1986-00-00-0520

from scottish earth

catalogue number: hdv 1986.052.
date created: 1986
classification: works on paper
work type: earth rubbing
medium: 140 (10 × 14) samples of earth/soil, collected in Scotland, rubbed on board
dimensions: 100 × 140 cm
framed
signature and inscriptions: titled 'from scottish earth', signed and dated on the front (graphite pencil)
stamp with rabbit on the reverse
edition:
current repository: collection Museum Jorn, Silkeborg
current repository number: 1990/0179
collecting history: acquired directly from the artist in 1990
related works:
comment: samples of earth collected in: 1. gorebridge | 2-5. moorfoot hills | 6-7. whitehope | 8-9. romanno bridge | 10. forth | 11. whitburn | 12. lanrick castle | 13-15. loch earn | 16. killin | 17-23. glen dochart | 24-29. strath fillan | 30-31. glen coe | 32. onich | 33-35. loch linnhe | 36. fort william | 37. leacann doire bainnier | 38. invergarry | 39-40. loch garry | 41-44. beinneun forest | 45-47. loch cluanie | 48. shiel bridge | 49. inverinate | 50-53. allt glean udalain | 54. strathcarron | 55-62. loch kishorn | 63-67. glenshieldaig forest | 68. loch dughaill | 69-72. balgy | 73. glen torridon | 74-75. coille na glas leitire-beim eighe | 76. loch maree | 77-78. meall a'ghlubhais-bein eighe | 79. meall a'ghlubhais/ruadh stagbeag | 80. eilean subhainn | 81-83. anacaun | 84-89. loch maree | 90-93. loch bad an sgalaig | 94-96. river kelly | 97. inverewe garden | 98. meall snil a chròthe | 99. croft-hill-poolewe | 100-105. coille na glas leitire | 106. gairloch | 107-110. glen docharty | 111-112. achanalt | 113-118. loch luichard | 119. brahan | 120-122. carrbridge | 123. coylum bridge | 124-127. auchogorish | 128. loch carron/ardarach | 129. strathcarron | 130-131. aundorach | 132-133. newtonmore | 134. drumochter summit | 135-136. glen garry | 137-138. calvine | 139-140. struan
photo/scan: archive herman de vries
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
1987 'The Unpainted Landscape', Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh [group]
1989 'herman de vries. natural relations – eine skizze', Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen
1990 'herman de vries. natural relations', Kunstmuseum Silkeborg, Silkeborg
1990 'herman de vries. natural relations', Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, Arnhem
published references
exhibition catalogue The Unpainted Landscape. Roger Ackling, Douglas Cocker, Thomas Joshua Cooper [...] (Coracle Press : London etc. 1987) image repr. on page 62, 63.