v70-27B

catalogue number: 1970.062.17
creation date: 1970
classification: sculpture
work type: relief
medium: 20 wooden elements (1 × 2 × 1.5 cm) arranged inside the cells of a 25 × 25 cm grid from left to right with random selection of placement and orientation; on chipboard panel, painted white
dimensions: 100 × 100 cm
signature and inscriptions: signed and dated/work number 'v70-27b' on the reverse
edition:
current repository: unknown
current repository number:
collecting history: 'Post-War and Contemporary Art', Christie's Amsterdam, April 30-May 1, 2019 (lot nr. 57)
Jan and Tineke Hoekstra collection, Haren (acquired directly from the artist)
related works:
comment: created in collaboration with Chris Biddle (1947-2013)
the work has been repaired and repainted in 1995
photo/scan: courtesy Christie's Amsterdam
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
1980 'herman de vries. werken 1954-1980', Groninger Museum, Groningen
1992 'Keuze uit de verzameling van Jan Hoekstra', Groninger Museum, Groningen [group]
published references
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) image repr. on page 90, 148 (catalogue number 2.29).
exhibition flyer Keuze uit de verzameling van Jan Hoekstra (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1992) image repr. on p. [2].
monograph Cees de Boer, Overal stroomt mijn oog (Uitgeverij De Kunst : Zwolle 2014) image repr. on page 105, 178.