"a phantom & a dream" eschenau 12 12 1980
catalogue number: | hdv 1980.042. |
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date created: | 1980 |
classification: | works on paper |
work type: | collage series (artefact) |
medium: | artefacts (postcard with text 'a phantom & a dream' torn to pieces), collected on December 12, 1980 in the house in Eschenau, on paper |
dimensions: | 15 + 2 (cover page and text) cards, each card 14.6 × 10.5 cm |
signature and inscriptions: | titled/dated '"a phantom / & a dream" / eschenau / 12 12 1980', signed and number of cards '16 p.' on the cover page (graphite pencil) numbered on the reverse of each card (graphite pencil) on the reverse of the cover page the text 'this shall you think / of all this fleeting world: / a star at down, a bubble / in a stream / a flash of lightning & a summer cloud, / a flickering lamp / a phantom & a dream / (vajracchedika prajna paramita sutra)' (graphite pencil). The same text was repeated on a gray card. |
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current repository: | collection herman and susanne de vries |
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related works: | postcard [untitled (a phantom and a dream)] (1980) |
comment: | the text was first used in a 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 |
photo/scan: | studio herman de vries/l-cs |
rights & reproduction: | herman de vries |