from white earth / von weisser erde
| catalogue number: | hdv 1993.052. |
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| date created: | 1993 |
| classification: | rubbings |
| work type: | earth rubbing series, earth rubbing edition |
| medium: | hand-labeled case containing 8 sheets of paper of which 1 sheet with on the front title, artist and editor in pencil and on the reverse a list of the geographical origins of the earth samples montagne de thiey, fr / kirchlauter, d / marathi, patmos, gr / hermigua, gomera, sp / curaçao / elmali - kaş, tü / ait atab, ma), 1 sheet of Japanese paper with text 'white earth/white love/white light/white bird/white wonder/why' and 7 sheets with white earth pigments rubbed, on the reverse the number corresponding with the list of origins; gray paper portfolio with title, artist and editor in black ink |
| dimensions: | (1 + 7 sheets) 27.4 × 21 cm (portfolio 29.3 × 22 × 1.4 cm) |
| signature and inscriptions: | [handwritten title page] from white earth // von weisser erde // herman de vries // 1993 // bern - eschenau // edition lydia megert // [number]/13 |
| edition: | 13 copies, numbered 1-13 published by Edition Lydia Megert : Bern 1993 |
| current repository: | [8/13] collection Bayrische Staatsbibliothek, Munich (rep. number 4 L.sel.I 3783-1/7) |
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| related works: | 'from white earth' also part of the 'library of earth colours' (2005) |
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| rights & reproduction: | herman de vries |
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 image repr., 197 (catalogue number 77). |
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