1979-00-00-000a  1979-00-00-000b

an afternoon under the cherry tree

catalogue number: hdv 1979.042.26a-b
date created: 1979
classification: works on paper
work type: collage series
medium: dried leaves of the cherry tree, distributed at random by nature and arranged in a grid pattern, on cardboard
dimensions: 2 parts each 73 × 102 cm
framed 76 × 104.5 cm
signature and inscriptions: panel left: titled 'an afternoon under the cherry tree', signed and dated on the front (graphite pencil)
panel right: signed and dated on the front (graphite pencil)
edition:
current repository: collection herman and susanne de vries
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collecting history:
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photo/scan: courtesy Cortesi Gallery, Milan/Bruno Bani
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
1991 'herman de vries. terre vie et poésie', Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux
1993 'herman de vries. meine poesie ist die welt - aus der heimat', Städtische Sammlungen, Schweinfurt
1995 'herman de vries. oeuvres 1954-1995', Centre PasquArt, Biel
1996 'herman de vries. to be', Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen
2004 'Aus der Natur : herman de vries, Richard Long, Giuseppe Penone, Mario Reis', Seedamm Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon [group]
2017 'herman de vries. the return of beauty', Cortesi Gallery, London
2018 'herman de vries. all all all', Cortesi Gallery, Milan
2020 'herman de vries. how green is the grass?', Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin
published references
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. terre, vie et poésie (Espace de l'Art Concret : Mouans-Sartoux 1991) images repr. on pages 30-31.
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. meine poesie ist die welt - aus der heimat/von der pflanzen (Städtische Sammlungen : Schweinfurt etc. 1993) no image repr., 80 [dated 1989].
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. aus der wirklichkeit (Stadt Ulm : Ulm 1998) images repr. on pages 22-23.
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. the return of beauty (Cortesi Gallery : Lugano/Milan/London 2017) image repr. on pages [38-39] (catalogue nr 6).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. all all all (Cortesi Gallery : Lugano/Milan/London 2018) image repr. on pages [28-29] (catalogue nr. 2).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. how green is the grass? (Georg Kolbe Museum : Berlin 2020) images repr. on pages 66-67.