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Galerie aKonzept Schröderstrasse 7 10115 [email protected] T +49 3022452703 www.galerie-akonzept.com CATALOGUEPrice is subject to change without prior notice anonymus 2 Contents fernandez arman 2 césar baldaccini 3 alighiero boetti 3 henri chopin 4 jean degottex 5 erik dietman 5 oswald egger 6 jochen gerz 6 isidore isou 7 bruno jakob 7 joe jones 8 knizak 9 jiri kolár 9-10 ferdinand kriwet 10 helmut löhr 11 sarah lucas 11 pieter laurens mol 12 franz mon 12-21 markus raetz 21 peter roesch 22 23-24 gerhard rühm 24 takako saito 25 konrad balder schäuffelen 25-26 morten søndergaard 27 andré thomkins 27-28 jiri valoch 28-29 29-30 herman de vries 30 herbert zangs 31

1 anonymus

THIS IS A PERMANENT ERROR, I’VE GIVEN UP. SORRY IT DIDN’T WORK OUT 2013 Digital print 40 x 40 cm NOT FOR SALE

fernandez arman

LIVRE BRÛLÉ / BURNED BOOK 1988 Bronze from an edition of 100 signed and numbered. Size : 27 x 23.5 x 10.5 cm Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 5000.-

2 césar baldaccini

DISSOLVED REALITY (IL REALE DISSOLUTO) 1966-68 10 reliefs, painted cardboard, and Perspex + book 31.7 x 25.5 x 9.5 cm Edition of 99 + 16 „ad personam“, signed by Cesar and Numbered 102 Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 4000.-

alighiero boetti

LASCIARE IL CERTO X L’INCERTO Undated Embroidery 21 x 23 cm NOT FOR SALE

3 henri chopin

JOIE 21.3.1977 Typewriter poem and pencil shavings with which he writes the word “JOIE”, partially covered with paper tape. Dedicated “pour Jean” and signed in pencil. 20 x 33 cm Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 8000.-

AMUSEMENT GRAPHIQUE 1977 Typewriter poem. Color inks on paper, signed and dated in pencil. 32 x 19.5 cm Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 8000.-

LES FILTRES DE L’ALPHABET ET DE L’€ – OU LA PUISSANCE DE L’UTOPIE. 2001 – 2004 6 copies together Ink, coffee filter, coffee and pencil on paper pasted on a white cardboard. Each signed on the right bottom. 99 x 86 cm € 9000.- (all together)

4 jean degottex

SKETCHBOOK Undated ca. 30 pages Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 7000.-

erik dietman

QUELQUES MÈTRES ET CENTIMÈTRES DE SPARADRAP : A SHORT STORY / A FEW METERS AND CENTIMETERS OF STICKING PLAS- TER : A SHORT STORY 1963 18,5 x 12,5 cm Book completely wrapped with sticking plaster (spar- adrap). On the cover, a label with the title printed. Signed, dated and numbered in black ink by Dietman Edition of 200, all different Published in the catalog Erik Dietman, -MNAM, , 1994, Page 23 Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 1400.- 5 oswald egger

ES GENÜGT MIR, WENN ICH DENKE, DASS ICH SPRECHE / FOR ME, IT IS ENOUGH TO THINK THAT I TALK 1999 Enamel plate 40 x 30 cm Edition: 10 Signed and numbered on the back (label) Edition Howeg, Zurich, € 1400.- RESERVED jochen gerz

THE FRENCH WALL (FW 33) DREI BRIEFE DIE ER BEIM LESEN MIT FARBE BEDECKTE / THREE LETTERS WHICH HE COVERED WITH PAINT WHILE READING THEM / TROIS LETTRES QU’IL RECOUVRE DE COULEUR EN LES LISANT 1973 Triptych consisting of 3 letters in which the text has been covered with brown paint, and framed side by side, each respectively numbered from 1 to 3, signed, dated and titled. In their original frame. 102 x 52 cm Published pp 212-213 in the book “Jochen Gerz, The French Wall” Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 5000.- 6 isidore isou LETTRISME ET HYPERGRAPHIE Éditions Georges Fall 1972 Special edition. One of 75 hand-numbered copies with the suite of original gouaches and ink drawings (21 works), each one signed and dated by Jean-Bernard Arki- tu, Edouard Berreur, Gérard-Philippe Broutin, Françoise Canal, Jean-Paul Curtay, Myriam Darrell, Jean-Pierre Gillard, Micheline Hachette, Isidore Isou, Alain de Latour, Maurice Lemaître,Patrick Poulain, François Poy- et, Roland Sabatier, Jean-Louis Sarthou, Alain Satié, Jacques Spacagna, Frédéric Studeny, Jacqueline Tarkiel- taub, Dany Tayarda, Jean-Jacques Venturini. Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 5000.- bruno jakob MIND - BLOWING QUIVER Invisible Expandable and Breathing Images 2016 Sketchbook Technical Materials: Brave, Tender, Gorgeous, Mirac- ulous, Extraordinary, Astonishing, Brillant, Joyful, Amazing, Rich, Iconic, Fabulous, Touching, Breath- taking, Dazzling, Terrific, Imagination, Immersive, Galvanizing, Illuminating, Hypnotic, Beautiful, Sub- lime,Transcendent, Hilarious and so on. 21 X 16 cm Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz NOT FOR SALE 7 joe jones

