| 1997 | 'herman de vries. from earth - von der erde', Städtische Galerie am Markt, Schwäbisch Hall |
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from white earth / von weisser erde
| catalogue number: | hdv 1993.052. |
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| date created: | 1993 |
| classification: | works on paper |
| 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 handwritten title, artist and editor in graphite pencil and on the reverse a list of the geographical origins of the earth samples and the number of sheets '1+7 p.' + 1 sheet of Japanese paper with text 'white earth/white love/white light/white bird/white wonder/why', followed by 7 sheets with white earth samples rubbed on paper; on the reverse of the sheets the number corresponding with the list of origins; in gray cardboard case with title, artist and editor in black ink |
| dimensions: | (1 + 7 sheets) 27.4 × 21 cm (case 29.3 × 22 × 1.4 cm) |
| signature and inscriptions: | numbered and signed on the handwritten title page (pencil) |
| edition: | 13, numbered 1/13 - 13/13 published by Edition Lydia Megert : Bern 1993 |
| current repository: | [3/13] collection herman and susanne de vries [8/13] collection Bayrische Staatsbibliothek, Munich (rep. number 4 L.sel.I 3783-1/7) [13/13] collection Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (rep. number 1994.1.0177) |
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| related works: | in 2005 'from white earth' became part of the 'library of earth colours' |
| comment: | 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 |
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| 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 image repr., 197 (catalogue number 77). |
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