books and publications
1960
manifest van de gecastreerde werkelijkheid
ed. by the author : Arnhem 1960
14 pages (25.2 × 16.3 cm)
edition 20
[les livres et les publications 1]
[wit is overdaad]
ed. by the author : Arnhem 1960
20 p. (14.2 × 10.7 cm)
1st edition 120, numbered
[les livres et les publications 2]
1961
[wit is overdaad]
ed. by the author : Arnhem 1961
20 p. (13.6 × 10.7 cm)
2nd revised version issued in 120 (as was the first edition printed in 1960), numbered
[les livres et les publications 3]
texts and contributions
'nul = 0', in nul = 0. tijdschrift voor de nieuwe konseptie in de beeldende kunst / revue pour la nouvelle conception artistique ... 1, n° 1 (November 1961) 10. Translated in German and published in to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (stuttgart 1995) 25-26.
eetbaar/comestible', on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition 'Jonge Nederlandse schilders, beeldhouwers, architecten', organized by Liga Nieuw Beelden at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam on 13 October 1961, herman de vries published this pamflet with a peppermint ball as an example of an unbeatable form. The pamflet was reprinted in Kroniek van kunst en kultuur 21 (Amsterdam 1962) 9, 48.
'Nul keer nul is nul', in Het Vrije Volk (December 19, 1961) 9. Letter sent by herman de vries in response to the review by Adri Laan of the 'Zero' exhibition in Galerie A in Het Vrije Volk (December 14, 1961).
1962
wit
met een inleiding door j.c. van schagen
m.j. israel : arnhem 1962
[200] p. (20 × 21.5 cm)
1st edition 5, signed and numbered
[les livres et les publications 4]
1963
texts and contributions
'over de toevals-objectiveringen: objectiviteit en werkelijkheid', in exhibition catalogue objecten van herman de vries (Metz & Co. : Amsterdam 1963) [6].
'objektivität und wirklichkeit', pronounced at the vernissage of his exhibition in Galerie Wulffengasse 14, Klagenfurt (July 1963); published in nul = 0 1, n° 4 (1964) 83-85 and reprinted for the exhibition at the Europäisches Forum, Alpbach (1967) and in exhibition catalogue herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) 155-157. Translated in Dutch as 'objektiviteit en werkelijkheid', in exhibition catalogue Toevals-objektiveringen Herman de Vries, Arnhem ('t Venster : Rotterdam 1967) [31-33].
random objectivations', in nul = 0. tijdschrift voor de nieuwe konseptie in de beeldende kunst / revue pour la nouvelle conception artistique ... 1, n° 2 (1963) 35. Reprinted in to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 26-29.
[contribution] 'reflektie', in nul = 0 1, n° 3 (1963) [43].
[contribution] [untitled], in nul = 0 1, n° 3 (1963) [47].
[contribution] [untitled], in nul = 0 1, n° 3 (1963) [49].
[contribution] [untitled], in nul = 0 1, n° 3 (1963) [55].
[contribution] reflektie, in PTL. Tijdschrift voor letteren en schoone kunsten n° 1 (Arnhem 1963) between 6-7.
[poem] 'Regen' (Gedicht), in PTL. Tijdschrift voor letteren en schoone kunsten n° 1 (Arnhem 1963) 26.
[poem] in de avond ..., in PTL. Tijdschrift voor letteren en schoone kunsten [n° 2] (Arnhem 1963) 46.
[poem] ondanks alle beweging ..., in PTL. Tijdschrift voor letteren en schoone kunsten [n° 2] (Arnhem 1963) 46.
[contribution] [untitled (page telephone book)], in PTL. Tijdschrift voor letteren en schoone kunsten [n° 2] (Arnhem 1963) between 44-45 and 56-57.
1964
texts and contributions
'bibliografie/nieuwe konseptie/zero/nul/nieuwe tendenzen = bibliographie/nouvelle conception/zero/0/nouvelles tendances', in Museumjournaal 9, n° 5/6 (1964) 114-133.
