Bijl - Multiples & Editions, p.38.
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JAMES LEE BYARS (1932-1997) 'The invitation to artists, poets and philosophers...', 1992. Offset and small golden rounds with embossed spiral. These small round 'Tribute to the New Generation' appear regularly throughout his work. Framed. 195 x 205 mm (420 x 420 mm) (€ 400-600) Lit.: Lotte Beckwé, James Lee Byars, The Perfect Kiss. MHKA/ Koenig Books, 2018, p. 16, ill.
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WIM DELVOYE (°1965) 'Auto-portrait', 1990. Colour screenprint on fabric. Signed and numbered in black marker 7/25. Framed. 600 x 500 mm (725 x 620 mm) (€ 3000-3500) Lit.: 50 jaar Vrienden v/h S.M.A.K., p. 184.
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THOMAS SCHUTTE (°1954) 'Die Fremde'. Offset-lithograph. Signed in pencil and numbered 468/500. (martine) (€ 600-800)
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WIM DELVOYE (°1965) 'Mosaïc (90-400-Doc)', 1990-1992. Offset lithograph. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil 45/45. From the 'Documenta IX' portfolio (Edition A). Framed. 695 x 490 mm (920 x 920 mm) (€ 800-100)
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GIULIO PAOLINI (°1940) 'Phoenix'. Offset lithograph. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil 45/45. From the 'Documenta IX' portfolio (Edition A). Framed. 490 x 680 mm (920 x 920 mm) (€ 400-600)
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ETTORE SPALETTI (°1940) Untitled, 1992. Photolithograph. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil 28/45. From the portfolio ' Documenta IX' (Edition B). Framed. 690 x 490 mm (920 x 920 mm) (€ 600-800)
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BRUCE NAUMAN (°1941) 'Anthro/Socio', 1992. Orig. colour photograph on shiny stock. Signed, dated and numbered 21/45 in black marker. We join from the same Documenta IX portfolio: Juan Muñoz, Franz West, Michael Buthe, Kazuo Katase and Pekka Nevalinen.All prints signed, dated and numbered. Signed in pencil on the title page by Jan Hoet. Orig. folder.
1610*
JOSEPH KOSUTH (°1945) 'Passagen-Werk (Documenta Flânerie)', 1992. Offset lithograph. Diptych. Signed in black marker on the reverse and numbered 1/75. With handwritten dedication to Jan Hoet. Second part slightly damaged. Framed. We join the original envelope. 365 x 440 mm (x2) (920 x 920 mm)
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JASON RHOADES (1965-2006) Untitled, 1994. Colour screenprint. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil 98/150. With handwritten dedication 'For Jan Hoet'. Framed. 365 x 555 mm (590 x 790 mm) (€ 100-200)
(€ 600-800)
(€ 2000-3000)
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PHILIPPE VANDENBERG (1952-2009) 'De stand der dingen', 1994. Drawing/ text in blood and ink. Text/ Letter addressed to Jan Hoet. Signed and dated. Framed. 340 x 275 mm (420 x 420 mm) (€ 2000-2500)
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JOHAN TAHON (°1965) Untitled. Etching. Signed and numbered in pencil XIV/XV. Framed. 345 x 245 mm (420 x 325 mm) (€ 200-250)
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JOHAN TAHON (°1965) Untitled. Dry point. Signed and numbered in pencil 29/40. Framed. 205 x 145 mm (420 x 420 mm) (€ 150-200)
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PHILIPPE VANDENBERG (1952-2009) 'ô François', 1997. Lithograph, heightened with blood and feather. Signed in pencil and numbered I/XX. With handwritten annotation on the reverse 'manuscrit, lithographie sur pierre, plume, sang - 1997'. Framed. 210 x 290 mm (420 x 420 mm) (€ 350-500)
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CHRISTO (1932-2020) 'The Mastaba of Abu Dhabi'. Offset. Signed in pencil. 785 x 585 mm (€ 300-400)
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KLAAS GUBBELS (°1934) Untitled, 1994. Cut-out cardboard. Signed and dated in brown ink. ca. 470 x 420 mm (€ 300-400)
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RONY HEIRMAN (1936-2013) 'The Urgent Dance' (Jan Hoet and Marina Abramović), 1996. Orig. black & white photograph. Framed. 355 x 260 mm (420 x 420 mm) (€ 200-300)
'For my fiftieth birthday, he invited me to do a large exhibition in Ghent, Belgium. I told him that for the occasion, I would like to create an evening of Argentinean tango. Jan was full of enthusiasm about this. We titled the event “The Urgent Dance”....' This picture was taken on that memorable opening night in 1996. 'I will remember that evening for the rest of my life. What I admired the most about Jan was that he never played by the rules. I loved him immensely and I would have done anything for him, as an artist and a friend.'