BELLS FOR SLEEPING CAT AND 1964-67 Sound sculpture 31 x 24 x 40 cm Signed and dated. € 5000.-

SOLAR MUSIC KIT 1981-83 ca. 50 x 33.5 x 13 cm Signed and dated. Edition of 13 € 5000.-

8 milan knizak

DESTROYED MUSIC – BURNED RECORDS 1963 – 1983 3 records, overpainted, burned or divided and glued to- gether. Two of them titled, signed and dated. ø 30 cm Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 4000.- all together

jiri kolár

TWO (DOUBLE-SIDED) ON CARDBOARD. 1980 1. Ruhe Sal. Monogrammed and dated bottom right. 2. Untitled Signed, dated and titled. 40 x 30 cm Provenance: Galerie Maeght, Paris Bergman Collection, 1982 Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 5000.-

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7. 0 - 2 1982 of printed text on wood with a relief. Signed and dated on the back 40 x 30 cm Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 3000.-

ferdinand kriwet

UNTITLED 06.08.1980 Pencil drawing on paper Signed and dated on the bottom right. 10 x 15 cm € 1200.-

10 helmut löhr CAPITAL 1 1988 Artist book in brown and black binding, containing a sheet of wove paper folded to fit in the book. Deployed, it shows a large visual poem of printed words made from the lexicon definition (manipulated text) of the word „Capital“. A nice work by an artist who unfortunately died too young. Size of the book: 30 x 32 cm Size deployed: 110 x 70 cm Signed and dated. Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 1400.-

sarah lucas

FIVE LISTS 1991 Graphite on paper in five parts. 130 swear words sorted alphabetically. Each 22.9 x 17.8 cm Framed Provenance: Sadie Coles, London Christie’s, First Open Post-War and Contemporary Art, Sale 2421, Lot 227, New York, Rockefeller Plaza, 10 March 2011 Literatur: Y. Dziewior and B. Ruf, eds., Sarah Lucas Catalogue Raisonné 1989-2005, Ostfildern-Ruit 2005, p. 117. Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz SOLD 11 pieter laurens mol

CONCRETE POEM 1974 Four cast concrete letters P, O, E and M tied together with a string. Edition of 25, numbered and signed. 7 x 12 x 10 cm Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 7000.-

franz mon

WEISS AUF ROT AUF SCHWARZ 05.04.1961 Reisscollage Signed, dated and titled on the back. 46 x 35.5 cm Published in Franz Mon Frankfurter Kunstverein Stein- ernes Haus am Roemerberg 5.5 - 1.6.1986 + Die Kuenst- lerfreundschaft zwischen Franz Mon und Carlfriedrich Claus. € 9000.-

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DUISBURGER SEZESSION 1961 Streifencollage Signed on the back. 20.6 x 50.2cm Published in Die Kuenstlerfreundschaft zwischen Franz Mon und Carlfriedrich Claus. Exhibited in the exhibition « Schrift und Bild » in 1963 at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. € 9000.-

UNTITLED 1961 Streifencollage Signed and dated on the back. 20.6 x 50.2 cm Published in Die Kuenstlerfreundschaft zwischen Franz Mon und Carlfriedrich Claus. € 9000.-

UNTITLED Undated Press-text Signed on the back. 30 x 15 cm € 2000.- NOT EXHIBITED

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UNTITLED (left) 27.05.1961 Streifencollage Signed and dated on the back. 42 x 13 cm € 4000.- AVAILABLE BUT NOT EXHIBITED

UNTITLED (right) 24.04.1962 Streifentext Signed and dated on the back. Ca. 30 x 11 cm € 5000.-

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SENKRECHTE 03.06.1962 Typoscript Signed, titled and dated on the back. 29.6 x 21 cm Published in Franz Mon Frankfurter Kunstverein Stein- ernes Haus am Roemerberg 5.5 - 1.6.1986. € 5500.-

TU 1962 Streifentext Signed, dated and titled on the back. 29 x 30 cm Published in Die Kuenstlerfreundschaft zwischen Franz Mon und Carlfriedrich Claus. NOT FOR SALE (Privat collection, Switzerland)