[contribution] 'random objectivation', in nul = 0 1, n° 4 (1964) [81].
[contribution] 'collage', in PTL. Tijdschrift voor letteren en schoone kunsten n° 3/4 (Arnhem 1964) [149].
[poem] 'Notities', in PTL. Tijdschrift voor letteren en schoone kunsten n° 5 (Arnhem 1964) [172].
1965
herman de vries
[text by] d.w. van krevelen
edition wolfgang hake : köln 1965
(40 × 40 cm)
edition 15, signed and numbered
[les livres et les publications 5]
texts and contributions
'information visuelle', in exhibition catalogue Nova Tendencija 3 (Galerija Suvremene Umjetnosti etc. : Zagreb 1965) 69-70.
'over de toevals-objektiveringen', in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Atelier 2 - 24 september - 24 october 1965 / text by herman de vries (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam : Amsterdam 1965)
[contribution] cover for integration 1 'aktuell 65' (January 1965)
'visuele informatie / visual information / visuelle information / information visuelle', in integration 1 'aktuell 65' (January 1965) 3-18. Also published in Dutch in exhibition catalogue Toevals-objektiveringen Herman de Vries, Arnhem ('t Venster : Rotterdam, 1967) [37-39]. German translation published in to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 40-45.
[contribution] cover for revue integration 2/3. revue pour la nouvelle conception de l'art et de la culture / revue voor de nieuwe konseptie in kunst en kultuur (May 1965)
'explanation by an example', in revue integration 2/3. revue pour la nouvelle conception de l'art et de la culture / revue voor de nieuwe konseptie in kunst en kultuur (May 1965) 79-80. Reprinted in to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 33-36.
[contribution] 'random objektivation', in revue integration 2/3. revue pour la nouvelle conception de l'art et de la culture / revue voor de nieuwe konseptie in kunst en kultuur (May 1965) [81-82]. Also as 'cirkel in cirkel', in Felison-kahier n° 10 (IJmuiden 1968) [10].
[contribution] 'random objektivation', in revue integration 2/3. revue pour la nouvelle conception de l'art et de la culture / revue voor de nieuwe konseptie in kunst en kultuur (May 1965) [109-110].
[contribution] cover for integration 4. revue voor de nieuwe konseptie in kunst en kultuur / review for a new conception in art and culture ... (November 1965)
[contribution] 'the eye, a random sample', in integration 4. revue voor de nieuwe konseptie in kunst en kultuur / review for a new conception in art and culture ... (November 1965) [158]. Reprinted in to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) [32].
1966
texts and contributions
[contribution] 'toevalsstruktuur in twee dichtheidsgraden [1966/51]', in Delftse School n° 15 (Delft 1966) 335.
'programmaas', in Delftse School n° 15 (Delft 1966) [between pages 335 and 336], 336.
[contribution] cover for integration 5/6. revue voor de nieuwe konseptie in kunst en kultuur = review for a new conception in art and culture ... (April 1966)
'over de waarheid/über die wahrheit/on truth/sur la verité', in integration 5/6. revue voor de nieuwe konseptie in kunst en kultuur = review for a new conception in art and culture ... (April 1966) 179-182. Also published in exhibition catalogue Toevals-objektiveringen Herman de Vries, Arnhem ('t Venster : Rotterdam, 1967) [45] (Dutch version).
[poem] 'das weiss ist so weiss ...', written in 1965 and published in integration 5/6. revue voor de nieuwe konseptie in kunst en kultuur = review for a new conception in art and culture ... (April 1966). Poem by herman de vries, drawing by Siegfried Cremer.
'[contributions] 1966/9 toevals-objektivering' and '1966/10 toevals-objektivering', in De tafelronde 11, n° 2/3 (1966) 21-24 (ill.). Also published in 20 jaar de tafelronde 1953/1973. Tentoonstelling 28 juni t/m 17 augustus / samenstelling en redactie Jean-Paul Coenen, Jan Debbaut, Paul de Vree (ICC : Antwerpen 1975) 51, 55, 62 (ill.).
