- Leeds
The Space of the Page. Sequence, continuity & material / an exhibition edited by Simon Cutts, Erica Van Horn and John Janssen (Henry Moore Sculpture Trust : Leeds 1997).
[herman de vries nrs. 4, 23, 58, 59, 76]
- Münster
Zeitgenössische Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1997 [= Contemporary Sculpture. Projects in Münster 1997] / hrsg. von Klaus Bußmann, Kaspar König, Florian Matzner. Westfälisches Landesmuseum 22. Juni-28. September 1997 (Verlag Gerd Hatje : Ostfildern 1997). German and English edition.
[herman de vries on p. 430-435]
- New York
Unbuilt Roads. 107 Unrealized Projects / Hans Ulrich Obrist, Guy Tortosa, Jonas Mekas (Hatje Cantz : Ostfildern-Ruit 1997) 108 pp. This publication was the basis for an exhibition in 2009 by e-flux, New York. Includes documentation of unrealized projects by Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Lothar Baumgarten, and many others. Text in German and English.
- Paris
Livres d'artistes : l'invention d'un genre; 1960-1980 [...] (Galerie Mansart / Bibliothèque nationale de France : Paris 1997).
- Paris
Esthétique du livre d'artiste : 1960-1980 / Anne Moeglin-Delcroix (Jean-Michel Place/Bibliothèque nationale de France : Paris 1997).
- Rosenheim
Konkrete Poesie - Konzept Kunst : Robert Barry, Heinz Gappmayr, Pierre Garnier, John Giorno, Eugen Gomringer, Allan Kaprow, Robert Lax, Ann Noël, Gerhard Rühm, K.B. Schäuffelen, Jiri Valoch, herman de vries, Lawrence Weiner, Emmett Williams (Kunstverein Rosenheim : Rosenheim 1997). Catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Städtische Galerie, Rosenheim, September 4-October 12, 1977. Includes artists' biographies.
[herman de vries on p. 46-47 (ill.), 89]
- Schwäbisch Hall
herman de vries. from earth - von der erde; städtische galerie am markt, schwäbisch hall, 22. november 1997 bis 12. januar 1998 / [texts by] Isabella Fehle, Cees de Boer (Städtische Galerie : Schwäbisch Hall 1997).
- Stuttgart
Magie der Zahl. Chiffren und Zahlenspiele in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts / hrsg. von Karin von Maur (Hatje-Verlag : Stuttgart/Ostfildern 1997) 357 pp. Catalogue published in conjunction with exhibition held at the Staatgsalerie Stuttgart, February 1-May 19, 1997. Writing by Karin von Maur, Ina Conzen, Dietmar Guderian, Stefan Heinlein, and others; with essays by Johannes Molzahn, Max Bill, Bernar Venet, Mel Bochner, Roman Opalka, and Rune Mields.
[herman de vries on p. xxi, 139, 151 (ill.), 263, 325]
- Weimar
trans'plant - Living Vegetation in Contemporary Art / ed. Barbara Nemitz; contributions by Barbara Nemitz, Kim Levin and Peter Herbstreuth (Hatje Cantz : Ostfildern 2000).
[herman de vries on p. 130-131, 200 (ill.)]
