1967-00-00-036c

v67-36c random objectivation

catalogue number: 1967.062.15b
date created: 1967-1968
classification: sculpture
work type: wall relief
medium: wooden square and elongated blocks, arranged with at random selection of length (measuring from 2 × 2 × 2 cm to 2 × 24 × 2 cm) and position (horizontal/vertical), on chipboard, white paint
dimensions: 16 parts, each part 45 × 40 × 5-25 cm
installed dimensions 45 × 640 × 25 cm
signature and inscriptions: uninscribed [?]
edition:
current repository: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (deposit)
current repository number: SK-C-1762
collecting history: collection Wageningen University & Research, Environmental Sciences Group (deposit Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)
related works: sketch v67-36a random objectivation and maquette v67-38b random objectivation
comment: research into the distribution patterns of plants forms the basis for this monumental relief, commissioned by his then employer ITBON (Institute for Applied Biological Research in Nature), Wageningen
photo/scan: archive herman de vries/unknown photographer
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
1980 'herman de vries. werken 1954-1980', Groninger Museum, Groningen
2014 'herman de vries. all', Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam
2016 onwards Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
published references
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) image repr. on page 89 (catalogue number 2.16).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. all (Stedelijk Museum Schiedam : Schiedam 2014) image repr. on pages 30-31, 87.
article Cees de Boer and Rob de Windt, 'herman de vries, random objectivation v67-36c: Ecology as Context of a Systematic Artwork', in The Rijksmuseum Bulletin 72 (2024) 4, 316-343.