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

random structure

catalogue number: 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 [1965.012.2a]
41.5 × 58.5 cm
inscribed with date '27.7.1965' and number '?' on the reverse (graphite pencil)
collection herman and susanne de vries

1965-07-27-0020 [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 [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 [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

1965-07-27-0050 [1965.012.2e]
41.5 × 58.5 cm
dated, numbered 'III' and inscribed with instructions [?] on the reverse (graphite pencil)
depot Galerie Mueller-Roth, Stuttgart [?]
exhibition history
1965 'Atelier II', Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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].