| 1990 | 'herman de vries a phantom & a dream', Galerie Mueller-Roth, Stuttgart |
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| 1992 | 'herman de vries. documents of a stream - the real works 1970-1992', Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh |
| 1994 | 'herman de vries. texts', Art Affairs, Amsterdam |
| 1994 | 'herman de vries. aus der wirklichkeit', Galeriehaus Kunst im Gang, Bamberg |
| 2022 | 'herman de vries. sein & vergehen', Haus Nivard III, Mariabildhausen/Münnerstadt |
[enlarged telegram]
| catalogue number: | hdv 1975.082.1 |
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| date created: | 1975 |
| classification: | mail- & stamp art |
| work type: | mail art, print |
| medium: | enlarged telegram sent by herman de vries to the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam on February 3, 1975 for the vernissage of his exhibition on 6.2.1975 with text in English 'this shall you think of all this fleeting world: / a star at down, a bubble in a stream, / a flash of lightning and a summer cloud, / a flickering lamp, a phantom and a dream' (source: Vajracchedika Prajna Paramita Sutra [= Diamond Sutra]), printed in colour on paper; some copies on board |
| dimensions: | 35 × 50.5 cm |
| signature and inscriptions: | signed on the reverse (graphite pencil); copies mounted on board also annotated 'text from: vajracchedika prajna paramita sutra', signed and dated on the board (graphite pencil) |
| edition: | [artists press bern 1975]
edition 50, numbered I/c - L/c [?] and 100 for 'asiatische und eschenauer texte' [?] |
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| related works: | asiatische & eschenauer texte (1975) |
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| rights & reproduction: | herman de vries |
exhibition history
published references
| exhibition catalogue | herman de vries. documents of a stream, the real works 1970-1992 (Royal Botanic Garden : Edinburgh 1992) no image repr. (catalogue number 9). |
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| exhibition catalogue | herman de vries. meine poesie ist die welt - aus der heimat/von den pflanzen (Städtische Sammlungen Schweinfurt : Schweinfurt etc. 1993) image repr. on page 44. |
| catalogue raisonné | herman de vries. les livres et les publications : catalogue raisonné (centre des livres d'artistes : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 2005) images repr. on pages 133-134 (catalogue number 30). |