EDWARD KIENHOLZ | 1977 | Souvenir from THE ART SHOW. This envelope and contents to be sold for Amnistie Internationale only and shall not be exhibited or constructed as art | Large brown paper envelope (40.3 x 28 cm), with on the front a xerox copy of the upper text, the letters of the title SOUVENIR colored in dark red, with the addition of original blue paint, red pencil surrounding the word “only”, and xerox signature of Kienholz with original fingerprint | On the back, three stamps and original writing by Ed.Kienholz. Numbered 6 by stamp out of 35 noted by hand. Unique piece among 35 others | Sealed with two red wax seals with the initials “EK”. the envelope is unopened | 40,3 x 28 cm | CHF 1400.-

Explanations

When the director of the Centre Pompidou, Pontus Hulten, asked Daniel Spoerri to organize an exhibition “Musée Sentimental”, Spoerri not only fulfilled his wish, but also created a counterpoint with the “Boutique Aberrante”, also at the Centre Pompidou.
 For the “Boutique Aberrante” project on the occasion of the opening of the Centre Pompidou, Spoerri asked fellow artists for objects from their studios. 
The starting point for Spoerri’s engagement with (random) objects was a nail clipper stolen in 1957 from the studio of the late artist Brancusi.
Many different objects were collected, which became part of the exhibition and could later be purchased.