| 1971 | 'herman de vries. random objectivations 1971', Galerie Swart, Amsterdam |
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| 1972 | 'struktuur - een thema, een methode', Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden [group] |
| 1975 | 'herman de vries. random shapes', Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
| 1980 | 'herman de vries. werken 1954-1980', Groninger Museum, Groningen |
| 2012 | 'Spirits of Internationalism. 6 European Collections 1956-1986', M HKA, Antwerp [group] |
| 2015 | 'herman de vries. toevalstekeningen = random objectivations', Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo |
v71-63 [random dot grid field]
| catalogue number: | 1971.011.23 |
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| date created: | 1971 |
| classification: | works on paper |
| work type: | drawing |
| medium: | based on a 3 × 3 cm grid, vertical columns consist of four-line sequences in sets of four, repeated four times, plus one final column of one. For each column, dot sizes are randomly chosen from left to right: 5, 4 - 5, 4, 3 – 5, 4, 3, 2 – 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (followed by repetitions); black in on board |
| dimensions: | 71 × 98 cm |
| signature and inscriptions: | signed and dated/work number 'v71-63' on the reverse (graphite pencil) |
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| current repository: | collection Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
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| current repository number: | 0549 |
| collecting history: | acquired through Galerie Riekje Swart, Amsterdam (1972) |
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| photo/scan: | Peter Cox/Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| rights & reproduction: | herman de vries/Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
exhibition history
published references
| exhibition catalogue | struktuur - een thema, een methode (Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal : Leiden 1972) no image repr. (catalogue number 58). |
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| monograph | 'herman de vries', in Jean Leering, Programmi sistematici (Vanni Scheiwiller : Milano 1975) image repr. on page [189]. |
| exhibition catalogue | herman de vries. random shapes (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam : Amsterdam 1975) no image repr. (catalogue number 27). |
| exhibition catalogue | herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) repr. on page 100 (catalogue number 2.32). |
| exhibition catalogue | Spirits of Internationalism. 6 European Collections 1956-1986 (M HKA : Antwerp 2012) image repr. on page 67. |
| exhibition catalogue | herman de vries. toevalstekeningen = random objectivations (Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo 2015) image repr. on page 15, 70. |