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UNTITLED 1962 Streifentext Collage made of several strips of paper. Signed (monogramm) and dated on the back. 13.5 x 10 cm Published in edition et 2, 1966. Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 4000.-

BOXEN 1963 Press-text Signed and dated on the back. Exhibited in the exhibition « Schrift und Bild » in 1963 at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. 60 x 40 cm € 8000.-

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UNTITLED 21.08.1963 Reisscollage Signed and dated on the back 30 x 30 cm € 3500.-

AMOURETTE 1964 Zentrierte Collage Collage made of several layers of magazines torn in the center. Signed and dated on the front 34.3 x 24.2 cm € 5000.-

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ALTDEUTSCH 1964 Zentrierte Collage Collage made of several layers of magazines torn in the center. Titled and dated on the back. 33 x 25 cm Exhibited at Frankfurter Kunstverein. Steinernes Haus am Römerberg, 05.05.1986 – 01.06.1986 € 7000.-

UNTITLED 1964 Zentrierte Collage Collage made of several layers of magazines torn in the center. Signed and dated lower left. 33 x 25 cm € 7000.-

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O-FIGÜRATION 07.02.1966 Typoscript Signed, dated and titled on the back. 21 x 29 cm Published in Frankfurter Kunstverein Steinernes Haus am Roemerberg 05.05.1986 - 01.06.1986 and in Die Kuen- stlerfreundschaft zwischen Franz Mon und Carlfriedrich Claus. SOLD

WEGEN DER BRENNENDEN AKTUALITÄT 09.11.1969 Zentrierte Collage Collage made of several layers of newspapers torn in the center. Signed and dated on the front. 35 x 27.5 cm Published in the book “Die Künstlerfreundschaft zwischen Franz Mon und Carlfriedrich Claus”, Kunstsam- mlungen Chemnitz, page 182. Exhibition: Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, 2010. Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 8000.-

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J-O-FIGÜRATION 07.02.1970 Typoscript Signed, dated and titled on the back. 21 x 29 cm Published in Frankfurter Kunstverein Steinernes Haus am Roemerberg 05.05.1986 - 1.6.1986 AND Die Kuenstlerfre- undschaft zwischen Franz Mon und Carlfriedrich Claus. Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz NOT FOR SALE

NICHT GROESSER SCHNELLER MUSS MAN SEIN 21.02.1971 Signed and dated on the back. Ca. 30 x 40 cm Published in Franz Mon «hoeren ohne aufzuhoeren». € 8000.-

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UNTITLED 1982 Typewriter text on paper which has been torn and fixed again on another sheet of paper. Signed and dated on the back. Size: 24.5 x 33 cm Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 3000.-

markus raetz

REVUE INTEGRATION 5 UND 6 No. 5/6, April 1966 Revue voor de nieuwe konseptie in kunst en kultuur. Review for a new conception in culture and art. Zeitschrift für eine neue konzeption der kunst und kul- tur. editor: herman de vries Mit Originalbeiträgen von: Herbert Distel, Markus Raetz (2 Originale handsignierte Arbeiten), Christian Megert, Raymund Girke Edition (Geplant): 300, nummeriert.29.7 × 21 cm Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz NOT EXHIBITED

21 peter roesch

UNTITLED Overpainted notebook 23 pages plus cover overpainted with ink, pencil and pen. Signed on the last page. 21 x 29 cm Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 3500.-

2016 - 2017 Overpainted book of photography by FRANCOIS HALARD ca. 270 pages + cover all covered with ink, pencil, felt pen, gouache. Signed and dated 33 x 24 cm Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 10000.-

22 dieter roth

COLLECTED WORKS VOLUME 5 BOK 3 A 1970 Reconstruction of the book as published by Forlag, 1961. Approximately 250 cut-out sheets of Icelandic newspapers. 23 x 17 cm One of 50 copies designed by Dieter Roth (4 variations), black imitation leather embossed, with 2 signed and numbered lino-cuts inside. Published by Hansjörg Mayer. Literature: Books + Multiples, page 155. Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 3000.-

COLLECTED WORKS VOLUME 11 SNOW 1970 256 pages, offset 23 x 17 cm Stitched softback. 1 of 100 copies designed by the author. Covered corrugated cardboard with 2 crushed light-bulbs, both signed by the author. Not numbered. Literature: Books + Multiples, page 164. Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 3500.-

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TROPHIES 125 two-handed speedy drawing 1979 256 pages, offset 2 colors, 25 x 18 cm, stitched, softback, with double dust-jacket and an original Trophy by the author, signed and dated. The book is signed, dated and numbered 72/200. Literature: Books + Multiples, page 197. Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 1900.- gerhard rühm

