Taking up with modernism: The Akky van Ogtrop Collection

taking up with modernism THE AKKY VAN OGTROP COLLECTION

4 – 25 February, 2018

An exhibition of works from the collection of Akky van Ogtrop Curated by Catherine Benz, Delmar Gallery, Sydney

EDWARD WHITELOCK

ROBERT BENNETT

ROBIN WALLACE-CRABBE

CAMILLA CASSIDY

GEORGE SHAW GEORGE SHAW

Exhibited works Erich Buchholz (1891 - 1972) Composition 1922/72 screenprint ed. 14/100 59 x 28cm

Yvonne Boag (b. 1954) Sydney Art on Paper Fair, poster 2003 lithograph 74 x 54cm

Frank Badur (b. 1944) Sichomovi III 2000 aquatint 2 colours ed. 6/21 23.5 x 20cm

Rick Amor (b. 1948) Artist’s Studio, New York 1996 gouache 37 x 27.5cm

Erich Buchholz (1891 - 1972) Composition 1921/71 screenprint, published by Panderma Editions - Carl Laszlo, Basel ed. 23/75 32 x 36cm

Noreen Grahame (b. 1942) Mein Lieber Herr 2005 relief etching ed. 5/15 25 x 22cm

Jim Dine (b. 1935) Black beard 1973 etching from one copper plate 53.5 x 50cm Anne Starling (b. 1967) Sydney Art on Paper Fair poster 1995 woodblock 35.5 x 23.5cm Rob McBurnie (b. 1957) Poster for 7th International Works on Paper Fair 1999 etching and handcolouring 41 x 31cm Banduk Marika (b. 1954) 8th International Works on Paper Fair 2001 screenprint 70 x 50cm

Helen Eager (b. 1952) untitled lithograph 17 x 20cm Artist unknown Soviet Architectural Rendering 1939 gouache on paper 10 x 30.5cm Alex Selenitsch (b. 1946) The four elements 2008 screenprint 38 x 28cm Ron McBurnie (b. 1957) Holy Fluxus 2013 letterpress edition of 50 11 cards, 10 x 16cm each

Noreen Grahame (b. 1942) Monsieur Le President 2005 relief etching ed. 5/15 15 x 22cm Kurt Schwitters (1887 - 1948) & Theo van Doesburg (1883 - 1931) Kleine Dada SoirĂŠe 1923 lithograph 30 x 30cm Robin Wallace-Crabbe The Last Lost Doughnut - A Morality Play in Four Acts 1998 artist book ed 3/12, Finlay Press 22 x 56cm Noreen Grahame (b. 1942) Refluxus 2013 screenprint AP, edition of 20 28 x 15cm

Ben Vautier (b1935) Total Art Matchbook 1982 published by lightworks and the artist, based on the artist’s 1964 Fluxus work 7.5 x 5cm

Ben Nicholson (1894 - 1982) Turkish form 1967 etching ed. 8/50, publisher: Leslie Waddington 26.5 x 15cm

Maurice van Essche (1906 - 1977) Dada affiche 1926 lithograph 19 x 21cm

Robert Jacks (1943 - 2014) Yellow Guitar 2003 screenprint ed. 10/180 48 x 33cm

Theo van Doesburg (editor) Mécano no 4/5 1923 facsimile edition published in 1978 by Quarto Press, Vaduz 25 x 15.5cm

Robert Motherwell (1915 - 1991) Red sea I 1976 liftground etching and aquatint from one copper plate printed in black printed in the studio by Catherine Mowsely 59.5 x 50.5cm

Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) Hurrah for the red, white and blue 1961 lithograph ed. 269/400, printer: Emil Mathieu 50 x 65.5cm Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) Pour Lewis Caroll 1971 colour lithograph ed. 21/50 23 x 17.5cm

Pierre Alechinksky (b 1927) Lion 1961 lithograph ed. 69/100, publisher Galerie van der Loo 47 x 62.5cm Bram van Velde (1895 - 1981) Untitled 1971 lithograph ed. 42/100 69 x 50cm

