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herman de vries

editions and publications

  •  
  • 2010
  • herman de vries : ambulo ergo sum
    Hybriden-Verlag, Berlin 2010 [Series: mimas atlas # 10]
    16 x 21.5 cm.; edition: 50, numbered and signed
    Gray cardboard-cover; unpaged. Text by herman de vries, a dvd of a walk by herman de vries (in cooperation with susanne de vries, Marion Reissner and Merik de Vries), and a small work of art (roots in a cellophane bag).
  • 2009
  • herman de vries : mesa. katalog mit dokumentation und einigen anmerkungen und zusätzlichen informationen = catalogue with documentation, some annotations and additional information 1996-2007
    concept and text herman de vries; editing Daniël van de Poel
    Stichting Kröller-Müller Museum : Otterlo 2009
    152 p. ; 24 × 17 cm.; edition 500.
  • kant cant
    eschenau summer press publications 60
  • 2008
  • holy days / [with marion reißner]
    photographer susanne de vries.
    8 Photographs, each 30 × 20 cm., together 42 × 120 cm.; edition 6.
  • looking smelling hearing etc.
    eschenau summer press publication 59
  • quelques moments du courant de bès. reproductions photographiques (3 sec. de différence)
    eschenau summer press publication 58
  • le chêne de trévans – statement
    eschenau summer press publication 57
  • eigenblut
    eschenau summer press publication 56
  • 2007
  • in memory of the scottish forests
    centre des livres d’artistes : saint-yrieix-la-perche 2007
    408 p. ; 29,2 × 20,8 cm. edition 216.
  • statements (III) / [with marion reißner]
    eschenau editions : eschenau 2007
    32 p. ; 29.7 × 21 cm. edition 216 (numbered 1 to 216 + 9 numbered I-IX)
    White cardboard-cover, with 32 pages of which 20 with photos in colour and the rest each with a short text (e.g. "here i am" / "die eiche" ... ).
  • no word – statement II / [with marion reißner ; translation by nobuyuki yuasa]
    eschenau editions : eschenau 2007
    3 fol. ; 30.3 × 21 cm. edition 17 (numbered and signed)
    Grey cardboard-cover, with inside 1 page of transparent paper with the text "no word", 1 photo in colour and 1 white page with a text of Basho (1644-1694).
  • on the beach – morocco, february 2006
    limart : tokyo / luïscius books : 's-hertogenbosch 2007
    66 p. ; 32 × 21 × 2.7 cm. edition 36 (numbered and signed)
    Title-page and 33 pages each with a photo in colour, back-page with imprint, numbering and signature, japanese binding, in white cardbord box with title on spine.
  • 2006
  • all ways – statement I / [with marion reißner]
    eschenau editions : eschenau 2006
    2 fol. ; 30 × 20,2 cm. edition 13 (numbered and signed)
    Grey cardboard-cover, with 2 photos in colour (so-called failed shots) and 1 page of transparent paper without text, label with imprint, numbering and signatures inside the cardboard-cover.
  • 2005
  • flur – und feldnamen rundum eschenau von willi schwappacher. ein beitrag zum erhalt ärtlicher überlieferung herausgegeben von herman de vries
    eschenau edition : eschenau 2005
    1 fol. ; 80.5 × 94.5 cm. edition 150.
  • 2004
  • library of earth colours
    edition lydia megert : paris/bern 2004
    7 volumes in 1 box. edition 6
    Box containing the following seven editions, published between 1993 and 2005: from white earth / green? / red! - from red earth / grey and gray / from earth: +/- lila / from earth: yellow / from earth : brown.
    [les livres et les publications 106]
  • from earth: brown braun brun
    edition lydia megert : paris/bern 2005
    12 fol. ; 28.5 × 22 cm. edition 13 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 105]
  • gold
    eschenau summer press publications 51.
