Hugo Kaagman Punk Files [SIGNED - RARE 2012 LIMITED EDITION #/50 WITH ORIGINAL SIGNED SCREENPRINT #/50]

Kaagman, Hugo

Published by DeCultCLUB / Hugo Kaagman, 2012

About this Item

Amsterdam, Holland , DeCultCLUB/Hugo Kaagman, 2012, Hardcover in pictorial boards held together by 2 bolts (and thus pages are removable if desired). The title on the front board is spray painted in black with the front board verso heavily sprayed along top margin in black with paint "legs" running down verso of front board. First Edition, First Printing. Punk Files is a rare artist book by Hugo Kaagman, an influential Dutch punk graffiti artist whose work impacted numerous graffiti artists, including BANKSY. The book measures 13 x 12 inches with 33 pages total (2 pages of text by Kaagman describing his work, the final limitation page/colophon, and 29 full-page collages printed in both color and black and white on thick card stock throughout featuring magazine designs and ephermera executed by Kaagman in Holland between 1977-1983). LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION of only 50 copies SIGNED by Kaagman on the limitation page (with this being copy #11/50) issued with a separate 11.75 x 11.75 inch square original screenprint executed by Kaagman that is SIGNED, numbered and dated 2012 by Kaagman in black marker on the print verso (with this print being #16/50 - apparently the print and book numbers were not matched). The multicolor screenprint is printed on heavy cloth and was attached to the inner rear cover via 4 velcro tabs (as intended by the artist and publisher). The print has now been removed from the rear cover and placed in a separate, clear plastic holder laid into the rear cover. NB: each corner of both the screenprint and verso of the rear cover retain the 4 opposing velcro tabs originally used by the artist and publisher to adhere the removable print to the book's inner rear cover. BOOK CONDITION: Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy showing light wear to covers, edges and corners with a FINE original screenprint. RARE SIGNED LTD ED.

Seller Inventory # 5187

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hugo Kaagman Punk Files [SIGNED - RARE 2012 LIMITED EDITION #/50 WITH ORIGINAL SIGNED SCREENPRINT #/50]
• Publisher: DeCultCLUB / Hugo Kaagman
• Publication Date: 2012
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art & Design