v73-238s random dot grid fields

catalogue number: hdv 1973.011.46
date created: 1973
classification: works on paper
work type: drawing
medium: dots with at random selection of place, size (5 sizes) and colour (red, yellow and blue), except in circular sub-areas (Ø and place at random) only 1 size and colour at random; coloured ink on cardboard
dimensions: 73 × 102 cm
signature and inscriptions: signed and dated/work number 'V73-238S' (graphite pencil) + sticker on the reverse
edition:
current repository: collection Groninger Museum, Groningen
current repository number: 1979.0502
collecting history: collection Cultural Heritage Agency of The Netherlands, on loan to Groninger Museum, Groningen
related works:
comment: created in cooperation with susanne jacob de vries (S)
photo/scan: Marten de Leeuw/Groninger Museum, Groningen
rights & reproduction: herman de vries/Groninger Museum, Groningen
exhibition history
1975 'herman de vries. random shapes', Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
1976 'Toevalkunst', organised by the Nederlandse Kunststichting; venues: Etten-Leur, Wijchen, Gouda and others [group]
1980 'herman de vries. werken 1954-1980', Groninger Museum, Groningen
2015 NulNu', Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam [group]
published references
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. random shapes (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam : Amsterdam 1975) no image repr. (catalogue number 41).
exhibition catalogue Toeval kunst - Random Art (Nederlandse Kunststichting : s.l. 1976) no image repr. (catalogue number 14).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) image repr. on page 102 (catalogue number 2.41).
exhibition catalogue Kunst van Nu in het Groninger Museum. Aanwinsten 1978-1982 = Kunst unserer Zeit im Groninger Museum. Neuerwerbungen 1978-1982 (Martinipers : Groningen 1982) no image repr., 100 (catalogue number 244).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. toevalstekeningen = random objectivations (Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo 2015) no image repr., 75.
exhibition catalogue NulNu = Zero Now. Lu Xinjian & Annesas Appel. herman de vries & Henk Peeters (YCCA Centre for Contemporary Art : s.l. 2015) image repr. on page 97.