    [les livres et les publications 104]
  • les très riches heures de herman de vries
    seedamm kulturzentrum – stiftung charles & agnes vögele : pfäffikon 2004
    272 p. ; 15 × 21.5 cm. edition 300 (numbered, signed)
    Series of 131 black and white photographs, taken during the artist's stay in a small forest, on a day in the beginning of the summer, 1982.
    [les livres et les publications 102]
  • ashes
    eschenau editions : eschenau 2004
    224 p. ; 33 × 26 cm. edition 6 (numbered)
    Book containing 108 rubbed out ashes. Including a handwritten index of the origins of the ashes. The book has been bound in black velours goatleather.
    [les livres et les publications 101]
  • from earth: - gelb jaune yellow -
    edition lydia megert : paris/bern 2004
    18 fol. ; 28.3 × 21 cm. edition 13 (numbered, signed) + 1 (e.a.).
    [les livres et les publications 100]
  • 2003
  • steigerwald holzbibliothek. bibliothèque des bois de la région de steigerwald. steigerwald wood library. steigerwlad houtbibliothek / [with jörn hagen]
    [eschenau editions] : eschenau 2003
    24 volumes ; varying formats. edition 9 (multiple).
    [les livres et les publications 99]
  • change
    eschenau summer press publications 50.
    [les livres et les publications 98]
  • from earth : +/- lila
    edition lydia megert : bern and montreuil/paris 2003
    11 fol. ; 23 × 17.5 cm. edition 13 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 97]
  • argumentstellen : citation de ludwig wittgenstein
    frac bretagne : châteaugiron / editions incertain sens : rennes 2003
    48 p. ; 29.7 × 21 cm. edition 1250
    Concept developed in 1968.
    [les livres et les publications 96]
  • 2002
  • eschenau sutra
    musée des beaux-arts : lausanne 2002
    36 p. cousues ; 29,7 × 21 cm. edition 600 (numbered)
    Publication which accompanied the exhibition 'herman de vries, différent & identique', Lausanne.
    [les livres et les publications 95]
  • my poetry is the world
    [eschenau editions] : eschenau 2002
    140 p. ; 23.5 × 16.5 cm. edition 300 (numbered) + spec. edition 9 (numbered i-ix)
    Translation of the text "my poetry is the world" into 65 languages.
    [les livres et les publications 94a and 94b]
  • 2001
  • philosophische bemerkungen
    eschenau summer press publications 47.
    [les livres et les publications 93]
  • 2000
  • grey & gray - from earth
    edition lydia megert : bern and montreuil/paris 2000
    10 fol. ; 28.5 × 21 cm. edition 13 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 92]
  • different & identic
    eschenau summer press publications 45.
    [les livres et les publications 91]
  • 108 x
    lydia megert editions : montreuil/paris 2000
    9 fol. ; 50 × 50 cm. edition 19 (numbered, signed)
    9 sheets of paper, each with 12 small cellophan bags. Each bag contains one item, such as grass, earth, feathers, bark, animal hair, leaves, wings of butterflies, plus one cover page with handwritten title, signature and number of the edition. In a linen portfolio.
    [not in les livres et les publications]
  • 1999
  • the book of ashes, collected 1990-1999
    ed. by the artist : eschenau 1999
    220 p. ; 28.7 × 24.2 cm. edition 1.
    [les livres et les publications 90]
  • watergoed kop van overijssel
    Esselink Stichting : Zwolle / Mondriaan Stichting : Amsterdam 1999
    40 p. ; 29,7 × 21 cm.
    This edition is nr. 5 in the series of projects, initiated by the 'Praktijkbureau Beeldende Kunstopdrachten'.
    [les livres et les publications 89]
  • tutto
    eschenau summer press publication 44.
    [les livres et les publications 88]
  • wörter
    eschenau summer press publication 42.
    [les livres et les publications 87]
  • 1998
  • de tuindorpcollecties. tuindorp de kievet, tilburg / [voorwoord peter blankenstein]
    stichting bronzen beverfonds : tilburg / de mondriaan stichting : amsterdam 1998
    64 p. ; 23 × 16 cm. edition 2500
    Guide which accompanied the project 'de tuindorpcollecties' in 'tuindorp de kievit', Tilburg.
