EXPERIMENT 01 · THE STRADIVARIUS

The Stradivarius Record

Harmonic Analysis of a 1711 Stradivarius Antonius Violin, 2024. Graphite and pen on paper; the original is 11 × 8.25 in. Twenty-four signed archival prints, each marked 01 of 24 through 24 of 24.

Every print and price is set in advance, and a price never moves downward. A jump price is the sum of the two stairs before it.
Harmonic Analysis of a 1711 Stradivarius Antonius Violin, drawn by Tommy Hoppe in 2024
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Print Price Calculation Carries Status
01 $130 Opening stair Stradivarius print 01 Available
02 $150 01 + $20 Stradivarius print 02 Available
03 $170 02 + $20 Stradivarius print 03 Available
04 $320 $150 + $170 Print 04 + theory page Cubist Female Available
05 $350 04 + $30 Stradivarius print 05 Available
06 $380 05 + $30 Stradivarius print 06 Available
07 $730 $350 + $380 Print 07 + theory page The Vertebral Column Available
08 $770 07 + $40 Stradivarius print 08 Available
09 $810 08 + $40 Stradivarius print 09 Available
10 $1,580 $770 + $810 Print 10 + theory page M.U.S.T.A.R.D.’S Hat, Nov 17 1996 Available
11 $1,630 10 + $50 Stradivarius print 11 Available
12 $1,680 11 + $50 Print 12 + theory page Euphronios Krater Available
13 $3,310 $1,630 + $1,680 THE LANDING — Print 13 + Susan No. 1, The Split of The Structure. Begins Susan’s edition and releases prints 14–24. Available
14 — — Stradivarius print 14 Locked
15 — — Stradivarius print 15 Locked
16 — — Stradivarius print 16 Locked
17 — — Stradivarius print 17 Locked
18 — — Stradivarius print 18 Locked
19 — — Stradivarius print 19 Locked
20 — — Stradivarius print 20 Locked
21 — — Stradivarius print 21 Locked
22 — — Stradivarius print 22 Locked
23 — — Stradivarius print 23 Locked
24 — — Stradivarius print 24 Locked

Prints 14 to 24 follow the same arithmetic. They are printed and priced into view when the landing is taken.

Included works

  • Print 04 — theory page Cubist Female. An original, two-sided page, 8.25 × 5.5 in, pencil and pen on paper. The front is shown; the reverse is withheld until the page is in the buyer’s hands.
  • Print 07 — theory page The Vertebral Column.
  • Print 10 — theory page M.U.S.T.A.R.D.’S Hat, dated November 17, 1996.
  • Print 12 — theory page Euphronios Krater.
  • Print 13, the landing — Susan No. 1: The Split of The Structure, created 05.21.1999. Giclée print No. 01; image 22 × 15 in, centered on 24 × 17 in Hahnemühle Photo Rag (308 gsm). Taking the landing begins production of Susan’s edition and releases the upper octave, prints 14 to 24.
  • The pages above come from the theory books — forty-nine handwritten volumes kept since 1995.