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from earth: la gomera

catalogue number: 2000.052.
date created: 2000
classification: works on paper
work type: earth rubbing series
medium: 4 samples of earth/soil, collected on La Gomera (Canary Islands) - Spain, rubbed on paper
dimensions: 4 parts, each part 140 × 100 cm
framed 143 × 103 cm
installed diemsions ca. 143 × 520 cm
signature and inscriptions: titled, signed and dated on the front (graphite pencil) [?]
edition:
current repository: collection herman and susanne de vries
current repository number:
collecting history:
related works: 'proofs for "from earth: la gomera"' (2000)
comment: in the exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (2014) the series expanded once with a 5th sample (also from La Gomera)
photo/scan: studio herman de vries/Bruno Schneyer, Zeil am Main
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
2011 'herman de vries. homogeen & heterogeen', Galerie Wit, Wageningen
2012 'herman de vries. "every thing is all ways significant for all"', Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf
2014 'herman de vries. all', Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam
2021 'herman de vries. natura artis magistra', Galerie Geiger, Konstanz
2025 'herman de vries. 70 jaar natuur als kunstwerk', Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
published references
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. all (Stedelijk Museum Schiedam : Schiedam 2014) no image repr., 89.
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. natura artis magistra (Galerie Geiger : Konstanz 2021) images repr. on pages 14-15.
exhibition catalogue all this here. herman de vries pionier tussen wetenschap, natuur en kunst = all this here. herman de vries pioneer between science, nature and art / Cees de Boer (Rijksmuseum Twenthe : Enschede / Jap Sam Books : Prinsenbeek 2025) image repr. on page unpaged (ill. number 119) 149.