1972-04-26-042p

v72-42 semantische perspektiven

catalogue number: hdv 1972.082.4
date created: 1972
classification: works on paper
work type: print
medium: at random selected place of randomly selected words from newspaper (one word taken from a newspaper in 36 different languages); printed on on paper
dimensions: 38.2 × 46.2 cm
signature and inscriptions: titled 'semantische perspektiven', signed, dated/work number 'V72-42 and inscribed 'no. K/Z der serie "GASTGESCHENKE" herausgegeben von Cremer '72' on the front (graphite pencil)
edition: 26, numbered a/z - z/z + 7 a.p. numbered I/VII-VII/VII
current repository: [i/z] collection Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund
[s/z] collection Groninger Museum, Groningen
[y/z] private collection, Huizen
[/z] collection ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
current repository number: [i/z] SC 275/1998 K
[s/z] 1979.0503
[y/z] 143.09/2018
collecting history:
related works: the original collage 'semantische perspektiven' is housed at the Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund (collection Siegfried Cremer)
comment: in view of the boom in graphics on the art market in the early 1970s, Siegfried Cremer decided to take counteraction. Everyone who was his guest received an original graphic from this series as a gift. All sheets signed and numbered. The series was designed on 26 different sheets, numbered A/Z - Z/Z, but 13 prints were realized: by Reinhard Döhl (A/Z), Klaus Burkhardt (B/Z), Siegfried Cremer (C/Z), Heinz Decker (D/Z), Dieter Rot (E/Z), Hansjörg Mayer (F/Z), D. Albrecht (G/Z), Hermann Finsterlin (H/Z), Reinhard Döhl (I/Z), Klaus Burkhardt (J/Z) herman de vries (K/Z), Wolf Vostell (L/Z) and Reinhard Döhl (not completed)
photo/scan:
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
1975 'herman de vries. random shapes', Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
1980 'herman de vries. werken 1954-1980', Groninger Museum, Groningen
published references
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. random shapes (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam : Amsterdam 1975) no image repr. (catalogue number 22).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) image repr. on page 110, 149 (catalogue number 3.8).
exhibition catalogue Kunst van Nu in het Groninger Museum. Aanwinsten 1978-1982 = Kunst unserer Zeit im Groninger Museum. Neuerwerbungen 1978-1982 (Martinipers : Groningen 1982) no image repr., 100 (catalogue number 245).
collection catalogue Sammlung Cremer I (Museum am Ostwall : Dortmund/Stuttgart 1990) image repr. on page 228 (catalogue number 275/11).