AR Penck (1939 - 2017) Untitled 1994 serigraph ed. 15/15 15 x 21 Josef Albers (1888 - 1976) Homage to the Square 1972 screenprint ed. 83/100 44.5 x 44cm Allan Mitelman (b. 1946) Untitled 2009 etching ed. 15/25 24 x 20cm Lajos Kassák (1887 - 1967) Planche E 1961 screenprint ed. 81/200, publisher Denise Renee, Paris 48 x 36cm César Domela Nieuwenhuis (1900 - 1992) Composition neo-plastique 1928/85 screenprint edition of 90, printed by edition Hoffmann, Friedberg 96 x 96cm Erich Buchholz (1891 - 1972) Ascending in a circle 1921/75 screenprint on perspex edition of 40 54 x 45cm

Carel Visser (1928 - 2015) Abstract Composition 1988 colour woodblock ed. 4/30 64.5 x 96.5cm Helen Eager (b. 1952) Angle 1998 inkjjet on Arches paper ed. 1/15 10 x 18cm, artist book Erich Buchholz (1891 - 1972) Untitled, no. 1 from 12 Holzschnitte (12 woodcuts) portfolio 1920, printed 1985, published 1986 woodblock print on paper ed. 46/85 49 x 37.5cm (paper) Erich Buchholz (1891 - 1972) Circle, no. 3 from 12 Holzschnitte (12 woodcuts) portfolio 1918-19, printed 1985, published 1986 woodblock print on paper ed. 46/85 49 x 37.5cm (paper) Erich Buchholz (1891 - 1972) Ascending, no. 4 from 12 Holzschnitte (12 woodcuts) portfolio 1918-20, printed 1985, published 1986 woodblock print on paper ed. 46/85 49 x 37.5cm (paper)

Erich Buchholz (1891 - 1972) Untitled, no. 5 from 12 Holzschnitte (12 woodcuts) portfolio 1918-20, printed 1985, published 1986 woodblock print on paper ed. 46/85 49 x 37.5cm (paper)

Erich Buchholz (1891 - 1972) Untitled, no. 10 from 12 Holzschnitte (12 woodcuts) portfolio 1918-20, printed 1985, published 1986 woodblock print on paper ed. 46/85 49 x 37.5cm (paper)

Erich Buchholz (1891 - 1972) Untitled, no. 6 from 12 Holzschnitte (12 woodcuts) portfolio 1918-20, printed 1985, published 1986 woodblock print on paper ed. 46/85 49 x 37.5cm (paper)

Erich Buchholz (1891 - 1972) Lightning moment, no. 11 from 12 Holzschnitte (12 woodcuts) portfolio 1918, printed 1985, published 1986 woodblock print on paper ed. 46/85 49 x 37.5cm (paper)

Erich Buchholz (1891 - 1972) Rug, no. 7 from 12 Holzschnitte (12 woodcuts) portfolio 1918-20, printed 1985, published 1986 woodblock print on paper ed. 46/85 49 x 37.5cm (paper)

Erich Buchholz (1891 - 1972) Untitled no. 12 from 12 Holzschnitte (12 woodcuts) portfolio 1918-20, printed 1985, published 1986 woodblock print on paper ed. 46/85 49 x 37.5cm (paper)

Erich Buchholz (1891 - 1972) Untitled, no. 8 from 12 Holzschnitte (12 woodcuts) portfolio 1918-20, printed 1985, published 1986 woodblock print on paper ed. 46/85 49 x 37.5cm (paper)

Alex Selenitsch (b. 1946) 4 x 1/2 A3 series - on an incline, horizontal tear, (no title), sinusoidal 2008. 2014, 2015 paper ed. 5/32 21 x 21cm, artist book Richard Mortensen (1910 - 1993) Untitled 1957 & 1960 screenprint ed. 115/200 27 x 20cm

Richard Mortensen (1910 - 1993) Untitled 1957 & 1960 screenprint ed. 35/200 34 x 25cm