'anno 66', in TH Berichten n° 2 (Eindhoven 1966) 3.
[lecture] kanttekeningen bij de kinetische kunst, text spoken at the opening of the exhibition 'Licht en Beweging, anno 66', Galerie Al-Veka, April 2, 1966.
1967
herman de vries. rationale strukturen [V67-77]
[preface by siegfried maser]
edition hansjörg mayer : stuttgart 1967
(48 × 48 cm)
edition 40, signed and 26 numbered a-z
portfolio with text and 13 embossed prints
[les livres et les publications 6]
herman de vries. wit weiss
[inleiding = einleitung] j.c. van schagen
edition hansjörg mayer : [stuttgart] 1967
250 p. (16 × 12 cm)
[2nd] edition 500, numbered
[les livres et les publications 7]
herman de vries. permutierbarer text [v67-75]
futura 23
edition hansjörg mayer : stuttgart 1967
1 fol. (48 x 64 cm, folded 24 × 16 cm)
edition 1000
includes text '[eine biogra[p]hie ...]
[les livres et les publications 8]
texts and contributions
[lecture] einführung zur eröffnung der ausstellung herman de vries, Galerie Jülicher, Mönchengladbach, April 11, 1967. Not published.
[lecture] tekst voordracht Gent-Plus meeting, April 12, 1967. Not published.
[lecture] Opening gruppe x Epok Velp May 6, 1967. Not published.
[contribution] 'permutabel tekstmateriaal', in AH - Tijdschrift voor verbaal plasticisme. Review for verbal-plasticism n° 3/4 (Utrecht 1967) 5-8.
[contribution] 'random sample "for free associative purposes"', in AH - Tijdschrift voor verbaal plasticisme. Review for verbal-plasticism n° 3/4 (Utrecht 1967) 5-8.
'[eine biogra[p]hie ... ]', in futura n° 23 (Edition Hansjörg Mayer : Stuttgart 1967). Reprinted in in exhibition catalogue Sammlung Cremer (Heidelberger Kunstverein : Heidelberg 1971) 182-184 and in Sammlung Cremer. Europäische Avantgarde 1950 bis 1970 / hrsg. von Götz Adriani (Kunsthalle Tübingen : Tübingen 1973) 201.
[contribution] cover for integration 7/8. revue voor de nieuwe konseptie in kunst en kultuur / review for a new conception in art and culture ... (February 1967)
'these over integratie van kunst en architektuur', in integration 7/8. revue voor de nieuwe konseptie in kunst en kultuur / review for a new conception in art and culture ... (February 1967) 251.
'marginal notes on kinetic art = kanttekeningen bij de kinetische kunst', text for the opening of the exhibition 'licht en beweging' in Galerie Al-Veka, The Hague (1966); published in integration 7/8. revue voor de nieuwe konseptie in kunst en kultuur / review for a new conception in art and culture ... (February 1967) 280-286. Also published in exhibition catalogue Toevals-objektiveringen Herman de Vries, Arnhem ('t Venster : Rotterdam, 1967) [41-43] (Dutch version).
[contribution] 'random objectivation - v1966/65', in integration 7/8. revue voor de nieuwe konseptie in kunst en kultuur / review for a new conception in art and culture ... (February 1967) [281]. Also published in exhibition catalogue Toevals-objektiveringen Herman de Vries, Arnhem ('t Venster : Rotterdam, 1967) [21].
[contribution] 'homogene struktuur - v1967/25', in integration 7/8. revue voor de nieuwe konseptie in kunst en kultuur / review for a new conception in art and culture ... (February 1967) [305].
'als elementen (voor mary vieira)', written in June 1966, published in revue integration 9 (Summer 1967) 254. Reprinted in Vers univers. Tijdschrift voor (evolutieve) poëzie n° 6 (September 1967) 53; also 'für mary vieira' in fünf manifeste über sprache - und ein gedicht (Bern 1975) [3].
[contribution] 'wit / white / blanc', in revue integration 9 (Summer 1967) [357-368].
