THE CONTRACT
Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda, Maria Eichhorn, Wade Guyton, Hans Haacke, Park McArthur, R.H. Quaytman, Cameron Rowland, Carissa Rodriguez
November 20, 2014 - January 18, 2015
— Smith, Roberta. "When Artists Seek Royalties on Their Resales," The New York Times, May 31, 1987.
— The Artist's Reserved Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement
— Artnews
— Artforum
— Hyperallergic
— The New Yorker
— Time Out New York
— Mousse Magazine
— Art + Auction
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Park McArthur
Social Security, 2008-2013, 2014
Custom built computer
17 ½ × 9 ¼ × 19 ¼ inches (44.45 × 23.50 × 48.90 cm)
Park McArthur
Social Security, 2008-2013, 2014
Custom built computer
17 ½ × 9 ¼ × 19 ¼ inches (44.45 × 23.50 × 48.90 cm)
Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda
Untitled, 2014
Silver gelatin print mounted on board and white frame
89 × 65 (35 × 25 ⅝ inches)
Carissa Rodriguez
Limbs of the Pacific (Spirit Gate), 2014
Cast salt
29 ½ × 31 × 1 inches (74.93 × 78.74 × 2.54 cm)
Cameron Rowland
49-51 Chambers Street – Basement, New York, NY 10007, 2014
Wooden table top, base, hardware
31 × 42 × 42 inches (78.74 × 106.68 × 106.68 cm)
Public Surplus is a private auction system that sells government property to private buyers. This circular wooden table was bought at auction from Public Surplus. It was used in the building at 49-51 Chambers Street in New York City, when it was owned by the Mayor’s Office of New York. The City purchased the building in 1965. The building was sold in 2013 and is now privately owned. Everything unclaimed in the building was sold in 2014 via Public Surplus.
Cameron Rowland
49-51 Chambers Street – Basement, New York, NY 10007, 2014
Wooden table top, base, hardware
31 × 42 × 42 inches (78.74 × 106.68 × 106.68 cm)
Hans Haacke
Mission Accomplished, 2005
embossed vegetable dye digital capture on Somerset textural paper
29 ⅞ × 18 ¼ inches (75.88 × 46.36 cm)
© 2014 Hans Haacke / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Maria Eichhorn
Paperbag, 2008/2014
1 paper bag Data Quest, cardboard boxes
60 × 46 × 43 cm (23 ⅝ × 18 ⅛ × 16 ⅞ inches)
Filled by Maxwell Graham, 2014
Maria Eichhorn
Paperbag, 2008/2014
1 paper bag Data Quest, cardboard boxes
60 × 46 × 43 cm (23 ⅝ × 18 ⅛ × 16 ⅞ inches)
Filled by Maxwell Graham, 2014
Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda
Untitled, 2014
Silver gelatin print mounted on board and white frame
89 × 65 × 3 cm (35 × 25 ⅝ × 1 ⅛ inches)
THE ARTIST’S RESERVED RIGHTS TRANSFER AND SALE AGREEMENT, written in 1971 by Robert Projansky and Seth Siegelaub
THE ARTIST’S RESERVED RIGHTS TRANSFER AND SALE AGREEMENT, written in 1971 by Robert Projansky and Seth Siegelaub
Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda
Untitled, 2014
Silver gelatin print mounted on board and white frame
89 × 65 × 3 cm (35 × 25 ⅝ × 1 ⅛ inches)
Wade Guyton
Untitled, 2014
Altered steel chair
41 ½ × 28 × 30 inches (105.41 × 71.12 × 76.20 cm)
R.H. Quaytman
Ark, Chapter 10 (still from A. Fraser “Untitled”) #2, 2008-2013
Oil, silkscreen ink, gesso on wood
20 × 20 inches (50.80 × 50.80 cm)
Park McArthur
Social Security, 2008-2013, 2014
Custom built computer
17 ½ × 9 ¼ × 19 ¼ inches (44.45 × 23.50 × 48.90 cm)
Park McArthur
Social Security, 2008-2013, 2014
Custom built computer
17 ½ × 9 ¼ × 19 ¼ inches (44.45 × 23.50 × 48.90 cm)
Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda
Untitled, 2014
Silver gelatin print mounted on board and white frame
89 × 65 (35 × 25 ⅝ inches)
Carissa Rodriguez
Limbs of the Pacific (Spirit Gate), 2014
Cast salt
29 ½ × 31 × 1 inches (74.93 × 78.74 × 2.54 cm)
Cameron Rowland
49-51 Chambers Street – Basement, New York, NY 10007, 2014
Wooden table top, base, hardware
31 × 42 × 42 inches (78.74 × 106.68 × 106.68 cm)
Public Surplus is a private auction system that sells government property to private buyers. This circular wooden table was bought at auction from Public Surplus. It was used in the building at 49-51 Chambers Street in New York City, when it was owned by the Mayor’s Office of New York. The City purchased the building in 1965. The building was sold in 2013 and is now privately owned. Everything unclaimed in the building was sold in 2014 via Public Surplus.
Cameron Rowland
49-51 Chambers Street – Basement, New York, NY 10007, 2014
Wooden table top, base, hardware
31 × 42 × 42 inches (78.74 × 106.68 × 106.68 cm)
Hans Haacke
Mission Accomplished, 2005
embossed vegetable dye digital capture on Somerset textural paper
29 ⅞ × 18 ¼ inches (75.88 × 46.36 cm)
© 2014 Hans Haacke / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Maria Eichhorn
Paperbag, 2008/2014
1 paper bag Data Quest, cardboard boxes
60 × 46 × 43 cm (23 ⅝ × 18 ⅛ × 16 ⅞ inches)
Filled by Maxwell Graham, 2014
Maria Eichhorn
Paperbag, 2008/2014
1 paper bag Data Quest, cardboard boxes
60 × 46 × 43 cm (23 ⅝ × 18 ⅛ × 16 ⅞ inches)
Filled by Maxwell Graham, 2014
Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda
Untitled, 2014
Silver gelatin print mounted on board and white frame
89 × 65 × 3 cm (35 × 25 ⅝ × 1 ⅛ inches)
THE ARTIST’S RESERVED RIGHTS TRANSFER AND SALE AGREEMENT, written in 1971 by Robert Projansky and Seth Siegelaub
THE ARTIST’S RESERVED RIGHTS TRANSFER AND SALE AGREEMENT, written in 1971 by Robert Projansky and Seth Siegelaub
Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda
Untitled, 2014
Silver gelatin print mounted on board and white frame
89 × 65 × 3 cm (35 × 25 ⅝ × 1 ⅛ inches)
Wade Guyton
Untitled, 2014
Altered steel chair
41 ½ × 28 × 30 inches (105.41 × 71.12 × 76.20 cm)
R.H. Quaytman
Ark, Chapter 10 (still from A. Fraser “Untitled”) #2, 2008-2013
Oil, silkscreen ink, gesso on wood
20 × 20 inches (50.80 × 50.80 cm)