| 1968 | 'herman de vries. toevalsstrukturen', Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague |
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| 1968 | 'herman de vries', Slot Zeist, Zeist |
| 1980 | 'herman de vries. werken 1954-1980', Groninger Museum, Groningen |
| 2024 | 'herman de vries. summer press', Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague |
| 2025 | 'herman de vries. 70 jaar natuur als kunstwerk', Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede |
1966/15 permuteerbare text
| catalogue number: | 1966.012.11 |
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| date created: | 1966 |
| classification: | works on paper |
| work type: | collage, experiments with language |
| medium: | 51 randomly selected words from J. Huizinga, Homo ludens. Proeve eener bepaling van het spelelement der cultuur (H.D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon, Haarlem : Haarlem 1940 - 2nd ed.), distributed with randomly selected placement and colour (red or black); red and black rub-off letters on paper |
| dimensions: | 43 × 61.5 cm
framed |
| signature and inscriptions: | titled 'permuteerbare text / (toevalsmonster uit / - homo ludens van j. huizinga)', signed, dated 'febr. 1966' and work number 'V1966/15' on the reverse (graphite pencil) |
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| current repository: | collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague |
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| current repository number: | TEK-1969-0006 |
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| photo/scan: | ls (2024) |
| rights & reproduction: | herman de vries |
exhibition history
published references
| exhibition catalogue | herman de vries. Haags Gemeentemuseum, 27 september-11 november 1968. Prentenkabinet 25 (Haags Gemeentemuseum : Den Haag 1968) no image repr. (catalogue number 9). |
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| exhibition catalogue | herman de vries (Nederlandse Kunststichting : Zeist, 1968) no image repr., unpaged (catalogue number 54). |
| exhibition catalogue | herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) image repr. on page 108 (top), 149 (catalogue number 3.2). |
| exhibition catalogue | all this here. herman de vries pioneer between science, nature and art / Cees de Boer (Rijksmuseum Twenthe : Enschede / Jap Sam Books : Prinsenbeek 2025) image repr. on page 30, 143 (colour ill. number 12). |