    [les livres et les publications 86]
  • red/rouge! - from earth/de la terre
    edition lydia megert : paris/montreuil 1998
    12 fol. ; 28.4 × 22.4 cm. edition 17 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 85]
  • 1997
  • earth notes
    ed. by the artist : eschenau 1997-
    9 vols. ; varying formats. edition 1.
    [les livres et les publications 84]
  • green?
    edition lydia megert : bern and montreuil/paris 1997
    11 fol. ; 22.9 × 17.4 cm. edition 11 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 83]
  • 1996
  • this
    the eschenau summer press publications 37.
    [les livres et les publications 82]
  • 1995
  • botanische werke : distelsamen
    the eschenau summer press publications 34.
    [les livres et les publications 81]
  • terrae petrinsulares
    edition lydia megert : bern 1995
    14 fol. ; 15 × 10.5 cm. edition 7 (numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 80]
  • 1994
  • remember gustav theodor fechner
    eschenau summer press & temporary travelling press publication 33.
    [les livres et les publications 79]
  • 1993
  • from white earth / von weisser erde
    lydia megert edition : bern 1993
    9 fol. ; 27.4 × 21 cm. edition 13 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 77]
  • meine poesie ist die welt
    galerie d+c mueller-roth : stuttgart 1993
    84 + 24 p. ; 26.6 × 20.7 cm. edition 13 (numbere4d, signed)
    based on the catalogue for the exhibition 'meine poesie ist die welt', added 24 pages.
    [les livres et les publications 76]
  • 1992
  • stream (water reproductions)
    edition lydia megert : bern 1992
    3 fol. [photographs] ; 46.6 × 66 cm. edition 17 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 75]
  • 1989
  • natural relations – eine skizze / text michael fehr ; fotos susanne jacob de vries, herman de vries, bruno schneyer, nikolaus koliusis, martin hanslmeier, babette hilgemann, heinz günter mebusch
    karl ernst osthaus-museum : hagen / verlag für moderne kunst : nürnberg 1989
    800 p. ; 24.5 × 17.5 × 5.5 cm. edition 2000.
    [les livres et les publications 74]
  • 1988
  • ich bin was ich bin - flora incorporata. natural relations, 2
    ottenhausen verlag : piesport 1988
    478 p. ; 18 × 13 cm. edition 300 (numbered, signed) + special edition (numbered I-XV).
    [les livres et les publications 73a and 73b]
  • 1987
  • mind moving - a collection materials
    kiesewetter & cooke : arnhem 1987 [non-authorised reprint of the 1984 edition]
    72 p. ; 29.7 × 21 cm. + 24 p. ; 21 × 14.8 cm. + 1 fol. edition 100 (numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 71]
  • collecting notes
    edited by the artist : eschenau 1987
    68 p. ; 17 × 13.3 cm. edition 108 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 70]
  • from earth
    via lattea [ed. by herman] : arnhem 1987
    8 fol. ; 14.8 × 10.5 cm. edition 11.
    [les livres et les publications 69]
  • from earth - gomera
    edition lydia megert : bern 1987
    222 p. ; 27.7 × 21 cm. edition 10 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 68]
  • 1986
  • von wirklichkeit und sprache
    eschenau summer press publication 27.
    [les livres et les publications 67]
  • 1985
  • from earth - collected in morocco
    edition lydia megert : bern 1985
    6 fol. ; 14.8 × 10.5 cm. edition 13 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 66]
  • 10 random realisations of one program / text von dietmar guderian
    edition hoffmann : friedberg 1985
    11 pl. ; 50 × 50 cm. edition 50 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 65]
  • 1984
  • rosa damascena
    the eschenau summer press 25.
    [les livres et les publications 64]
  • natural-relations I, – die marokkanische sammlung – / [photographs susanne jacob de vries, herman de vries, nikolaus koliusis]
    institut für moderne kunst : nürnberg / galerie d+c mueller-roth : stuttgart 1984
    288 p. ; 29.7 × 21 cm. edition 500 (numbered) + special edition.
