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1974-02-00-0160

v74-16 random structure

catalogue number: 1974.011.8
date created: 1974
classification: works on paper
work type: drawing
medium: within the cells of a grid with random dimensions (ranging from 0.5 to 10 cm), diagonal lines with weight 0.4 mm, are randomly drawn in either the forward (/) or backward (\) direction; black ink on cardboard
dimensions: 73 × 102 cm
signature and inscriptions: titled 'random structure', signed and dated/work number 'v74-16' + studio stamp (twice) and hare stamp on the reverse (graphite pencil)
edition:
current repository: collection herman and susanne de vries
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photo/scan: Marjon Gemmeke/Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
1974 'herman de vries. Zufallsprogramme', Galerie Lydia Megert, Bern
1975 'herman de vries. random shapes', Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
2015 'herman de vries. toevalstekeningen = random objectivations', Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo
2017 'herman de vries. chance & change', Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon)
2019 'herman de vries. all all all : werke 1957-2019', Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg [Gerhard-Altenbourg-Preis 2019]
published references
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. random shapes (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam : Amsterdam 1975) no image repr. (catalogue number 44).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. toevalstekeningen = random objectivations (Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo 2015) image repr. on page 41, 76 (ill.).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. chance & change (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León : Léon 2017) 9, image repr. on pages [78-79].
collection/exhibition catalogue herman de vries. all all all : werke 1957-2019. Gerhard-Altenbourg-Preis 2019 / Lindenau-Museum Altenburg (Deutscher Kunstverlag : München 2019) image repr. on page 82, 153.