herman de vries art catalogue

from the laguna of venice, a journal

catalogue number:	hdv 2014.031.2
date created:	2014
classification:	journals & sketchbooks
work type:	journal
medium:	mixed media (artefacts, ashes, earth/soil, glass, stones, seeds, shells, vegetation, photographs, etc.), collected by herman de vries & susanne de vries, assisted by Cees de Boer, Marion Reissner, Vince de Vries, Cristina della Toffole and Paolo dei Rossi from 29 September-7 October 2014 [and a few in May 2014] during a stay in Venice, on board/paper
dimensions:	122 + 1 (title page) panels, each panel framed 36.5 × 26.5 × 2-5 cm
signature and inscriptions:	titled 'from the laguna of venice / - a journal - / 29 september-7 october 2014', signed, dated and annotated 'assisted by cees de boer, marion reissner, vince de vries, cristina della toffole and paolo dei rossi' on the title page (graphite pencil) each part titled [see 'extended description'] and signed (with initilal) on the front (graphite pencil)
edition:

current repository:	Würth Collection, Künzelsau
current repository number:	17000
collecting history:	acquired directly from the artist
related works:
comment:
photo/scan:	studio herman de vries/Joana Schwender
rights & reproduction:	herman de vries

extended description

1st row, from left to right:

1. title page

2. 'from earth' 12 samples of earth/soil

3-5. 'coll.: poveglia 1.5.2014'

6. 'laguna 30.9.2014'

7. 'coll.: isola carbonera 30.9.2014'

8. 'rumex spec. coll.: isola carbonera / 30.9.2014'

9. 'coll.: isola carbonera 30.9.2014'

10. 'tamarix spec. / coll.: isola carbonera / 30.9.2014'

11. 'phytolacca spec. / coll.: isola carbonera 30.9.2014'

12. 'coll."isola carbonera / 30.9.2014'

13. uninscribed

14. 'clematis vitalba / coll.isola san giacomo in paludo / 30.9.2014'

15 'coll.: s. giacomo in paludo 30.9.2014'

16. uninscribed

17. 'asparugus spec. / coll.: lazaretto n[u]ovo / 30.9.2014'

18. 'coll.: lazaretto n[u]ovo 30.9.2014'

19. 'acanthus / coll.: lazaretto n[u]ovo 1.10.2014'

20. 'grappa with artemisia caerulescens / coll.: lazaretto n[u]ovo 1.10.2014'

21. 'bollo della sieta (in background:) ossario de sant ariano 2.10.2014'

22. 'ulva rigida ag. / coll.: bollo della sieta /2.10.2014'

23. 'bolla della siegam 2.10.2014'

24. 'coll.: bollo alla sieta 2.10.2014'

25. 'coll.: bolla alla siega 2.10.2014'

2nd row, from left to right:

26. 'bolla della siega 2.10.2014'

27. 'juncus spec. coll.: bolla della siega 2.10.2014'

28. 'salicornia veneta coll.: bollo della siega 2.10.2014'

29. 'rubus spec. coll.: ossario di san ariano 2.10.2014'

30. 'collected: ossario di san ariano 2.10.2014'

31-32. 'coll.: ossario di san ariano 2.10.2014'

33-36. 'coll.: madonna del monte 2.10.2014'

37. 'from earth: madonna del monte 2.10.2014'

38-43. 'coll.: madonna del monte 2.10.2014'

44. 'poveglia 3.10.2014'

45. 'collected: poveglia 3.10.2014'

46-47. 'coll.: poveglia 3.10.2014'

48. [illegible] / coll.: poveglia 3.10.2014'

49. 'rubus spec. coll.: poveglia 3.10.2014'

50. 'hedera helix / coll.: poveglia 3.10.2014'

3rd row, from left to right:

51. 'robinia pseudoacacia / coll.: poveglia, 3.10.2014'

52. 'ficus carica / coll.: poveglia, 3.10.2014'

53. 'coll.: poveglia, 3.10.2014'

