1992-00-00-1170
exhibition view Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (1992)
additional images
  • 1991-00-00-117a
  • 1991-00-00-117b
  • 1991-00-00-117c
  • 1991-00-00-117d

108 livres de la fleur de lavande

catalogue number: hdv 1991.111.7
date created: 1991
classification: the real works: installations
work type: floor installation
medium: 108 pound of lavender flowers
dimensions: variable, in round (&0slash; 450 cm) or rectangle
signature and inscriptions: certificate
edition:
current repository: [*/*] collection herman and susanne de vries
[*/*] collection Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
[*/*] private collection, Belgium
current repository number:
collecting history: Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede acquired in 1998
related works:
comment:
photo/scan: Catriona Grant/Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

additional images (from left to right):
1998: Stadthaus Ulm (photo Falko Behr, Erfurt)
2018: Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede (photo Henk Woudsma, Haren/Groningen)
2022: L'Abbaye - Espace d'Art Contemporain, Annecy-le-Vieux (photo courtesy Aline Vidal, Paris)
2022: Haus Nivard III - Maria Bildhausen, Münnerstadt (photo Katharina Winterhalter, Wunsiedel)

rights & reproduction: herman de vries
exhibition history
1991 'herman de vries. terre, vie et poésie', Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux
1992 'herman de vries. documents of a stream - the real works 1970-1992', Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
1998 'herman de vries. aus der wirklichkeit', Stadthaus Ulm, Ulm
1998 'herman de vries - reizen 1970-1998. documents of a stream', Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
2000 'Fleurs. Blumen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst und Naturkunde', Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen [group]
2011 'to be / herman de vries / verzamelingen', Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
2016 'Into Nature', Museum De Buitenplaats, Eelde [group]
2018 onwards Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede [group]
2021 herman de vries. 250 kg de flores de lavande', Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, Cordoba
2022 'herman de vries', L'Abbaye - Espace d'Art Contemporain, Annecy-le-Vieux
2022 'herman de vries', Schloß Oberschwappach/Galerie im Saal, Oberschwappach
2022 'herman de vries. sein & vergehen', Haus Nivard III - Maria Bildhausen, Münnerstadt
2023 'herman de vries', Galerie Sturm & Schober, Vienna
2024 'True Colors. AkzoNobel Art Foundation at Kunstmuseum Den Haag', Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague [group]
published references
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. terre, vie et poésie (Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux) image repr. on page 33 (detail), 46.
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. documents of a stream, the real works 1970-1992 (Royal Botanic Garden : Edinburgh 1992) no image repr. (catalogue number 39).
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. aus der wirklichkeit (Stadt Ulm : Ulm 1998) image repr. on pages 68-69.
monograph herman de vries (Galerie Aline Vidal/Anthèse : Paris 2000) image repr. on page 63.
monograph Mel Gooding, Song of the Earth / interviews by William Furlong (Thames & Hudson : London 2002) image repr. on page 29.
monograph Mel Gooding, herman de vries. chance and change (Thames and Hudson : London 2006) image repr. on page 91.
exhibition catalogue herman de vries (L'Abbaye - Espace d'Art Contemporain : Annecy-le-Vieux 2022) no image repr., 37.
exhibition catalogue herman de vries. sein & vergehen (Galerie Thomas Pfarr im Heimatspielhaus : Münnerstadt 2023) image repr. on pages 150-151, 146-151.