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MARINA ABRAMOVIC (°1946) 'The urgent dance', 1996. Colour lithograph, reworked intensively with black and red marker and blue pencil. Whereas the original lithograph only shows the feet/ passes, Abramovic added to Hoet's personal copy both their hands and her profile in black marker, turning this print into a highly unique relic of their love and friendship. Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 'A.P.'. Titled. With handwritten dedication 'For Jan Hoet/ from heart'. Framed. 1250 x 715 mm (1360 x 830 mm) (€ 4000-6000) ILL p. 41 Lit.: 50 jaar Vrienden van het SMAK, p. 187.
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PANAMARENKO (1940-2019) 'Pahama, Spitsbergen, Nova Zemblaya', 1996. Poster. Signed in black marker. Framed. 638 x 475 mm (655 x 500 mm) (€ 100-150) Lit.: Panamarenko - Posters, nr. 59.
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JAN VAN IMSCHOOT (°1963) 'Marchandlaan', 2001. Offset lithograph. Signed, dated and numbered 86/100. From the 'Red de mosselpot' portfolio. Framed. 750 x 580 mm (805 x 630 mm) (€ 200-250) Lit.: 50 jaar Vrienden van het SMAK., p. 189.
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MATTHEW BARNEY (°1967) 'de lama lâmina', 2004. Embossed print and grey pencil. Dated, signed and numbered 18/100 in pencil. Framed. 250 x 190 mm (380 x 310 mm) (€ 200-250) Lit.: 50 jaar Vrienden van het SMAK., p. 190.
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JESSICA DIAMOND (°1957) Untitled. Acrylic. Signed on the reverse. Framed. 750 x 555 mm (850 x 650 mm) (€ 600-800)
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JACQUES CHARLIER (°1939) 'Gebed van de hopelozen', 1993. Offset lithograph. Signed and numbered in black marker 20/75. Framed. 640 x 450 mm (730 x 540 mm) (€ 200-250)
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PHILIPPE VANDENBERG (1952-2009) 'De stand der dingen', 1993-1995. Book containing 13 orig. lithographs. Large folio. One of the 23 numbered copies, this one being nr. 23, signed. With handwritten dedication to Jan Hoet. Orig. half black cloth binding, box. Rare. (€ 600-800)
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PANAMARENKO (1940-2019) 'Panama, Spitsbergen, Nova Zembla', 1996. Embossed print and collage. Signed and with annotation 'A.P.' in blue marker. Framed. 630 x 485 mm (840 x 690 mm) (€ 1200-1400) Lit.: Panamarenko - Multiples Deel 2, nr. 70.
