v71-69

catalogue number: hdv 1971.011.25
date created: 1971
classification: works on paper
work type: drawing
medium: 88 areas of an 8 × 11 grid (3 × 3 cm), each sub-area with 3 × 3 elements; dots in 5 sizes are selected for each 3 × 3 sub-area - 2 sizes at random - and placed on the points of intersection of the grid lines; black ink on board
dimensions: 71 × 98 cm
signature and inscriptions: signed and dated/work number 'V71-69' on the reverse (graphite pencil)
edition:
current repository: collection Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
current repository number: 0550
collecting history: acquired through Galerie Riekje Swart, Amsterdam (1972)
related works:
comment:
photo/scan: Peter Cox/Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
rights & reproduction: herman de vries/Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
exhibition history
1971 'herman de vries. random objectivations 1971', Galerie Swart, Amsterdam
1972 'struktuur - een thema, een methode', Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden [group]
1975 'herman de vries. random shapes', Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
1980 'herman de vries. werken 1954-1980', Groninger Museum, Groningen
2012 'Spirits of Internationalism. 6 European Collections 1956-1986', M HKA, Antwerp [group]
2015 'herman de vries. toevalstekeningen = random objectivations', Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo
published references
exhibition catalogue struktuur - een thema, een methode (Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal : Leiden 1972) no image repr. (catalogue number 59).
monograph 'herman de vries', in Jean Leering, Programmi sistematici (Vanni Scheiwiller : Milano 1975) image repr. on page [191].
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. random shapes (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam : Amsterdam 1975) no image repr. (catalogue number 28).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) image repr. on page 100 (catalogue number 2.33).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. toevalstekeningen = random objectivations (Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo 2015) image repr. on page 16, 70.