herman de vries online catalogue

sketchbook XVII 'eschenau'

catalogue number:	hdv 1974.014.1a-r
date created:	1974-1975
classification:	works on paper
work type:	drawing series, sketchbook
medium:	17 drawings in sketchbook with brown cardboard covers and metal spiral binding see also 'extended descroiption'
dimensions:	24 × 32 cm (motif size 24 × 24 cm)
signature and inscriptions:	titled 'eschenau' and numbered 'XVII' on the front (ink) signed, dated 'aug. 1975' and dedication 'voor susanne / herman de vries / susanne jacob' and number 'T935-X-1983' on the reverse (pencil) numbered I-XVIII [III. was removed from the sketchbook] and annotated on the front of each sheet (pencil) signed and dated/[work number] on the reverse of each sheet (pencil)
edition:

current repository:	collection Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart
current repository number:	DKM Gr. 1011, 17
collecting history:	acquired directly from the artist
related works:
comment:
photo/scan:	courtesy Staatsgalerie Stuttgart/l-cs
rights & reproduction:	herman de vries

extended description

I. [v74-01] based on a 1 × 1 cm grid, randomly selected number of grids (1-2 → 2) with random choice of colour (red or black) and a second grid with on the intersections dots with at random selected colour; coloured ink with graphite pencil on paper

II. [v74-18] on the intersections of the lines of a square grid (8 × 8 cm) dots in 1 size are distributed with at random choice of colour (red or black) [program as v73-76 and v74-17]; coloured ink with graphite pencil on paper

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