1973-12-00-2360

v73-236 random dot grid fields

catalogue number: hdv 1973.011.44
date created: 1973
classification: works on paper
work type: drawing
medium: on the intersections of the lines of a 3 × 3 cm grid dots (in 5 sizes) are arranged; from left to right sub-areas of 2 columns with dot '4' and '5' at random selected | 2 columns 3, 4, 5 at random selected | 2 columns 2, 3, 4, 5 | 2 columns 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, a new sub-area with 2 columns × 4, 5 | etc.; black ink on cardboard
dimensions: 73 × 102 cm
signature and inscriptions: signed and dated/work number 'V73-236' on the reverse (graphite pencil)
edition:
current repository: collection Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
current repository number: RP-T-2015-11-4
collecting history: acquired through Art Affairs, Amsterdam (2015)
related works:
comment:
photo/scan: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
2014 'herman de vries. all', Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam
2015 'herman de vries. toevalstekeningen = random objectivations', Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo
published references
monograph Mel Gooding, herman de vries. chance and change (Thames & Hudson : London 2006) image repr. on page 32.
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. all (Stedelijk Museum Schiedam : Schiedam 2014) repr. on page 32 (below), 87.
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. toevalstekeningen = random objectivations (Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo 2015) image repr. on page 29, 74.