| 2007 | 'herman de vries', limArt Gallery, Tokyo |
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| 2018 | 'herman de vries. oplage 0', Block C, Groningen |
the book of ashes. collected 1990-1999
| catalogue number: | hdv 1999.081. |
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| date created: | 1999 |
| classification: | editions & publications |
| work type | artist's publication, ash rubbing series |
| medium: | 110 pages with handwritten title page and citation by I. von Uexküll, Die Lebenslehre (Potsdam & Zürich, 1931): "Und so kehrt jedes Subjekt im Tode aus dem Werden in das Sein zurück"; followed by 108 samples of ashes rubbed on paper; each rubbing is protected by a sheet of Japanese paper; 1 sheet with a handwritten list of the origin of the ashes is added; binding in black goatskin (bound by Maggy Mueller-Roth), slipcase in black flannel |
| dimensions: | each page 28.7 × 24.2 cm slipcase 30 × 25.5 × 6.1 cm |
| signature and inscriptions: | titled, signed and dated on the title page (graphite pencil) |
| edition: | [published by herman de vries : eschenau] 1999
edition 1/1 |
| current repository: | collection herman and susanne de vries |
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| rights & reproduction: | herman de vries |
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| catalogue raisonné | herman de vries. les livres et les publications : catalogue raisonné / textes de herman de vries, Anne Moeglin-Delcroix, Didier Mathieu (Centre des livres d'artistes : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 2005) image repr. on page 202, 201 (catalogue number 90). |
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