herman de vries catalogue raisonné

sketchbook/scrapbook XV

catalogue number:	1973.012.
date created:	1973
classification:	photographs
work type:	photograph series, sketchbook/scrapbook
medium:	scrapbook with grey cardboard covers and metal spiral binding the scrapbook contains 23 series of photographs from the projects of herman de vries 'a random sample of my visual chances', 'a random sample of the seeings of my beings', 'chance & change situations' and 'chance & change processes (and situations)'
dimensions:	39 sheets (out of 50), each sheet 34 × 48 cm
signature and inscriptions:	numbered on the cover (black ink) + notes 'schetsboek onverkoopbaar / (delen bestelbaar)'
edition:

current repository:	collection Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart
current repository number:	DKM Gr. 1011, 15
collecting history:	acquired directly from the artist
related works:
comment:
photo/scan:	courtesy Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
rights & reproduction:	herman de vries/Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart

extended description

the scrapbook contains the works (in the order of sketchbook XV):

v73-24s a random sample of my visual chances (and changes); only part of the series is included in the sketchbook (12 photographs)

v73-25s a random sample of the seeings of my beings; only part of the series is included in the sketchbook (12 photographs)

v73-26 auf dem platz

v73-31s (market marrakech)

v73-34 wellen etc. III

v73-36 wellen V 'wasser über sand'

v73-40 wellen IX

v73-35 wellen IV 'fußspur'

v73-33 wellen II

v73-41 waves cap kzera 12-4-1973 : 10.41 h.

v73-42 el donar mirleft at random times

v73-48 feuer

v73-49 - v73-58 chance & change situations

v73-37 wellen VI

v73-38 wellen VII

v73-39A-B wellen VIII

v73-61 toevalssituaties en intergrationele situaties

v73-60 'wat ik zag om 18.15 op 8/5, 9/5, 10/5 en 11/5'

v73-67 tide mirleft

v73-33 wellen II

v73-65 chance and change situations - valley + wolken

v73-28a wasserbilder

v73-28b wasserbilder

v73-26 auf dem platz

in a note with the contents of sketchbook XV present in the archive of herman de vries, work numbers v73-64, v73-45 and v73-29 are also mentioned. These were not found there [CS].

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 25).
exhibition catalogue	herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) no image repr., 150 (catalogue number 4.12).