[contribution] 'tides for george harrison [v67-42]', in integration 10 'i10' (November 1967) 407. Also in Vers univers. Tijdschrift voor (evolutieve) poezie n° 6 (September 1967) [57].
'about a draft-work of art realized by third parties', in integration 10 'i10' (1967) 427-428 and 431-432 (ill.); reprinted in exhibition catalogue herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) 166-169.
'in memoriam ad reinhardt', in integration 10 'i10' (November 1967).
[contribution] 'v67-26', in exhibition catalogue Serielle Formationen. Studio Galerie, 22. Mai bis 30. Juni 1967 (Studio Galerie, Studentenschaft der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Stiftung Studentenhaus : Frankfurt 1967) [unpaged]; in 2017 a reprint was published as part of the exhibition catalogue Serielle Formationen. 1967/2017. Re-staging of the first German Exhibition of International Tendencies in Minimalism (Snoeck : Köln 2017) 85-120.
[contribution] cover for Vers univers. Tijdschrift voor (evolutieve) poëzie n° 4 (January 1967)
'weiss', in Vers univers. Tijdschrift voor (evolutieve) poëzie n° 4 (January 1967) 17.
[contribution] 'toevalsobjektivering v66/66', in Vers univers. Tijdschrift voor (evolutieve) poëzie n° 4 (January 1967) [18].
[contribution] 'v67-19 toevalsobjektivering', in Vers univers. Tijdschrift voor (evolutieve) poëzie n° 4 (January 1967) [20].
[contribution] 'war tidings [v67-40]', in Vers univers. Tijdschrift voor (evolutieve) poëzie n° 6 (September 1967) [54].
[contribution] 'random sample "for free associative purposes" v67-38', in Vers univers. Tijdschrift voor (evolutieve) poëzie n° 6 (1967) 55.
[contribution] 'random sample "for free associative purposes" v67-39', in Vers univers. Tijdschrift voor (evolutieve) poëzie n° 6 (1967) 56.
[contribution] 'poem for everybody v67-97', in Vers univers. Tijdschrift voor (evolutieve) poëzie n° ?.
1968
de lijnen [V68-161]
edition integration : arnhem 1968
44 × 31 cm
edition 7, numbered
[les livres et les publications 9]
vlakvolumen [V68-216]
edition i : arnhem 1968
32.8 × 32.8 cm
edition 3
[les livres et les publications 10]
texts and contributions
'veranderlijk', in AH - Tijdschrift voor verbaal plasticisme. Review for verbal-plasticism n° 5 (Utrecht 1968).
[contribution] '"deformeer-reformeer-kombineer-reduceer-deduceer-induceer-informeer-deformeer" (random sample from goudsblom, nihilisme en cultuur, dl.II)', in AH - Tijdschrift voor verbaal plasticisme. Review for verbal-plasticism n° 6 (Utrecht 1968).
'[empty place for an empty space]', in exhibition catalogue publikaties van de / en werk van / edition hansjörg mayer en werk van hansjörg mayer = publications by / and works by edition hansjörg mayer. Uitg. als onderdeel van een tentoonstelling in het Haags Gemeentemuseum [van] 5 oktober t/m 24 november 1968 / [met een inleiding van Hans Locher en Kees Broos] (Haags Gemeentemuseum: Den Haag 1968) [138].
'versuch über die methode', in Egoist n° 15 (Frankfurt am Main 1968) 12-13 (ill.).
'in der landschaft', in Egoist n° 15 (Frankfurt am Main 1968) 14-15.
'biographie', in Egoist n° 15 (Frankfurt am Main 1968) 22.
[contribution] 'zufälliges text muster (semiotisierung und konkretisierung des sprache-materials) v68-62 (voor egoist)', in Egoist n° 15 (Frankfurt am Main 1968).
'de lijnen', in de lijnen v68-161 (edition integration : arnhem 1968). Translated in German and published in to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 62, in French as 'les lignes', in herman de vries. les livres et les publications. catalogue raisonné (centre des livres d'artistes : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 2005) 99.
