
Primary Time, 1974, by Bas Jan Ader

Bas Jan Ader, Nightfall (still), 1971
bas jan ader, untitled (tea party), still, 1972
beckey beasley, trap, photograph, 2006

Bad Jan Ader – I’m too sad to tell you
Gelatin silver print, 10 7/8 x 14 in. / 27.7 x 35.5 cm, 1970

Bas Jan Ader
473 Reader’s Digests digested
1970
Installation
Four hundred and seventy three copies of Reader’s Digest magazine, compost comprised of soil and grass seeds, plastic sheeting, light from various sources
Documented by two 35mm slides and one preparatory drawing, now lost

Bas Jan Ader
Study for I’m too sad to tell you (three parts)
1971
Three silver gelatin photographs (framed)
7 x 5 in / 17.8 x 12.7 cm each (paper size)
10 ¾ x 8 ¾ in / 27.3 x 22.2 cm (each) framed dimensions

Bas Jan Ader
Primary Time, 1974
Umatic tape transferred onto DVD, silent
25 min, 47 sec-
—No longer available

The Estate of Bas Jan Ader
Thoughts Unsaid, Then Forgotten
1973/2015
Oil stick, tripod, clamp-on lamp, flowers, vase
Dimensions variable

Bas Jan Ader
Broken Fall (Geometric), Westkapelle, Holland, 1971