| 2025 | 'herman de vries. 70 jaar natuur als kunstwerk', Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede |
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hexendenkmäler
| catalogue number: | hdv 2004.042.4a-e |
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| date created: | 2004-2013 |
| classification: | the real works: assemblages & collages |
| work type: | collage series |
| medium: | ergot (claviceps purpurea), valerian, henbane (hyoscyamus spec.), belladonna (atropa belladonna) and monkshood, on paper |
| dimensions: | 5 parts, each part framed 71.5 × 31.5 × 3.7-6.5 cm |
| signature and inscriptions: | titled '([name of the plant in Latin]) / teil von "hexendenkmäler"', signed and dated on the reverse of each work (graphite pencil) |
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| current repository: | private collection, Knetzgau |
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| collecting history: | acquired directly from the artist |
| related works: | monumenta lamiae (hexendenkmäler) (1985) |
| comment: | in 2004 only the monkshood, the belladonna and the valerian were realized. In 2005 the ergot was added, but it took until 2013 before the work could be completed with the henbane |
| photo/scan: | Joana Schwender, Hassfurt |
| rights & reproduction: | herman de vries |
exhibition history
published references
| 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 92) 147. |
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