| 1997 | 'herman de vries. from earth - von der erde', Städtische Galerie am Markt, Schwäbisch Hall |
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from earth: gomera
| catalogue number: | hdv 1987.081.2 |
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| date created: | 1986-1987 |
| classification: | works on paper |
| work type: | earth rubbing series, artist's book |
| medium: | 108 samples of earth/soil, collected during the winter of 1986/1987 on La Gomera (Canary Islands) - Spain; rubbed on 108 sheets with Japanese paper bound between the pages + 3 pages showing sectional views of the earths + a schematic map indicating the origins of the earth samples (in the back cover); bound in linen and in linen slipcase |
| dimensions: | 108 sheets each 27.7 × 21 cm slipcase 28.5 × 22.8 × 4.7 cm |
| signature and inscriptions: | numbered 1-108 on the reverse of each sheet, edition numbered and signed (graphite pencil) |
| edition: | 10, numbered 1/10 - 10/10 (but only 8 on the market) published by Edition Lydia Megert : Bern 1987 |
| current repository: | [3/10] collection herman and susanne de vries [4/10] private collection [10/10] collection Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
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| current repository number: | [10/10] 1998.1.0021 |
| collecting history: | [4/10] 'Kunst des 19. bis 21. Jahrhunderts', Galerie Kornfeld Bern, 16 September 2021 (lot 729) |
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| photo/scan: | courtesy Lydia Megert Editions, Bern/archive herman de vries (photos Christine Schormeyer) |
| rights & reproduction: | herman de vries |
exhibition history
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., 184 (catalogue number 68). |
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