herman de vries art catalogue

earth notes

catalogue number:	hdv 1998.052.
date created:	1997-2008
classification:	works on paper
work type	earth rubbing series, artist's publication
medium:	handwritten title page, followed by 108 pages with samples of earth/soil, collected in 1997-2008, on paper; each rubbing is protected by a sheet of Japanese paper; bound in beige leather with title 'earth notes' and artist on the back in hot foil stamping, in slipcase
dimensions:	9 volumes, variable dimensions [see 'extended description']
signature and inscriptions:	titled [see 'extended description'], signed and dated on the title page (graphite pencil) numbered 'bd. 1/9[-9/9] and edition '1/1' left from the title page (graphite pencil) the geographical origins of the earth samples on the front of each page (graphite pencil)
edition:	[published by the artist : eschenau] 1997[-2008] edition 1/1

current repository:	collection herman and susanne de vries
current repository number:
collecting history:
related works:
comment:
photo/scan:	archive herman de vries/photographer unknown
rights & reproduction:	herman de vries

extended description

[1/9] '- earth notes - leros, 19 september-8 october 1997' (1997)
bound 19.7 × 15 × 3.9 cm | slipcase 20.7 × 16 × 4.8 cm

[2/9] 'earth notes from around eschenau 1997 & 1998' (1998)
bound 19.9 × 15.9 × 3.9 cm | slipcase 20.8 × 16.5 × 4.6 cm

[3/9] 'earth notes: from a visit to la gomera, 28 11-17 12 1997 & el hierro, 18 12-26 12 1997' (1997)
bound 21.2 × 14.7 × 3.2 cm | slipcase 22.2 × 15.7 × 3.9 cm

[4/9] 'earth notes from mouans-sartoux & le massif du tanneron 17-22 march 1998. & de weerribben e.o. watergoed kop van overijssel 12-30 may 1998 [later added] & environs de saint-yrieix-la-perche april 2005 - avril 2005, collected with corinne peirier & muriel desroches p. 58-76 [on the reverse of the title page] & gavdos collected by hartmut geerken 2002 & 2003 p. 77-107' (1998)
bound 21.4 × 15.4 × 3.9 cm | slipcase 22.4 × 16.4 × 4.6 cm

[5/9] '- earth notes - of visits to the réserve géologique de haute provence around digne from .. april - may .. 1999 and .. oct. - .. nov. 1999 + 18 may-may 2000' (2000)
bound 22.5 × 15.4 × 3.9 cm | slipcase

[6/9] '- earth notes - morocco, collected in the years 1983, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001 by herman and susanne de vries' (2001)
bound 21.7 × 15.6 × 3.9 | slipcase 18.8 × 15.7 × 5 cm

[7/9] 'earth notes - collected by friends - sulawesi/celebes 1-18, collected: milli schödrich 1997 - bering sea island 19-22, coll.: marietta & ingo schulze 2002 - greenland 23-26, coll.: marietta & ingo schulze - spitzbergen 27-28, coll.: marietta & ingo schulze - arctic islands + north siberia 29-35, coll.: marietta & ingo schulze 2002 - siberia 36-39, coll.: caroline blaser - zimbabwe 40-46, coll.: joke wezenbeek 1997 - botswana 47-50, coll.: joke wezenbeek 1997 - namibia 50-58. coll.: hartmut geerken - maputo, moçambique 59-60, coll.: joao moma 1992 - chile 60-82, coll.: lisa pließ 200. - china 83-100, coll.: jan hoekstra a.o. - tibet 101-102, coll.: [?] 2006 - island 103-108, coll.: ♀ & ♂ braun-vogt 1998' (2002)
bound | slipcase 19.7 × 15.5 × 4.9 cm

[8/9] 'from earth collected by friends - australia: mcdonnell ranges u.a. coll. by sigi hauff-geerken, 1998 and 2001, p. 1-27 - bretagne, coll. by marcus neufanger, 1998, p. 28-50 & south turkey, coll. by jörg bruns, 2000, p. 51-64 - from around lausanne, coll. by antoinette pitteloud, 2001, p. 65-103 - mongolia, coll. by antoinette pitteloud, 2001, p. 104-106 - île de porquerolles, coll. by aline vidal, 1999, 2001, p. 107-108' (2002)
bound 21.7 × 15.6 × 3.9 cm | slipcase 22.7 × 16.6 × 4.8 cm

[9/9] 'earth notes collected by friends: - ethiopia 1-62, collected by riekje & nico van breemen - kyrgyzstan 63-66, collected by antoinette pitteloud - insel bornholm 67-86, collected by jochen lahl - guinee bissau 87, collected by mike drenkhan - cabo verde 88-93, collected by mike drenkhan - aracama desert, chile 94-104, collected by jochen lahl - south africa & swaziland 105-108, collected by fabien faure' (2008)
bound | slipcase 18.1 × 15.2 × 4.8 cm

exhibition history

2018	'herman de vries. oplage 0', Block C, Groningen [volume 3/9 only]

published references

catalogue raisonné	herman de vries. les livres et les publications : catalogue raisonné (centre des livres d'artistes : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 2005) image repr. on page 200, 198 (catalogue number 84).