my poetry is the world
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| executed: | 2002 |
| classification: | works on paper |
| object/work type: | printed matter |
| technique/material: | 140 pages (23.5 × 16.5 cm) with the text 'my poetry is the world / i write it every day / i rewrite it every day / i see it every day / i read it every day / i eat it every day / i sleep it every day / the world is my chance / it changes me every day / my chance is my poetry', written in 1972 and translated in 64 languages; paperback in beige cover with the word 'chance' in Tibetan language printed on the cover and the word 'change' on page [4] the special edition contains 2 color photographs (15 × 10 cm) mounted on pages [1] and [3], titled 'the poet in his poetry' (1972 and 2000); the special edition is bound in canvas and in slipcase |
| dimensions: | 25.0 × 17.5 × 3.0 cm (slipcase) |
| signature and inscriptions: | [] |
| edition: | 300 copies, numbered + special edition 9 copies, numbered and signed published by [eschenau editions] : eschenau 2002 edited by Lydia Megert, Paris printed by Vonhausen & Barent, Hassfurt |
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| related works: | 2 photographs 'the poet in his poetry' executed in 1972 and 2000 |
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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) images repr. on pages 204-209, 203 (cat. number 94a-b). |
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