54. laurus nobilis. coll.: poveglia, 3.10.2014'

55. uninscribed

56. 'collected: poveglia, 3.10.2014'

57. 'coll.: ischa poveglia 3.10.2014'

58. 'laguna near octagonon [= ottagono] alberoni, 3.10.2014'

59-63. laguna near ottagono alberoni, 3.10.2014'

64. 'bryopsis spec.? / laguna near ottagono alberoni, 3.10.2014'

65. 'laguna near ottagono alberoni, 3.10.2014 capparis spinosa'

66. 'artemisia vulgaris. coll.: ossario di san[t']ariano, 3.10.2014'

67. 'coll.: bollo della siegan / 3.10.2014'

68. 'asparugus officinalis. coll.: ossario di san[t']ariano, 3.10.2014'

69. 'mentha spec. coll.: ossario di san[t']ariano / 3.10.2014'

70. 'isola san[t']andrea 4.10.2014'

71-75. 'coll.: isola di sant'andrea, 4.10.2014'

4th row, from left to right:

76. 'coll.: san andrea, 4.10.2014'

77. 'coll.: isola sant'andrea, 4.10.2014'

78-80. uninscribed

81. 'coll.: isola sant'andrea, 4.10.2014'

82-83. 'coll.: san andrea, 4.10.2014'

84. 'isola campana, 4.10.2014'

85. 'coll.: isola campana, 4.10.2014'

86-87. 'collected: isola campana, 4.10.2014'

88. '108× / collected: isola campana, 4.10.2014'

89-93. 'coll.: isola campana, 4.10.2014'

94-95. 'coll.: murano, 4.10.2014'

96. uninscribed

97. 'from earth: isola s. angelo del[la] poolvere. coll.: 5.10.2014'

98. 'coll.: sant'angelo della / polvere 5.10.2014'

99-100. 'coll.: isola sant'angelo del[la] polvere, 5.10.2014'

5th row, from left to right:

101. 'coll.: sant'angelo della polvere, 5.10.2014'

102-103. uninscribed

104. 'coll.: isola sant'angelo della polvere, 5.10.2014'

105. 'coll.: isola sant'angelo della polvere / 5.10.2014'

106. 'collected san angelo della pollvere, 5.10.2014'

107. 'coll.: 5.10.2014. isola s. angelo del[la] polvere'

108. 'coll.: poveglia, 5.10.2014'

109. 'lazaretto vecchio 5.10.2014'

110. [illegible] 5.10.2014'

111. uninscribed

112-113. coll.: lazaretto vecchio 5.10.2014'

114. 'populus alba / coll.: lazaretto vecchio / 5.10.2014'

115. 'coll.: giardini cannaregio, 6.10.2014'

117. uninscribed

118-122. 'giardini cannaregio, 6.10.2014'

123. 'coll.: venice 6.10.2014'

exhibition history

2015	'herman de vries. to be all ways to be', Biennale Arte 2015, Dutch Pavilion, Venice
2018	'Äpfel und Birnen und anderes Gemüse. Die Obstbilder von Korbinian Aigner im Dialog mit der Sammlung Würth', Museum Würth, Künzelsau [group]
2013	'Rosenrot – Grasgrün – Quittengelb. Pflanzengeheimnisse in der Sammlung Würth', Kunsthalle Würth, Künselsau [group]

published references

exhibition catalogue	herman de vries. to be all ways to be (Valiz/Mondriaan Fund : Amsterdam 2015) image repr. on page 78-110.
exhibition catalogue	Äpfel und Birnen und anderes Gemüse. Die Obstbilder von Korbinian Aigner im Dialog mit der Sammlung Würth (Museum Würth/Swiridoff Verlag : Künzelsau 2018) images repr. on pages 106-107.
exhibition catalogue	Rosenrot – Grasgrün – Quittengelb. Pflanzengeheimnisse in der Sammlung Würth / (Kunsthalle Würth/Verlag Swiridoff : Künselsau 2023) image repr. on pages 192/193.