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1970-02-03-0070

v70-07 random objectivation

catalogue number: 1970.062.4
date created: 1970
classification: sculpture
work type: relief
medium: inside the squares (40 × 40 cm) of a 4 × 4 grid, 480 wooden blocks are placed, 30 elements per square, each with a random length (2 × 2 × 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 cm) as well as position and direction; white paint on chipboard panel
dimensions: 160.5 × 160.5 × 9 cm
signature and inscriptions: titled 'random objectivation', signed and dated/work number 'v70-07' on the reverse [?]
edition:
current repository: collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
current repository number: A 29684
collecting history: acquired through Galerie Swart, Amsterdam (1970)
related works:
comment:
photo/scan: ls (2025)
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
1980 'herman de vries. werken 1954-1980', Groninger Museum, Groningen
2025 'herman de vries. 70 jaar natuur als kunstwerk', Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
published references
collection catalogue De collectie van het Stedelijk Museum 1963-1973. Aanwinsten schilder-en beeldhouwkunst = The Stedelijk Museum Collection 1963-1973. Acquisitions paiting and sculpture (Stedelijk Museum : Amsterdam 1974) (cat. number 410).
collection catalogue 20 jaar verzamelen : aanwinsten Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1963 - 1984, schilder- en beeldhouwkunst = 20 years of art collecting : acquisitions Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1963 - 1984, painting and sculpture (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam : Amsterdam 1984) image repr. on page 311 (catalogue number 868).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) image repr. on page 90 (catalogue number 2.27).
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., 148 (colour ill. number 105) 148.