1967-12-27-1020

v67-102 random structure

catalogue number: 1967.062.25
date created: 1966/1967
classification: sculpture
work type: relief
medium: plywood elements, distributed with at random selected number, size, position (horizontal/vertical) and place, white paint on chipboard panel
dimensions: 70 × 70 × 6.5 cm
signature and inscriptions: titled 'random structure', signed, dated 'winter 66/67 - dec 67' and work number 'v67-102' on the reverse
edition:
current repository: collection Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
current repository number: 1110
collecting history: Galerie Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden a/d Maas
collection Salco Tromp Meesters, Arnhem (on loan at AKZO, Arnhem, from 1970-1973 at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague and from 1973 onwards at the municipality of Venlo/Cultureel Centrum Venlo)
related works:
comment: the horizontal/vertical placing is semi-random: while sawing the elements, no account was taken of the grain of the wood, when placing an element, the grain is always positioned vertically [source: Cees de Boer (2025) 55]
photo/scan:
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
1968 'herman de vries. rationele strukturen - random objectivations', Galerie Felison, Velsen
1968 'herman de vries', Slot Zeist, Zeist
1969 'herman de vries. rationele strukturen', Gemeentelijke Van Reekum Galerij, Apeldoorn
1969 'Jonge Gelderse kunstenaars', Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, Arnhem [group]
published references
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. rationele strukturen - random objectivations. Felison-kahier n° 10 (Felison : IJmuiden 1968) no image repr., 16 (catalogue number 34).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries (Nederlandse Kunststichting : Zeist, 1968) no image repr., unpaged (catalogue number 10).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. rationele strukturen (Gemeentelijke Van Reekum Galerij : Apeldoorn 1969) image repr. on page [7], [12] (catalogue number 3).
exhibition catalogue Jonge Gelderse kunstenaars (s.n. : s.l. 1969) no image repr., unpaged (catalogue number 104).
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 54, 54-55 (colour ill. 23).