Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Clet Abraham for Sale

Roundabout sign with a running man inside, Clet Abraham, piazza Mazzini, Livorno
If you want to buy a road sign “improved” by Clet Abraham, this may be the right occasion. After removing the modified signs at the time, the municipality of Livorno is now selling them on eBay:
Cartello stradale Rif N.40
Cartello stradale Rif N.43		Cartello stradale Rif N.46
Cartello stradale Rif N.58

Search labels: Clet Abraham
External links: Clet Abraham (Wikipedia, in French) - The language of the street signs by Clet Abraham (Abitare)
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15 comments:

  1. Lois EvensenJune 26, 2013 at 2:16 AM

    How fun is that! What a fun garden sign that would be. :)

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  2. RandyJune 26, 2013 at 3:56 AM

    I would love the one in the photo.

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  3. JackJune 26, 2013 at 4:29 AM

    VP, you have to admit that Clet Abraham has a pretty good sense of humor. I like the one he did with a zipper.

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  4. DinaJune 26, 2013 at 6:25 AM

    What an original way for your municipality to make some money!

    But at those prices, I myself will have to pass on this opportunity.

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  5. cieldequimperJune 26, 2013 at 8:26 AM

    I wonder what they'll do with the money...

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  6. Duncan D. Horne - the Kuantan bloggerJune 26, 2013 at 9:06 AM

    That sounds like a lot of fun! You buying one?

    Duncan In Kuantan
    Kuantan nature photos

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  7. Stefan JanssonJune 26, 2013 at 1:28 PM

    Ha ha, I hope the artist will see some of that money.

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  8. VPJune 26, 2013 at 6:47 PM

    A pristine traffic sign costs already between 70 and 90 Euro, so not much value added here. I won't spend a penny on some neatly taped road signs, but it seems that some art lover in our municipality would now like better these things in an 'exhibition'...
    Clet Abraham is really a marketing genius!

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  9. LONDONLULUJune 27, 2013 at 4:47 AM

    The one you photographed is pretty funny - quite the sense of humor indeed!

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  10. UnknownJune 27, 2013 at 4:02 PM

    Actually, I like them all.

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  11. Babzy.BJune 27, 2013 at 4:55 PM

    beautiful signs :) I m sure someone will buy them :)

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  12. KarlJune 27, 2013 at 6:05 PM

    Funny signs, if I had a street I'd take one ;-)

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  13. GunnJune 28, 2013 at 7:22 AM

    I guess I would have gone for Rif N.46. Ha-ha!

    Does that mean that LIVORNO ( I mean the politicians who have to do with money,) bought the art, and than sold it again to get perhaps more money for it ...... ?

    I will not tell the Norwegian politicians about it. Not yet.


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  14. DinaJune 29, 2013 at 8:06 AM

    70-90 Euros for a normal sign?? Oi, that annoys me even more if I think how carelessly Jerusalem street signs are painted, full of misspellings.

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  15. Genie -- Paris and BeyondJuly 7, 2013 at 4:26 AM

    Clever marketing or simply clever. I still love to see them in unexpected places.

    Bises,
    Genie

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