    [les livres et les publications 63a and 63b]
  • mind-moving. a collection materials
    galerie d+c müller-roth : stuttgart 1984
    80 fol. ; 29.7 × 21 cm. edition 33 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 62]
  • 1983
  • belladonna
    het apollohuis : eindhoven 1983
    68 leaves ; 21 × 29.7 cm. edition 35 (signed).
    The book features 26 reproduced pages of esoteric, occult, and scientific texts in German and English concerning the uses and effects of atropa belladonna, and 34 high-contrast still images drawn from the eponymous short film, printed as high-quality photocopies, most depicting actress BB Grögel.
    [les livres et les publications 61]
  • 1982
  • "from here" / text antoinette hilgemann de stigter
    kunstinformatie 36 (kunstcentrum badhuis : gorinchem 1982) n°1
    20 p. ; 10.5 × 15 cm..
    [les livres et les publications 60]
  • chance & change processes & situations, morocco 1973
    edition lydia megert : bern 1982
    5 leporello's presenting 16 original photographs; format of each photo: 18 × 27 cm. ; printed by hand and attached on linen. Edition 17 + 4 e.a. (numbered, signed), housed in a board box.
    [les livres et les publications 59]
  • 1981
  • concept
    eschenau summer press publications 18.
    [les livres et les publications 58]
  • documents of a stream. schetsboek 1976-81 van herman de vries. volumes I & II
    het apollohuis : eindhoven / van reekummuseum : apeldoorn 1981
    volume I: 238 p. ; 29,5 × 21 cm. volume II: 216 p. ; 29,5 × 21 cm. edition 40 (numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 57]
  • 1980
  • collected: gomera, december 1979-january 1980
    edition rudolf mattes and lydia megert : bern 1980
    23 × 18.5 × 3.4 cm.; edition 7 (signed and numbered).
    [not in les livres et les publications]
  • alle blätter von eine zweig, collected mériga, april 1980
    lydia megert editions : bern 1980
    11/16 pl. ; 42.8 × 20.3 × 5 cm. edition 7 (numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 56]
  • collected : mériga. 20 II 1980
    artists press : bern 1980
    12 fol. ; 18 × 12 cm. edition 7.
    [les livres et les publications 55]
  • wit – white / introduction de j.c. van schagen
    artists press : bern 1980
    362 p. ; 21 × 14.8 cm. edition 5000 (100 realised; numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 54]
  • 1979
  • the effects of the hailstorm of the end of july on our apple tree. collected 11 8 1978, eschenau
    42 p. ; 21 × 14.7 cm.
    [les livres et les publications 53]
  • ferns collected between sangha chölling and pemaiantse 19.2.1979
    ed. by the artist : eschenau 1979
    44 p. ; 60 × 46.5 cm. edition 1.
    [les livres et les publications 52]
  • collected in time - I & II
    ed. by the artist : eschenau 1979
    4 + 4 fol. ; 56 × 22.3 cm. edition 4 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 51]
  • 16 dm2 an essay
    edition lydia megert : bern 1979
    1020 p. ; 29.7 × 21 cm. edition 50 (numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 50]
  • 1978
  • postal messages
    [les livres et les publications 49]
  • collected: vallée du doubs, jura. 29 10 1978
    ed. by the author : eschenau 1978
    16 fol. (folded) ; 61 × 30 × 4.4 cm. edition 1.
    [les livres et les publications 48]
  • research series XXVI
    edition média : neuchâtel 1978
    12 fol. ; 24 × 24 cm. edition 50 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 47]
  • 1977
  • the dust of some roads & a leaf from a tree
    the eschenau summer press publications 9.
    [les livres et les publications 45]
  • october, february, june
    the eschenau summer press publications 8.
