1968-08-24-0970

v68-97 a.r. (sein sinn)

catalogue number: 1968.012.59
date created: 1968
classification: works on paper
work type: collage
medium: black letterpress letters of 'was das bild darstellt, ist sein sinn', distributed with at random selected place and font size (5 sizes), on paper; added below right 'made in holland'
dimensions: 24.8 × 17.1 cm
signature and inscriptions: titled 'a.r. (sein sinn)' and added 'was das bild darstellt ist sein sinnn (wittgenstein, tractatus 2.221)', signed and dated/work number 'v68-97' on the reverse (graphite pencil); also annotated 'Toevalsstruktuur met de letters van een tekst uit wittgenstein's Tractatus, 'was das bild darstellt ist sein sinn'.' [not in the handwriting of herman de vries]
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current repository: unknown
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collecting history: 'Auction 78', Bubb Kuyper, Haarlem, May 23-26, 2023 (lot 78/4697)
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rights & reproduction: herman de vries
published references
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 82, 145 (colour ill. number 48).