random structures - an essay
| catalogue number: | 1971.012.1a-h |
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| creation date: | 1971 |
| classification: | works on paper |
| work type: | collage series |
| medium: | coloured board squares (3 × 3 cm), arranged in a grid pattern with at random choice of colour (10 colours), on board, in paper folder |
| dimensions: | 8 + 1 (title page) sheets, each sheet 32.5 × 32.5 cm |
| signature and inscriptions: | signed, dated/dedicated 'voor jan en tineke hoekstra a'dam 19-6-1971 herman' and poem on the inside of the paper folder
signed, dated and numbered '1/1' on the title page (graphite pencil) 1a. signed, dated/work number 'v71-08e' and numbered 'I' on the reverse (graphite pencil) 1b. signed, dated/work number 'v71-11e' and numbered 'II' on the reverse (graphite pencil) 1c. signed, dated/work number 'v71-12e' and numbered 'III' on the reverse (graphite pencil) 1d. titled 'random change', signed, dated/work number 'v71-13e' and numbered 'IV' on the reverse (graphite pencil) 1e. signed, dated/work number 'v71-17e' and numbered 'V' on the reverse (graphite pencil) 1f. titled 'hidden random fields', signed, dated/work number 'v71-16e' and numbered 'VI' on the reverse (graphite pencil) 1g. titled 'random clustering', signed, dated/work number 'v71-26' and numbered 'VII' on the reverse (graphite pencil) 1h. [program as v71-08] signed, dated/work number 'v71-27' and numbered 'Ib' on the reverse (graphite pencil) |
| edition: | 1/1 |
| current repository: | collection Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar |
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| collecting history: | 'Post-War and Contemporary Art', Christie's Amsterdam, April 30-May 1, 2019 (lot 101)
Jan and Tineke Hoekstra collection, Haren (acquired in 1971) |
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| comment: | text poem '10 kleuren als bewijs van vrijheid': so weiss / als weiss / so weiss / wie weiss / ich weiss / weiss du
created in collaboration with Ellen [= Helena] Hendriks (e) |
| photo/scan: | courtesy Christie's Amsterdam |
| rights & reproduction: | herman de vries |