| 1980 | 'herman de vries. werken 1954-1980', Groninger Museum, Groningen |
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vajracchedika prajnaparamita
| catalogue number: | 1979.083.2a-f |
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| creation date: | 1979 |
| classification: | mail- & stamp art |
| work type: | postcard series |
| medium: | 6 postcards, cut from the enlarged telegram, sent by herman de vries to the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam on February 3, 1975 for the vernissage of his exhibition on 6.2.1975 with text in English 'this shall you think of all this fleeting world: / a star at down, a bubble in a stream, / a flash of lightning and a summer cloud, / a flickering lamp, a phantom and a dream' (source: Vajracchedika Prajna Paramita Sutra [= Diamond Sutra]), printed on sturdy paper |
| dimensions: | each postcard 11 × 14.8 cm |
| signature and inscriptions: | uninscribed, but a stamp on the last postcard 'quellennachweis: / vajracchedika prajnapramita' on the reverse |
| edition: | [herman de vries publisher : eschenau 1979]
edition unknown |
| current repository: | one set of cards (incomplete) were found in the archive of herman de vries
private collection, Knetzgau private collection, Steigerwald collection Groninger Museum, Groningen (rep. number 1980.0343.A) |
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| comment: | one found copy with the text 'herzliche glückwünsche, herman & susanne' appears after merging |
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| rights & reproduction: | herman de vries |
exhibition history
published references
| exhibition catalogue | herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) no image repr. (catalogue number 6.11). |
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