Sunday 26 June 2016

PRENTWERK ART BOOKS IS NOW ON INSTAGRAM!



This is just to let you know that last Thursday saw Prentwerk's debut at Instagram, with daily selections of interesting new acquisitions.

Check us out at 'prentwerkartbooks'!

Thursday 23 June 2016

PSST, WANNA BUY A BASQUIAT?



Dear auctioneer,

Over the past months your auctions have featured prints by various artists published by 'Suc. Salerno & Hijos'. They are all prints by prominent artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Pierre Alechinsky. They all bear printed signatures,  are published in large editions (mostly 300), numbered by hand and accompanied by impressive looking COA’s, with blindstamps, publisher’s signatures and registration numbers.

Let me point out, however, that there is nothing 'authentic' about these prints. Although presented as ‘lithographs’, they are simply reproductions of existing works of art, sold quite cheaply. 'Suc. Salerno & Hijos' is a highly dubious firm. I have not been able to find a website, which is in itself a bad sign. In their descriptions, however, both the publishers and the sellers, at various auctions, try to create the impression that they are in fact selling original prints. Needless to say that this is highly misleading, if not downright criminal.

It is, of course, up to the auctioneers to decide whether they want to include such material, but if they are at all serious about the quality of their auctions, I believe they would do well to reject any such prints offered to them. Also, the general public should be informed about these practices in order to prevent them from spending their money on worthless reproductions.


Best regards,










Friday 5 February 2016

A.R. PENCK IN AMSTERDAM

In the eighties and nineties, A.R. Penck was represented in the Netherlands by Galerie Aschenbach, Amsterdam. On October 13 and 14, 1988, The artist was present at the opening of a new exhibition for a painting & music session. Sylvia Scholten and Janine Schrijver took photographs, which were subsequently published in an exclusive box containing 18 prints, signed, in an edition of 27.