BALD-NUN-EBEN / SOON-NOW-JUST 1989 Word-object Multiple Wood, cardboard, glass. Edition of 25, signed and numbered in pencil on the back. 22.5 x 16.5 x 4 cm Publisher: Galerie Schüppenhauer. Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 1500.-

24 takako saito

BUCH DER BRUST / BOOK OF BREAST 1984 Gouache, pen, pencil, crayons, copper and thread, handmade cardboard box, cellophane, 10 pp. Edition of 8 copies, signed and numbered. 14.5 x 3 x 12.5 cm Noodle Edition, Dusseldorf Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 1500.- RESERVED

konrad balder schäuffelen

HALSLOESERAETSEL 1970 Clay tablet, stamped, monogrammed and dated on the un- derside. 14 x 6.5 x 2 cm € 1000.-

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PYRAMID: EIN TEXT DECKT DEN ANDEREN / PYRAMID: A TEXT COVERS ANOTHER 1980 Pages of books cut in squares and fixed to one another, making a pyramid set to a wooden base. Titled on the peak «ein text deckt den anderen», signed and dated on the first block of pages. 25 x 25 x 22 cm € 2400.-

PESTBUCH / PLAGUE BOOK 1979 Multiple Aluminum, plastic. Mobil 1 oil canister made of aluminum with plastic cap, bulged on the side and soldered to resemble a book. Known as the plague book. Incised monogramm “KBS”, dated 1979 and numbered. Pub- lished in an edition of 20 numbered copies plus some artist’s copies. 21 x 15 x 6.5 cm. € 1200.-

26 morten søndergaard

WORDPHARMACY 2011 Ten medicine boxes, each representing one of the ten word classes. Translated into English by Barbara Haveland and de- signed by Christian Ramsø. Published by Broken Dimanche Press. Edition: 500 NOT FOR SALE

andré thomkins

DOGMA MOT 1965 Edition MAT MOT nr 5. A polyglot text-generating ‘machine’ which allows the user to produce “mobile dogmas” consisting of ten hexagonal cards, each with 12 words that are common in German, English and French (there are 48 German-French, 60 German-English and 12 German-French-English words). The hexagons pivot on a plane and form phrases in three directions on the hexagonal roof. 28 x 28 x 3.8 cm (closed box) Edition : 111, signed, numbered and dated. Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 4000.- 27 andré thomkins

IN GOETHES NAMEN 1982 4 different states of a same work for the special edi- tion of the book «In Goethes namen». From left to right: 1. Yellow stamp on a cardboard with instruction from Thomkins to the editor (Howeg), as to how the chain should be fixed to the card. 2. Yellow stamp on a cardboard augmented with a pencil drawing by Thomkins 3. Yellow stamp with the chain. 4. Yellow stamp with the chain and some addition of pencil on the head All signed and dated with full name, except the first one which is signed with the initial of Thomkins. Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 800.- AVAILABLE BUT NOT EXHIBITED jiri valoch

DEATH BOOK 1968 64 pages, 34 phrases Signed on the back cover. 20,5 x 14.5 cm Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 5000.-

28 jiri valoch MEMORY - HISTOLOGICAL POEM 1972 Photo and letraset, signed, dated and titled on the back 25 x 18 cm Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 1400.-

wolf vostell

BETONBUCH / CONCRETE BOOK 1971 Concrete book with incised signature and number on met- al plate. Edition : 100 34 x 35 x 4,5 cm € 7000.-

29 wolf vostell

BERLINER BROT / BERLINER BREAD 1995 Bread, TV and Concrete Edition : 50 ca. 50 cm diameter Signed and numbered. € 2500.-

herman de vries

UNTITLED FROM THE SERIES ARTEFACT 1979 Collage of a cigarette pack fixed on paper, signed on the right side and annotated on the left side : col- lected: 27 8 1979 saubühl Size of the sheet : 21 x 30 cm Published in the digital catalog of herman de vries: http://www.hermandevries.org/digital-cata- logue/1979/1979-08-27-0000.php Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 3500.-

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ANTI-BUCH / ANTI-BOOK ca. 1975 Overpainted Swiss phone book from 1971 run through with 8 blocks of wood, with addition of white , signed (incised) in the paint. 31 x 22 x 30 cm De Martelaere, Certificate Nr 16-01-325 Provenance: Private collection, Switzerland. Provenance: Raphaël Levy, Kunsthändler, Zürich, Schweiz € 8000.-

ANTI-BUCH / ANTI-BOOK ca. 1976 Eight paper bags with 2 staples, wire, string and seals held together 50.5 x 87 x 4 cm Signed with pencil € 8000.-

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