Jörg Schmeisser (1942 - 2012) Sugar Cane Firing 1 Yellow/red 1986 etching 33 x 43cm

Alain Jeanne (b. 1945) Rendex-vous naturel c1977 engraing ed. 14/99 26.5 x 20.5cm

Marie Raymond (1908 - 1988) Untitled lithograph ed. 33/100, published by Editions Opéra, Paris in “Art Abstrait” (1946), folio of 12 lithographs 24 x 18cm

Jörg Schmeisser (1942 - 2012) Untitled 1994 etching 13 x 12cm

Jean Deyrolle (1911 - 1967) Untitled 1949 series of 6 lithographs ed. 38/40 32 x 22.5cm

Jörg Schmeisser (1942 - 2012) 1st Plate for Underwater, Great Barrier Reef etching 21.5 x 25cm

Bezdikian Assadour (b. 1943) Eclair 1976 etching ed. 20/75 24 x 18cm

E. Misztrik de Monda (active 1930s 1960s) Composition 1946 lithograph ed. 33/100, published by Editions Opéra, Paris in “Art Abstrait” (1946), folio of 12 lithographs 18 x 24cm James Gleeson (1915 - 2008) Untitled, 2004 etching/aquatint AP 23 x 29cm Jörg Schmeisser (1942 - 2012) Oracle of Delphi 1974 etching ed. 3/25 23 x 22cm

Greg Harrison (b. 1974) The Grand Leorite 2, The Tyranny of Presence 1999 mezzotint, with text by Daniel Harrison edition of 4 18.5 x 12.5cm Lou Strik (1921 - 2001) Ex Libris engravings 5 x 8.5cm, 5 x 9.5cm

Akira Kurosaki (b. 1937) 4 small woodblock prints 1982 woodblock prints 77/500, 58/500 10 x 9.5cm, 12 x 9cm Akira Kurosaki (b. 1937) 4 small woodblock prints 1982 woodblock prints 42/500, 149/500 10 x 9.5cm, 12 x 9cm Akira Kurosaki (b. 1937) Lunar Eclipse 1982 ukiyo-e woodblock print ed. 52/150 35.5 x 23cm

Vitezslav Nezval (text) / Karel Teige (design) ABECEDA [Alphabet] 1926 2000 copies, published by J. Otto, Prague 29.8 x 23.2cm FT Marinetti Les mots en liberté futuristes 1919 book with 4 fold-out plates Published by Edizioni futuriste di “Poesia”, Milan František Kupka Abstrakce Kreslil 1948 16 lithographic reproductions of F Kupka’s drawings 1928 - 1932 Published by Vladimir Zikes, Prague. First edition, 3000 copies Theo van Doesburg (editor) Mécano no.’s 1 - 4/5 Folio of 4 issues, 1922 - 1923 Facsimile edition published in 1978 by Quarto Press, Vaduz Dada Zeitschriften (Reprint) Folio of 10 Dada publications, 1919 - 1921 Facsimile edition published in 1980 by Editions Nautilus, West Berlin Der Sturm. Wochenschrift für Kultur und Künste 1912 newsprint with woodcut by Ludwig Kirchner

ARTIST’S BOOKS No! Stephen Spurrier Yes! Stephen Spurrier Paramythen paramyths paramythes Max Ernst

do it Edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist False Narratives Ruark Lewis título y precio: 1.000 pesetas José Antonio Sarmiento

Passport Lucy & Jorge Orta

The Book of Meaningless and Irrelevant Sequences #23 Stephen Spurrier

Durov and his Performing Animals Colin Sackett

Monsieur Le Président Noreen Grahame

Stamp Out Democracy Noreen Grahame

Lessons in Dictation Noreen Grahame

The Book of Meaningless and Irrelevant Sequences #62 Stephen Spurrier Red Book: Colony of the Past & Special Region at Present - Hong Kong in her new century Ying Chi Tang Lucha por la Vida / Struggle For Life Ral Veroni