| 2025 | 'herman de vries. 70 jaar natuur als kunstwerk', Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede |
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v68-94 population with 24 couples; 8 copulations / by change
| catalogue number: | 1968.011.16 |
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| 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 [?] |
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| current repository: | MART Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto |
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| current repository number: | MART 3344 |
| collecting history: | Tullia Denza Archive
design for collection Ugo Carrega [notes herman de vries 1968] |
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| 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 |
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| rights & reproduction: | herman de vries |
exhibition history
published references
| collected works | herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) image repr. on page 68. |
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| 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). |