    [les livres et les publications 44]
  • am 27 oktober 1977 im glasgraben gesammelte blätter
    edition lydia megert : bern 1977
    4 pl. ; 40 × 60 cm. edition 17 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 43]
  • [no-name or no name]
    artists press : bern 1977
    1 pl. ; 51 × 33 cm. edition 50 (numbered, signed).
    [les livres et les publications 42]
  • collected august 1977
    artists press : bern 1977
    8 pl. + 1 p. ; 55.7 × 37.5 × 4.6 cm. edition 11 (numbered and signed).
    [les livres et les publications 41]
  • 1976
  • Ο
    the eschenau summer press publications 5.
    [les livres et les publications 40]
  • 1 dm² uit "16 dm²" – een essay. magazijn publikatie n° 1 septembre 1976
    [galerie magazijn] : groningen 1976
    31 fol. ; 29.7 × 21 cm. edition 40 (numbered and signed) + 10 (numbered i-x).
    [les livres et les publications 39]
  • some early change projects. einige frühe änderungs projekte 1963-1967
    edition lydia megert : bern 1976
    var. p. ; 23 × 18 cm. edition 33 (numbered and signed) + 4.
    [les livres et les publications 38]
  • meine poesie ist die welt
    galerie lydia megert : bern 1976
    11.5 × 11.3 cm. and 49.5 × 33 cm. (newspaper) edition 77641 (33 numbered and signed).
    [les livres et les publications 37]
  • catalogue incomplète d’exposition complète de luang-prabang
    a random sample of my visual chances, 18-1-1975
    1st edition:
    artists press : bern 1976
    36 pl. ; 14.7 × 21 cm. edition 25 (numbered; only 8 realised)
    2n edition:
    edition lydia megert : bern 1992
    36 pl. ; 14.7 × 21 cm. edition 25 (numbered 26-50).
    [les livres et les publications 36]
  • 1975
  • about the flood I-II-III
    ed. by the author : vientianne 1975
    1 fol. (postcard) ; 9 × 14.6 cm..
    [les livres et les publications 35]
  • eschenauer blätter
    s.g. productions : frakfurt am main 1975
    edition 5.
    [les livres et les publications 34]
  • chance & change - documents comparative communication I-II
    s.g. productions : frakfurt am main 1975
    varying formats; edition 1.
    [les livres et les publications 33]
  • square grid complexities
    edition média : neuchâtel 1975
    1 + 5 pl. ; 69 × 69 cm. edition 60 (numbered and signed).
    [les livres et les publications 32]
  • "random shapes" v72–64, a-j
    stedelijk museum : amsterdam 1975
    1 fol. (folded) and an envelop containing 10 paper rectangles of different sizes ; 27 × 19.5 cm..
    [les livres et les publications 31]
  • asiatische & eschenauer texte
    artists press : bern 1975
    16 fol. ; 75 × 45 cm. edition 50 (numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 30]
  • vijf manifesten over taal – en een gedicht = fünf manifeste über sprache – und ein gedicht = five language manifests – and a poem
    artists press : bern 1975
    30 p. ; 29,7 × 21 cm. special edition I-XV (numbered) and an edition of 185 (numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 29a and 29b ]
  • niggenkopf - serie
    verlag artists press : bern 1975
    9 pl. ; 21 × 26 cm. edition 25 (numbered and signed).
    [les livres et les publications 28]
  • 1974
  • to be all ways to be
    temporary travelling press publications 2.
    [les livres et les publications 27]
  • noise
    temporary travelling press publications 1.
    [les livres et les publications 26]
  • random spectral movements
    galerie swart : amsterdam 1974
    9 fol. 20 × 20 cm. edition 7 (numbered and signed).
    [les livres et les publications 25]
  • to be
    verlag artists press : bern 1974
    1 fol. (postcard) ; 10 × 14.6 cm. edition 200.
    [les livres et les publications 24]
  • chance & change situations v74-12
    ed. by the author : eschenau 1974
    11 pl. ; 22 × 30.9 cm. edition 5 (numbered and signed).