'fragmentarische argumenten', in herman de vries. rationele strukturen - random objectivations Felison-kahier n° 10 (IJmuiden 1968) 2-6. Reprinted in exhibition catalogue herman de vries. random objectivations (Kunsthistorisch Instituut : Amsterdam 1970) 5-9. A shortened version was published in Struktuur - een thema, een methode : Centrum voor Cubische Constructies, Dekkers [...] (Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal : Leiden 1972) 59. Translated in German and published in to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 54-60.
[contribution] 'v68-01', in herman de vries. rationele strukturen - random objectivations Felison-kahier n° 10 (IJmuiden 1968) [between page 7 and 8].
[contribution] 'v68-11', in herman de vries. rationele strukturen - random objectivations Felison-kahier n° 10 (IJmuiden 1968) [between page 7 and 8].
'**', in herman de vries. rationele strukturen - random objectivations Felison-kahier n° 10 (IJmuiden 1968) [12].
[untitled], in Paul de Vree, Poëzie in fusie : visueel, konkreet, fonetisch. Bladen voor de poëzie, 16, nr. 6-8 (De Bladen voor de Poëzie : Lier 1968) 21, 124 (ill.).
[contribution] [untitled], cover for the exhibition catalogue toevalsstrukturen. Prentenkabinet n° 25 (Haags Gemeentemuseum : Den Haag 1968); the text 'die welt ist alles [was der fall ist]' is reproduced in numerous catalogues.
[contribution] 'random objectivation v1968-105', added to the exhibition catalogue toevalsstrukturen. Prentenkabinet n° 25 (Haags Gemeentemuseum : Den Haag 1968).
1969
texts and contributions
'technische toelichting', in exhibition catalogue herman de vries - rationele strukturen (Gemeentelijke Van Reekum Galerij : Apeldoorn 1969) 3.
'poem for every one - et digt til alle', in exhibition information Panel 13 Information n° 3 (1969). Reprinted in to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 70.
[contribution] 'die lust zur zerstörung ist zugleich eine schaffende lust', in Panel 13 Information n° 3 (1969) 3.
'notes for a random reader', in Panel 13 Information n° 3 (1969) 2; also in foldout-catalogue rational structures (Copenhagen 1969).
[contribution] 'the way', published in Pantabox 69 / a cura delle edizioni TOOL (Milano 1969).
[contribution] 'the rationalists' manifesto' was written on February 10, 1968 for the Fiumalbo International Festival, Modena and published as 'why to work' for Pantabox 69 (Edizioni Tool : Milano 1969). Reprinted in (among others) ta'Box n° 2 (Copenhagen 1969), as a pamphlet the rationalist' manifest' by Galerie Swart : Amsterdam 1970), in the exhibition catalogue herman de vries. random objectivations (Kunsthistorisch Instituut : Amsterdam 1970), in herman de vries : vijf manifesten over taal - en een gedicht = fünf manifeste über sprache - und ein gedicht ... (artists press : bern 1975) and in to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 64.
'is order a rational disorder? / let’s be rational', dated April 5-6, 1969 and published in ta'Box n° 2 (Copenhagen 1969).
'wat is rationeel? = hvad et rationelt?', in ta'Box n° 2 (Copenhagen 1969); reprinted in exhibition catalogue herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) 171. The handwritten text in English, dated april 1969, is added to 'het SOHM BOEK' (1978); translated in German and published in to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 67.
'the line of life & love', in Paradise Now. Bulletin n° 1. Published on the occasion of Festival 200, Academie Charlottenburg, Copenhagen; also in ta'Box n° 2½ (1969).
[contribution] 'i'd love to turn you on', in ta'Box 2½ (Copenhagen 1969).
[contribution] 'his line of life and love was broken', in ta'Box n° 2½ (Copenhagen 1969).
[untitled], in Architektur, Gesellschaft und integrierte Kunst, published in Werk 56, n° 6 (Winterthur 1969) 410.
bibliographic references
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
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