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1965-07-27-0000
the 'random structure' in the studio (1965)

random structure

catalogue number: hdv 1965.012.2
date created: 1965
classification: works on paper
work type: collage
medium: white paper squares (4 × 4 cm) arranged in a grid pattern with at random choice to place an element or not, on black paper
dimensions: 150 × 200 cm
signature and inscriptions: titled, signed and dated on the reverse [?]
edition:
current repository: lost (reconstruction in 2010, now in the collection Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam)
current repository number:
collecting history:
related works:
comment: the large work was composed in several parts. After the exhibition, these parts were offered for sale separately. A number have remained in the possession of the artist [see 'extended description' below]
photo/scan: archive herman de vries
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
extended description
1965-07-27-0010 [hdv 1965.012.2a]
41.5 × 58.5 cm
inscribed with date '7.27.1965' and number '?' on the reverse (graphite pencil)
collection herman and susanne de vries

1965-07-27-0020 [hdv 1965.012.2b]
41.5 × 58.5 cm
inscribed with date '26-27-7-1965' and number 'II' + instructions of the place of the collage '← III and I →' on the reverse (graphite pencil)
collection herman and susanne de vries

1965-07-27-0030 [hdv 1965.012.2c]
58 × 37 cm
inscribed with date and number on the reverse (graphite pencil) [?]
collection herman and susanne de vries

1965-07-28-0000 [hdv 1965.012.2d]
33 × 50 cm
dated '28-7-1965', numbered 'XI' and inscribed with instructions of the place of the collage 'VI' (below) and 'VIII' (right) on the reverse (graphite pencil)
collection herman and susanne de vries
exhibition history
1965 'Atelier II', Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam [group]
1970 'herman de vries. random objectivations', Kunsthistorisch Instituut, Amsterdam
2011 'nul = 0. dutch avant-garde in an international context, 1961-1966', Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam (reconstruction) [group]
2017 'herman de vries. from zero to zero', FS.Art, Berlin [part hdv.1965.012.2a and 2c]
2020 'herman de vries. programma nature', FS.Art, Berlin [part hdv.1965.012.2c]
published references
exhibition catalogue Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Atelier 2 - 24 september-24 october 1965 (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam : Amsterdam 1965) no image repr., 11 (catalogue number 21).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. random objectivations (Kunsthistorisch Instituut : Amsterdam 1970) image repr., [unpaged] (catalogue number 5).
exhibition catalogue The Dutch Nul Group in an International Context (Stedelijk Museum Schiedam : Schiedam / Nai Publishers : Rotterdam 2011) image repr. on page 24, 189 [also online available].