CUT magazine about art, issue #15, January 2016
29,7 x 21 cm, 12 pp.
digital printed magazine
edition 60, of which 35 with multiple of Takako Saito: hand painted text on hand colored rice paper, text on card, in tipped in cellophane envelope
published by Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam.
‘CUT magazine about art appears irregularly however often’ and is published by Galerie van Gelder. The magazine is printed in full colour.
Issue #15 opens with a report of a performance by Takako Saito written by Evert Schoorl – together with his partner Mieke Schoorl enthusiastic collector and economist and emeritus Director of graduate studies, Groningen University – followed by pages of a wall installation ‘You and me – Sky wall’.
TAKAKO SAITO, Buch der Brust, 1984
14,5 x 3 x 12,5 cm
gouache pen, pencil, crayon drawings, copper and thread hinge, handmade cardboard box, cellophane, 10 pp.
edition 8
published by Noodle Edition, Dusseldorf, Germany
sold
Takako Saito shaked up notions of perception and aesthetic experience. Games of chess, playing cards, making art together, games in general were turned into a non-visual experience and activity, such as making use of smell, tactility, and aurality, with a result of breaking existing rules. She has made various kinds of books including Rhine water, sound of thrown paper cubes, and the like. In ‘Buch der Brust’ the artist challenged the traditional notion of a book by turning the pages into the shape of a women’s breast.
TAKAKO SAITO, Behalte die ganze Haut in der Tasche, 2000
7,5 x 7 x 4,5 cm
garlick in handmade mini bag with verso publisher’s stamp
edition 33
signed twice, numbered
published by Noodle Edition, Düsseldorf, Germany
TAKAKO SAITO, Body Music, 2000
18,5 x 5,8 cm
unique glass with hand painted text: Body music. Drink a glass of grappa and listen to its going down.
signed, numbered, edition 6
Takako Saito is a specialist in understanding sound and music from a different angle. In ‘Body music’ she creates a conceptual musical score.
Der Augenblick der stehen bleibt, 1991
29,7 x 21 cm
20 pp. perforated gummed stamps with text ‘Fluxeum Wiesbaden 1. Mai 1991’
published by Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany
pristine
€ 60,- plus € 12 Track & Trace registred EU mail
Fluxus 558
Participating artists are Geoffrey Hendricks, Klaus Staeck, Tim Ulrichs, Heinz Gappmayer, Charley Banana, Ben Patterson, Milan Kunc, Takako Saito, Corsin Fontana and many others
History of prices:
Booklooker, Germany August 2024 € 90,-
eBay Feb. 2015 € 150,-
ZVAB € 295,- Feb. 2015 € 295,-
TAKAKO SAITO, Ein Buch des Mikadobuchs, 1986
12,5 x 15,5 x 1,7 cm
unique series of 20
book and tooth pick in wooden box
not available; ask for details
The whole edition of ‘Ein Buch des Mikadobuchs’ forms a stack of paper sheets. Out of these asymmitrical cut outs 20 stabbed book blocks have been made, each ca 9 x 8 cm in size. The white silk paper pages are bound with a hand coloured cut off Mikado pin, to which a loose hand coloured tooth pick has been added. There is an original pencil drawing on top of each wooden box showing in red colour pencil the part, bound as book, of this Mikado puzzle book.
TAKAKO SAITO, Monolog von Kartoffel, 1984
18 x 16 x 7 cm / size cardboard box: 7,7 x 19 x 15,2 cm
stamp printed texts, Pergamin paper, wood, hanging thread and hand made cardboard box (also signed, numbered)
slightly coloured due to aging
edition 5, here number 3/5
signed, numbered, dated
published by Noodle Edition, Düsseldorf, Germany
€ 485,- + € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.TSait 797-pr
TAKAKO SAITO, To my friends, n.d. [1974]
20,3 x 15,2 cm
book in hand-dyed slip case
Japanese bound, handwritten title and name, xerox printing, various color pencils, gouache, collages tipped-in miniature mini-books
series of very small hand made edition
signed
published by Beau Geste Press, Devon, England
mint; hand made extremely rare in this condition
€ 1.950,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
inv.TSai 000-pr
In the mid-seventies Takako Saito commemorates her days in Devon. The main part is called “My friends” (with drawings of cattle and cats) and another part is described as “Days in Devon” that exists of a separate booklet with drawings, pasted in de back, 28 pages, small leporello and tipped-in miniature books.
Although Fondazione Bonotto mentions an edition of 120, it is extremely difficult to find a copy of this elaborated artist’s book.
TAKAKO SAITO, unique performance garment [beetle], 1972
ca 72 x 164 cm
cotton, peasant blouse, buttons, embroidery
two unique garments
both signed, dated
inv.TSait 158-pr
TAKAKO SAITO, unique performance garment [pine trees], 1972
ca 68 x 130 cm
cotton, peasant blouse, buttons, embroidery
signed, dated
In the seventies these unique garments have been used by Takako Saito during performances in the US. Both peasant blouses are all-over hand embroidered with flowers, puppets, trees, animals and abstract decorations. Provenance Steven Leiber, New York, USA.