1984-00-00-112a
exhibition view Halle 13 Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (1984)
additional images
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rosa damascena

catalogue number: hdv 1984.111.3
date created: 1984
classification: the real works: installations
work type: floor installation
medium: 108 pound of rose buds spread on white cotton [over the years, the white cotton as a base disappeared]
dimensions: variable, in round Ø 500-550 cm or rectangle
signature and inscriptions: certificate with instructions
edition: in principle, the number of certificates is unlimited
current repository: [*/*] collection Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo (KM 129.856). Acquired by the Rijksdienst Beeldend Kunst (today Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands) in 1986
current repository number:
collecting history:
related works:
comment: the starting point is 108 pounds of rose buds of the rosa damascena, but due to lack of space also smaller installations do occur, especially in galleries. Sometimes damascena buds are not available and the rosa centifolia is used instead (Cistercian Abbey, Bebenhausen in 2003 and Museum tot Zover, Amsterdam in 2022)
photo/scan: archive herman de vries/photographer unknown

additional images (left to right):
2003: Cistercian Abbey, Bebenhausen (Christian Blei, Stuttgart)
2010: Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin (courtesy Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin)
2015: Biennale Arte 2015, Dutch Pavilion, Venice (Lilian Seegers, Amsterdam)
2019: Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg (Lilian Seegers, Amsterdam)
2022: Haus Nivard III - Maria Bildhausen, Münnerstadt (Katharina Winterhalter, Steigerwald)

rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
1984 'herman de vries. natural relations I - die marokkanische sammlung', Galerie Mueller-Roth, Stuttgart
1984 'Von hier aus. Zwei Monate neue deutsche Kunst in Düsseldorf', Halle 13 Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf [group]
1985 'herman de vries', Galerie Mueller-Roth, Stuttgart
1989 'herman de vries. natural relations. eine skizze', Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen
1990 'herman de vries. natural relations', Kunstmuseum Silkeborg, Silkeborg
1990 'herman de vries. natural relations', Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, Arnhem
2003 Cistercian Abbey, Bebenhausen [group]
2009 'herman de vries - unity', Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
2009 'herman de vries. all this here - natur: werkgruppen und installationen', Schloss Moyland, Bedburg Hau
2010 'herman de vries. all this here - natur: werkgruppen und installationen', Kunsthalle Schweinfurt, Schweinfurt
2010 'herman de vries. es ist da', Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin
2011 'herman de vries', Galerie Mueller-Roth, Stuttgart
2014 'herman de vries. all', Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam
2015 'herman de vries. to be all ways to be', Biennale Arte 2015, Dutch Pavilion, Venice
2016 'herman de vries. all in one - one in all', Galerie Stephan Geiger, Konstanz
2017 'Pure Nature Art. Naturmaterialien in der zeitgenössischen Kunst', Museum Kunst der Westküste, Alkersum/Föhr [group]
2017 'herman de vries. the return of beauty', Cortesi Gallery, Milan
2018 'herman de vries. all all all', Cortesi Gallery, Milan
2018 'De(s) Rives', touring exhibition, organized by Galerie Aline Vidal on the island of Saint-Louis [group]
2019 'herman de vries. all all all : werke 1957-2019. Gerhard-Altenbourg-Preis 2019, Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg
2021 'herman de vries - vergehen (passing)', Museum für Sepulkralkultur, Kassel
2022 'herman de vries * vergaan', Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover, Amsterdam
2022 'herman de vries. sein & vergehen', Haus Nivard III - Maria Bildhausen, Münnerstadt
2024 10e Biennale internationale d'art contemporain, Melle [group]
2025 'herman de vries. all this', MuseumsQuartier Wien, Vienna
published references
exhibition catalogue Von hier aus. Zwei Monate neue deutsche Kunst in Düsseldorf (DuMont Buchverlag : Köln 1984) image repr. on page 97-100, 452-453.
exhibition catalogue Fleurs. Blumen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst / hrsg. von Markus Stegmann (Kunstverein Schaffhausen/Schwabe & Co. : Basel 2000) image repr. on page 74.
monograph Mel Gooding, herman de vries. chance and change (Thames & Hudson : London 2006) image repr. on page 92.
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. all this here - natur: werkgruppen und installationen (Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland : Bedburg Hau 2009) no image repr., 131 (catalogue number 8).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. es ist da (form + zweck : Berlin 2010) image repr. on page [22].
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. all (Stedelijk Museum Schiedam : Schiedam 2014) no image repr., [92].
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. to be all ways to be (Valiz/Mondriaan Fund : Amsterdam 2015) image repr. on pages 200-201, 2020, 251.
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. the return of beauty (Cortesi Gallery : Lugano/Milan/London 2017) image repr. on page [55] (catalogue number 18).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. all all all (Cortesi Gallery : Lugano/Milan/London 2018) image repr. on page [37].
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. all all all : werke 1957-2019. Gerhard-Altenbourg-Preis 2019 / Lindenau-Museum Altenburg (Deutscher Kunstverlag : München 2019) image repr. on page 100/101, 153.
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. vergehen (Museum für Sepulkralkultur : Kassel 2021) image repr. on page 24 and 33, 3.
exhibition catalogue herman de vries * vergaan (Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover : Amsterdam 2022) image repr. on page 32, 39 (catalogue number 4).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. sein & vergehen (Galerie Thomas Pfarr im Heimatspielhaus : Münnerstadt 2023) images repr. on pages 24-29.