    [les livres et les publications 23]
  • gesammelte matritzendrucke 1964-1972
    verlag artists press : bern 1974
    40 p. ; 29.7 × 21 cm. edition 100 (numbered and signed).
    [les livres et les publications 22]
  • the wittgenstein papers I & II
    artists press : bern 1974
    16 p. : 15 × 15 cm. edition 25 (numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 21]
  • 1972
  • - on language -
    subverse 8. tijdschrift voor een nieuwe powezie / ed. by hans clavin
    ijmuiden, augustus 1972
    46 p. ; 29.7 × 21 cm. edition 600 (numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 18]
  • random objectivations
    collection autori, 1
    edizioni amodulo : villanuova sul clisi 1972
    222 p. ; 24 × 27 cm. edition 1000.
    [les livres et les publications 17]
  • relativ leere blätter. relative empty sheets v71-62 a-f (blätter) + v71-67 (object)
    edition le cadre, helmut dudé : olten 1971
    edition 35 (numbered and signed).
    [les livres et les publications 16]
  • v72-26 - semantic chance semantic change - change of semantics semantics of change chance of semantics semantics of chance
    for the artist: eschenau 1972
    edition 1.
    [les livres et les publications 15]
  • 1971
  • chance for change
    multi-art press : antwerpen 1971
    32 p. ; 30 × 30 cm. edition 125 (numbered and signed).
    [les livres et les publications 14]
  • vlakvolumen. collection "20 x 20", nr. 14
    edizioni amodulo : villanuova sul clisi 1971
    16 p. ; 20 × 20 cm. edition 1000 (100 with collage and numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 13]
  • [random structured semiotic fields, work number v71-194s]
    ed. by the author : mahé 1971
    19.5 × 18.3 cm. edition 150 (numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 12]
  • 1970
  • change. an essay
    ed. by the author : arnhem 1970
    12 × 12 cm. edition 33.
    [les livres et les publications 11]
  • 1968
  • vlakvolumen v 68-216
    edition i : arnhem 1968
    32.8 × 32.8 cm. edition 3.
    [les livres et les publications 10]
  • de lijnen v68-161
    edition integration : arnhem 1968
    44 × 31 cm. edition 7 (numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 9]
  • 1967
  • herman de vries : permutierbarer text. futura 23
    edition hansjörg mayer : stuttgart 1967
    48 x 64 cm. folded 24 × 16 cm. edition 1000.
    [les livres et les publications 8]
  • wit weiss / [inleiding = einleitung] j.c. van schagen
    edition hansjörg mayer : [stuttgart] 1967
    250 p. ; 16 × 12 cm. edition 500 (numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 7]
  • rationale strukturen. v67-77 7 / [preface by siegfried maser]
    edition hansjörg mayer : stuttgart 1967
    48 × 48 cm. edition 40 (signed and 26 numbered a-z).
    [les livres et les publications 6]
  • 1965
  • herman de vries / [text by] d.w. van krevelen
    edition wolfgang hake : köln 1965
    40 × 40 cm. edition 15 (signed).
    [les livres et les publications 5]
  • 1962
  • wit / met een inleiding door j.c. van schagen
    m.j. israel : arnhem 1962
    [200] p. ; 20 × 21.5 cm. ; 1st edition 5 (signed).
    [les livres et les publications 4]
  • 1961
  • [wit is overdaad / blanc est surabondance / white is superabundance / weiss ist übermässig]
    ed. by the author : Arnhem 1961
    20 p. ; 13.6 × 10.7 cm. 2nd edition 120 (numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 3]
  • 1960
  • [wit is overdaad]
    ed. by the author : Arnhem 1960
    20 p. ; 13.6 × 10.7. 1st edition 120 (numbered).
    [les livres et les publications 2]
  • manifest van de gecastreerde werkelijkheid
    ed. by the author : Arnhem 1960
    14 pages ; 25.2 × 16.3 cm. edition 20.
    [les livres et les publications 1]
IMAGE CREDITS
left: (detail) 'unter der weide, am löchla', 2003
© herman de vries