1966/30 luchtgedicht

catalogue number: 1966.111.1
date created: 1966
classification: installations
work type: installation, drawing series, experiments with language
medium: 10 cards with words in red and black ink (with the help of a template) are connected by nylon wire in sets of 3 wires (3, 3 and 4 cards each) and should be hanged on the ceiling
the words in red ink are: 'wij kunnen / in het geheel / niet spreken / zonder / ons / te onderwerpen / aan de / ordening / en klassifikatie / van het bestaande' and in black ink: 'wat poezie is / groeit op in / spel', 'alles is overal / maar het milieu / selekteert' (Lourens Gerhard Marinus Baas Becking hypothesis, 1934) and 'het spel / schept / orde' (Johan Huizinga))
dimensions: 10 cards, each card 15 × 25 cm
installed dimensions
signature and inscriptions: titled 'luchtgedicht', signed and dated/work number '1966/30' on the card with 'spel' (graphite pencil)
edition:
current repository: collection herman and susanne de vries
current repository number:
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photo/scan: archive herman de vries/photographer unknown
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
1980 'herman de vries. werken 1954-1980', Groninger Museum, Groningen
2025 'herman de vries. 70 jaar natuur als kunstwerk', Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
published references
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) no image repr., 149 (catalogue number 3.3).
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 76, 144 (ill. number 38).