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DIETER APPELT (°1935) 'Das Feld', 1991. Orig. black & white photograph. Signed, dated and titled in black marker. Framed. 490 x 390 mm (605 x 505 mm) (€ 200-300)
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PHILIPPE VANDENBERG (1952-2009) Untitled, 1998. Colour screenprint. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil 3/80. Framed. 330 x 470 mm (590 x 740 mm) (€ 300-400)
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RONNY DELRUE (°1957) '7 Tage Hohenossig', 2000. Portfolio with four etchings. One of the four artist's copies, nr. 2, signed in white pencil. Every print signed, dated and numbered in pencil. With dry stamp. Orig. folder. 575 x 395 mm (map) (€ 400-600)
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STEPHAN VANFLETEREN (°1969) Portrait of Jan Hoet. Orig. black & white photograph. Framed. 900 x 710 mm (1210 x 1015 mm) (€ 800-1000) ILL p. 5
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FRANZ WEST (1947-2012) Untitled, 2007. Offset lithograph. Dated and numbered in black marker 6/100. Framed. 650 x 440 mm (880 x 650 mm) (€ 200-300)
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THIERRY DE CORDIER (°1954) 'Schrijversverdriet - Chagrin d'écrivain n°2', 2004. Offset-lithograph. Initials, dated and numbered in pencil 1/100. With annotation 'Het is allemaal weerzinwekkend. I k schrijf niet meer! (C. Pavese) - monument'. With handwritten dedication 'Voor Jan, van harte/ en uit dankbaarheid/ Thierry De Cordier te/ Oostende, 2 april 04'. Framed. 340 x 170 mm (740 x 540 mm) (€ 2000-2500) ILL p. 45
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JIMMIE DURHAM (°1940) 'Language is a tool...'. Soft ground etching. Numbered on the reverse. Framed. 380 x 540 mm (425 x 580 mm) (€ 300-350) Lit.: 50 jaar Vrienden van het SMAK, p. 186.
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LUCIANO FABRO (1936-2007) 'La Palla', 2004. Chrome plated steel. Together with: Offset-lithograph. Signed and numbered in pencil 18/80. Scale model/ edition of the sculpture in Herford. 940 x 695 mm (1040 x 790 mm) (€ 200-300)
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JAN VAN IMSCHOOT (°1963) 'Avarizia', 2000. Orig. colour photograph and drawing (black marker and gouache). Signed, titled and numbered in brown ink 1/51. Framed. 150 x 125 mm/ 205 x 145 mm (520 x 670 mm)
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GUNTHER FORG (1952-2013) Untitled, 2004. Lithograph. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil 1/100. (€ 300-400) ILL p. 48 Lit.: 50 jaar Vrienden v/h S.M.A.K., p.190.
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MARINA ABRAMOVIC (°1946) Untitled, 2004. Colour lithograph. Signed and numbered in pencil 38/100. 640 x 490 mm (€ 300-400) Lit.: 50 jaar Vrienden van het SMAK, p. 190.
(€ 200-300) Lit.: 50 jaar Vrienden van het SMAK, p. 189. 1633
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RAOUL DE KEYSER (1930-2012) Untitled, 2004. Etching, heightened with watercolour. Initialed and dated in pencil. With annotation '4' in the upper left corner. Framed. 180 x 265 mm (420 x 420 mm) (€ 1500-2000) Lit.: Jacobs & De Vleeschouwer nr. 41.
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RAOUL DE KEYSER (1930-2012) 'Model voor Slice', 2013. Colour screenprint. Numbered in red pencil on the reverse IX/XXV. Signed in blue pencil by the heirs. Posthumous edition by the Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek where Jan Hoet organised a small exhibition to honour the late Raoul De Keyser. With handwritten dedication to Jan Hoet. Framed. 595 x 160 mm (925 x 420 mm) (€ 350-500) Lit.: Jacobs & De Vleeschouwer p. 8, ill.
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MICHAEL BORREMANS (°1963) 'The spanking', 2007. Offset lithograph. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil 6/100. Framed. 170 x 235 mm (350 x 410 mm) (€ 2500-3000)
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WORKS ON PAPER & EDITIONS ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976) 'Presenza Grafica', 1972. Colour aquatint and etching on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Initialed in the plate. Signed and numbered in pencil XXIII/XXV. Published and printed by 2RC Edizioni d’Arte, Rome, with their blindstamp.
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