earth notes - morocco

catalogue number: hdv 2001.081.
date created: [2001]
classification: works on paper
work type: artist's publication, earth rubbing
medium: handwritten title page followed by 108 samples of earth/soil, collected in Morocco in 1983-2001; rubbed on paper; each rubbing is protected by a sheet of Japanese paper; bound in leather with title 'earth notes' and artist on the back in hot foil stamping, in slipcase
dimensions: 108 sheets each 17.2 × 14 cm
slipcase 18.8 × 15.7 × 5 cm
signature and inscriptions: titled '- earth notes - morocco / collected in the years / 1983, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001 / by herman and susanne de vries' and signed on the title page
numbered 'bd. 6/9' and edition '1/1' left from the title page (graphite pencil)
each sample with location (graphite pencil)
edition: 1/1
[published by the artist] : eschenau 2001
current repository: collection herman and susanne de vries
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rights & reproduction: herman de vries