from earth: brown braun brun
| catalogue number: | hdv 2005.052. |
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| date created: | 2005 |
| classification: | editions & publications |
| work type: | earth rubbing series |
| medium: | hand-labeled case containing 12 sheets of paper of which 1 cover sheet with title ('from earth' in pencil and the second part, 2×, 'brown / braun / brun' in 6 different brown coloured pencils), artist, edition and editor in handwritten graphite pencil and on the reverse a list of the geographical origins of the earth samples; followed by 11 sheets with samples of brown earth pigments, collected in Restinga on El Hierro (Canary Islands) - Spain, in Ammod and Mysore - India, Mombasa - Kenya, Römershofen (Haßberge), Los Aceviños on La Gomera (Canary Islands) - Spain, Iin Tokyo - Japan, Sapongt - Thailand, Toilogt - Mogolia, Dandenong Ranges - Australia and in Peru, rubbed on paper; white cardboard case with title ('from earth' in pencil and the second part, 2×, 'brown / braun / brun' in 6 different brown coloured pencils), artist and editor (graphite pencil) |
| dimensions: | each sheet 28.5 × 22 cm case 31.4 × 24 × 1.8 cm |
| signature and inscriptions: | signed and numbered on the cover page (graphite pencil) |
| edition: | édition lydia megert - paris-bern
edition 13, numbered 1/13 - 13/13 |
| current repository: | [2/13] collection Bayrische Staatsbibliothek, München [6/13] collection herman and susanne de vries [9/13] private collection, Bern [11/13] collection Fine Arts Library of the Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona |
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| current repository number: | [2/13] 4 L.sel.I 3783-1/7 |
| collecting history: | |
| related works: | 'from earth: proofs for brown' (2005), from earth: proofs for "brown" (2005) and from earth: proofs for 'brown'
in 2005 'from earth: brown braun brun' became part of the 'library of earth colours' |
| comment: | list of origin of the samples: 1. restinga - el hierro | 2. ammod - s. india | 3. near hubly - mysore, s. india | 4. mombasa - kenia | 5. römershofen - hassberge, d. | 6. los aceviños - la gomera | 7. tokyo - japan | 8. sapong - thailand | 9. toilogt - mongolia | 10. dandenong ranges - australia | 11. peru |
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| rights & reproduction: | herman de vries |
published references
| catalogue raisonné | herman de vries. les livres et les publications : catalogue raisonné / textes de herman de vries, Anne Moeglin-Delcroix, Didier Mathieu (Centre des livres d'artistes : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 2005) no image repr., 212 (catalogue number 105). |
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