grey & gray - from earth
| catalogue number: | hdv 2000.052. |
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| date created: | 2000 |
| classification: | works on paper |
| work type: | earth rubbing series, edition |
| medium: | 9 samples of grey earth/soil, collected in Matala on Crete - Greece, Námaskard - Iceland, Col de la Chaudière (Drôme) and in Forcalquirer - France, in Gliwice - Poland, in Binn-Fäld (Walis) - Switzerland, in the Eaux-chaudes, Digne-les-Bains and in Verdache (Haute Provence) - France, and Plefouti on Leros - Greece, rubbed on paper; in gray cardboard case with title, artist and editor (black ink) |
| dimensions: | 9 + 1 (cover page) sheets, each sheet 28.5 × 21 cm case 31.4 × 22.9 × 1.2 cm |
| signature and inscriptions: | signed, numbered and impressum on the cover page and on the reverse a list of the geographical origins of the earth samples (graphite pencil) on the reverse of each sheet the number corresponding with the list of origins |
| edition: | édition lydia megert - bern & montreuil/paris 2000
edition 17, numbered 1/17 - 17/17 |
| current repository: | [4/17] collection Bayrische Staatsbibliothek, Munich [6/17] collection herman and susanne de vries [9/17] collection herman and susanne de vries [*/17] collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam (rep. number 2001.1.0004) |
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| current repository number: | [4/17] 4 L.sel.I 3783-1/7 |
| collecting history: | |
| related works: | proofs f. "grey & gray" (2000) and proofs f. "grau & grey" (2000)
in 2005 'grey & gray - from earth' became part of the 'library of earth colours' |
| comment: | list of the origins of the samples: 1. matala, kreta | 2. námaskard, island | 3. col de la chaudière, drôme, f. | 4. gliwice, pl. | 5. forcalquier, f. | 6. binn-fe[=ä]ld, wallis, ch. | 7. eaux chaudes, digne, f. | 8. verdache, haute provence | 9. plefouti, leros, gr. |
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| rights & reproduction: | herman de vries |
published references
| catalogue raisonné | herman de vries. les livres et les publications : catalogue raisonné / textes de herman de vries, Anne Moeglin-Delcroix, Didier Mathieu (Centre des livres d'artistes : Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 2005) no image repr., 201 (catalogue number 92). |
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