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'random shapes' v 72-64 a-j

catalogue number: hdv 1975.081.1
date created: 1975
classification: editions & publications
work type:
medium: 10 white cardboard rectangles in different formats (originally v72-64 a-j), in glassine envelope (27 × 19.5 cm) + 1 sheet of paper, folded in 3 (folded 26.5 × 19.6 cm) with texts by herman de vries (text from 'fragmentarische argumenten' (1968), 'programmaas' (1966), 'random objectivations' (1963) and 'in de trein ...' (1974)), a list of exhibited works, a selected bibliography, both in white cardboard sleeve with (printed) handwritten title, name of the artist and work number V72-64, A-J
dimensions: 27.5 × 20.8 cm
signature and inscriptions: uninscribed
edition:
original contribution to the catalogue to accompany the exhibition 'herman de vries. random shapes', February 7-April 6, 1975 (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam : Amsterdam 1975) catalogus nr. 578
edition untlimited [1000]
current repository:
current repository number:
collecting history:
related works: v72-64 a-j random shapes (1972)
comment: the sizes of the 10 cardboard rectangles: 6.0 × 12.5 cm | 8.5 × 20.4 cm | 1.6 × 17.5 cm | 8.0 × 24.8 cm | 8.3 × 9.5 cm | 9.3 × 14.2 cm | 12.0 × 21.6 cm | 16.0 × 18.8 cm | 12.7 × 26.6 cm | 14.2 × 25.5 cm
photo/scan: collection l-cs
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
2023 'Blank. Raw. Illegible ... artist's publications as Statements (1960–2022)', Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren [group]
published references
catalogue raisonné herman de vries. les livres et les publications : catalogue raisonné (centre des livres d'artistes : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 2005) no images repr., 139 (catalogue number 31).
exhibition catalogue Blank. Raw. Illegible ... artist's publications as Statements (1960–2022) (Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König : Cologne 2023) image repr. on page 26, 153 (catalogue number 24).