1968-08-20-0940

v68-94 population with 24 couples; 8 copulations / by change

catalogue number: 1968.011.16
date created: 1968
classification: works on paper
work type: typewriter drawing
medium: male/female symbols ♂ and ♀ distributed at random; typoscript on paper
dimensions: 23.5 × 14.5 cm
signature and inscriptions: titled 'population with 24 couples; 8 copulations / by change' on the front (typoscript)
signed and dated/work number 'v68-94' on the reverse [?]
edition:
current repository: MART Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto
current repository number: MART 3344
collecting history: Tullia Denza Archive
design for collection Ugo Carrega [notes herman de vries 1968]
related works:
comment: the title of this drawing has the addition 'by change'; nonetheless, in his notes herman writes 'by chance' which seems more appropriate [CS]
The archive of Tullia Denza, a collector, is mainly made up of about 100 dossiers dedicated to the same number of international verbo visual artists, together with a collection of tapes with recordings of Sound Poetry, and some artists’ films. The archive is now housed at the MART Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto
photo/scan:
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
2025 'herman de vries. 70 jaar natuur als kunstwerk', Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
published references
collected works herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) image repr. on page 68.
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 80, 145 (colour ill. number 44).