v72-73 I-III tautological postcards

catalogue number: hdv 1972.083.2
date created: 1972
classification: mail- & stamp art
work type: mail art
medium: series of 3 colour postcards
dimensions: each postcard +/- 10.5 × 14.8 cm
signature and inscriptions: 1a. titled 'the king as king' [King Ludwig II of Bayern] on the front (ink) and titled, signed, dated and numbered on the reverse (biro/ink)
1b. titled 'the island as island' [Gstadt with Fraueninsel] on the front (ink) and titled, signed, dated and numbered on the reverse (biro/ink)
1c. titled 'the castle as castle' [Schloss Herrenchiemsee] on the front (ink) and titled, signed, dated and numbered on the reverse (biro/ink)
edition: 30, numbered 1/30 - 30/30
current repository: [1/30] collection herman and susanne de vries [but addressed to Hanns Sohm, Markgröningen]
[2/30] Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund (rep. number SC 264/1998, 1-3)
[3/30] private collection, Amsterdam
[23/30] RKD Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis (archive Art & Project, Amsterdam)
[24-25/30] collection herman and susanne de vries
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photo/scan: studio herman de vries/l-cs
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
1980 'herman de vries. werken 1954-1980', Groninger Museum, Groningen
published references
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) no image repr. (catalogue number 6.7).
collection catalogue Sammlung Cremer I (Museum am Ostwall : Dortmund/Cantz : Stuttgart 1991) images repr. on page 209-210 (catalogue number 264).
collection catalogue Lynne van Rhijn, 'De koning als koning', in Schatten van het RKD Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis (RKD Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis : Den Haag 2018) images repr. on pages 66-69.