herman de vries art catalogue

chance & change - documents comparative communication I-II

catalogue number:	hdv 1975.081.3
date created:	1975
classification:	editions & publications
work type:	artist's publication
medium:	4 books with newspapers (see 'extended description') + title page, in linen binding
dimensions:	variable dimensions
signature and inscriptions:	titled, signed and dated on the title page
edition:	s.g. productions ffm [= Frankfurt am Main] 1975 edition 1/1

current repository:	Centre des livres d'artistes, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (deposit)
current repository number:	FNAC 03-907 (1-4)
collecting history:	Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris (acquired through Galerie Aline Vidal, Paris in 2003)
related works:	'documents of comparative communication 17 february 2020 bahrein & bamberg' (2020)
comment:
photo/scan:	courtesy Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris
rights & reproduction:	herman de vries

extended description

Ia. kathmandu 12-12 1974
14 different newspapers
60.8 × 39.5 × 2 cm
with photograph (13 × 9 cm) showing the place where the newspapers were bought

Ib. bern 12-12 1974
27 different newspapers in English, German, French, Turkish and Italian
62.3 × 44 × 5 cm
with photograph (13 × 9 cm) showing the kiosk where the newspapers were bought

IIa. kathmandu/dacca/bangkok/vientiane 10-12 1974 - 31-12 1974
47 diferent newspapers bought between 10 and 31 December 1974
60.8 × 42.5 × 5 cm

IIb. frankfurt/m 10-12 1974 - 31-12 1974
16 editions of the Frankfurter Allgemeine bought between 10 and 31 December 1974 in Frankfurt am Main
57.5 × 40 × 5 cm

exhibition history

1978	'Zeitungskunst 2', Verlagsgalerie Michael Leaman, Düsseldorf [group]
1980	'herman de vries. werken 1954-1980', Groninger Museum, Groningen
1998	'herman de vries - reizen 1970-1998. documents of a stream', Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede

published references

exhibition catalogue	Zeitungskunst 2 (Verlagsgalerie Leaman : Düsseldorf 1978) image repr., not paged (catalogue numbers 54-57).
exhibition catalogue	herman de vries. werken 1954-1980 (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) no image repr. (catalogue number 4.17).
catalogue raisonné	herman de vries. les livres et les publications : catalogue raisonné (centre des livres d'artistes : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 2005) images repr. on pages 140-147, 139 (catalogue number 33).