| 1980 | 'herman de vries. werken 1954-1980', Groninger Museum, Groningen |
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| 2014 | 'herman de vries. all', Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam |
| 2016 onwards | Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
| 2025 | 'herman de vries. 70 jaar de natuur als kunstwerk', Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede |
v67-36c random objectivation
| catalogue number: | 1967.062.15B |
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| date created: | 1967-1968 |
| classification: | sculpture |
| work type: | wall relief |
| medium: | wooden squares and elongated blocks, distributed with at random selection of length (measuring from 2 × 2 × 2 cm to 2 × 24 × 2 cm) and position (horizontal/vertical), white paint on chipboard panels |
| dimensions: | 16 panels, each panel 45 × 40 × 5-25 cm
installed dimensions 45 × 640 × 25 cm |
| signature and inscriptions: | uninscribed [?] |
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| current repository: | Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (deposit) |
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| 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
published references
| exhibition catalogue | herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) image repr. on page 89 (catalogue number 2.16). |
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| 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. |
| 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 64, 64-69, (black and white ill. 30), 64-69. |