from earth: brown braun brun
| catalogue number: | hdv 2005.052. |
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| date created: | 2005 |
| classification: | works on paper |
| work type: | earth rubbing series, edition |
| medium: | hand-labeled case containing 12 sheets of paper of which 1 sheet with on the front 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; on the reverse the number corresponding with the list of origins; 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 in pencil |
| dimensions: | 1 + 11 sheets each 28.5 × 22 cm (case 31.4 × 24 × 1.8 cm) |
| signature and inscriptions: | signed and numbered on the title page (pencil) |
| edition: | 13, numbered 1/13 - 13/13 published by Edition Lydia Megert : Paris/Bern 2005 |
| current repository: | [2/13] collection Bayrische Staatsbibliothek, Munich (rep. number 4 L.sel.I 3783-1/7) [6/13] collection herman and susanne de vries [9/13] private collection, Bern (sale, 'Kunst des 19. bis 21. Jahrhunderts', Galerie Kornfeld Bern, September 16, 2021 (lot 731)) [11/13] collection Fine Arts Library of the Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona |
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| related works: | 'from earth: proofs for brown' (2005)
in 2005 'from earth: brown braun brun' became part of the 'library of earth colours' |
| comment: | origin of the samples: restinga - el hierro | ammod - s. india | mombasa - kenia | römershofen - hassberge, d. | los aceviños - la gomera | tokyo - japan | sapong - thailand | toilogt - mongolia | dandenong ranges - australia | peru |
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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) no image repr., 212 (catalogue number 105). |
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