herman de vries art catalogue

journal de la gomera

catalogue number:	hdv 1997.031.1
date created:	1996-1997
classification:	journals & sketchbooks
work type	journal
medium:	mixed media (earth/soil, plants, photograph), collected in 1996 and 1997 on La Gomera (Canary Islands) - Spain, on paper + title page
dimensions:	52 panels, each panel (framed) cm installed dimensions 110 × 485 cm
signature and inscriptions:	titled 'journal la gomera 1996-1997', signed and dated on the title page (graphite pencil)
edition:

current repository:	collection herman and susanne de vries
current repository number:
collecting history:
related works:
comment:
source:
photo/scan:	studio herman de vries/Joana Schwender
rights & reproduction:	herman de vries

extended description

1st row, left to right:

1. title page with photograph (12.5 × 19 cm)

2. 'collected: mériga 12.1996'

3. 'collected: mériga 13.12.1996'

4. 'from earth: la gomera'

5. 'from earth'

6. 'from earth: montaña de la somada'

7. 'collected: 7.12.1996. cave near nuestra sigora [d]el paso. notholaena'

8. 'notholaena maritime. collected: cave opposita eremita n.s. signora del paso'

9. '[...], chorros de epina, dec. 1996'

10. 'myrica faya. collected: los hayas 12 1996'

11. '[...]. collected: taguluche, 06 12 1997'

12. 'perulillo: maytenus canariensis. collected: los aceviños, 12 1997'

13. '[...]. collected: chorros de epina, dec. 1997'

14. 'collected: mériga 13 12 1997'

15. '[...]. collected: barranco de hermigua 14.12 1997'

16. 'collected: mériga 12 1997'

17. 'collected: nuestra signora de los nieves 18.12.1997'

18. 'collected: el cedro 09 12 1997'

2nd row, left to right:

19. 'collected: chrelepin 12. 1997'

20. 'collected: [monter?], 08 12 1997'

21. 'caña (arundo donax). collected barranco de hermigua, 14.12.1997'

22. '[...]. collected: taguluche, 10 12 1996'

23. 'sonchus filifolius. collected: arure, 07 12 1997'

24. 'sonchus regis-jubae. collected: palmar 11 12 1997'

25. 'collected: cherelepin 15.12.1996'

26. 'collected: cherelepin 15.12.1996'

27. 'from earth: lomo loco - las rosas'

28. 'from earth: sta. clara-chijeré'

29. 'from earth: los aceviños'

30. 'selaginella. collected: 18 12 1996, nuestra signora de los nieves'

31. 'selaginella. collected: 18 12 1996, n.s. de los nieves'

32. 'limonium pectinatum. collected playa de sta. catalina-hermigua 12 1996'

33. 'limonium pectinatum. collected playa de sta. catalina, hermigua'

34. 'collected: chorros de epina, 12 1996'

35. 'rahmnus crenulata. collected: monter 03 12 1997'

3rd row, left to right:

36. 'acacia c.f. cyclops. collected between la caleta-hermigua - 12 12 1997. all leaves from 2 twigs'

37. 'opuntia. collected: hermigua 20.12.1996'

38. 'opuntia. collected: 10.12.1996, taguluche'

39. 'opuntia. collected: 10.12.1996, taguluche'

40. 'opuntia. collected: 10.12.1996, taguluche'

41. 'opuntia. collected: hermigua, 12.1997'

42. 'collected: el cedro 12.1997'

43. 'acacia decurrens. collected: san sebastian, 18.12.1996'

44. '[...] / juniperus phoenicea. collected: monter, 12 '97'

45. 'caña (arundo donax). collected: barranco de hermigua, 14.12.1997'

46. 'viburnum rigidum. collected: 12.12.1996 mériga'

47. 'salix canariensis. collected: monter, 08 12 1997'

48. 'acebiño (ilex canariensis). collected: mériga, 12.12.1996'

49. 'phoenix canariensis. collected: hermigua, 13 12 1997'

50. 'collected: barranco de hermigua, 14 12 1997. phoenix canariensis'

51. 'collected: hermigua, dec. 1997'

52. 'taguluche 18 12 1997'

exhibition history

2007	'herman de vries. return of beauty', Galerie Mueller-Roth, Stuttgart
2017	'herman de vries. chance & change', Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon
2019	'herman de vries. all all all : werke 1957-2019. Gerhard-Altenbourg-Preis 2019, Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg
2023	[with Melanie Bonajo] 'nature’s resonance', Galerie Bradwolff & Partners, Amsterdam

published references

exhibition catalogue	herman de vries. chance & change (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León : Léon 2018) 11, image repr. on page [156-159].
collection/exhibition catalogue	herman de vries. all all all : werke 1957-2019. Gerhard-Altenbourg-Preis 2019 / Lindenau-Museum Altenburg (Deutscher Kunstverlag : München 2019) image repr. on page 132/133, 152.