books and publications
1991
texts and contributions
'die namen des fliegenpilzes. eine kurze übersicht - mit einigen anmerkungen', in Der Fliegenpilz. Ein kulturhistorisches Museum / hrsg. von Wolfgang Bauer, Edzard Klapp, Alexandra Rosenbohm (Wienand Verlag : Köln 1991) 14-19 (ill.). Also in Der Fliegenpilz. Traumkult, Maechenzauber, Mythenrausch / Wolfgang Bauer, Edzard Klapp, Alexandra Rosenbohm (AT Verlag : Aarau 2000) 8-9.
'editorial', in integration. zeitschrift für geistbewegende pflanzen und kultur. journal for mind-moving plants and culture n° 1 (bilwis verlag : eschenau 1991) 3.
'iconae plantarum inebriatum', in integration. zeitschrift für geistbewegende pflanzen und kultur. journal for mind-moving plants and culture n° 1 (bilwis verlag : eschenau 1991) 71-77.
[contribution] 'in den feldern der erfahrungen, deutsche pflanzennamen', in liber maister s. Hanns Sohm zum siebzigsten Geburtstag / [contributions by] Ina Cozen-Meairs, Thomas Kellein, herman de vries, Hansjörg Mayer [a.o.] (Staatgalerie Stuttgart : Stuttgart 1991) 60-71 (ill.).
'de la terre', in catalogue herman de vries. terre, vie et poésie (Espace de l'Art Concret : Mouans-Sartoux 1991).
[die blätter des letzten jahres], in eins und ... Zeitschrift für Kunst und Gestaltung / hrsg. von Karl Duschek n° 1 (Karl Duschek Verlag : Stuttgart 1991).
1992
stream (water reproductions)
waters of the dochart photographed by herman de vries at killin 2nd of june 1986
series of 3 photographs in colour, printed on kodak paper (each 46 × 66 cm) in a blue box with title, inside on the left side the note 'no beginning no end', on the right side the imprint
edition 17, signed and numbered
Lydia Megert Editions, Bern
[les livres et les publications 75]
texts and contributions
'über meine arbeiten mit zufall 1962-1975', in exhibition catalogue Zufall als Prinzip (Wilhelm-Hack-Museum : Ludwigshafen 1992) 290-293.
'documents of a stream', in exhibition catalogue documents of a stream, the real works 1970-1992 (Edinburgh 1992) 8 (ill.).
'nothofagus obliqua, royal botanic garden edinburgh 1992', in exhibition catalogue documents of a stream, the real works 1970-1992 (Edinburgh 1992) 1 fol.
'[de dorsplaats ligt op een heuvelkam ...]', in exhibition catalogue Allocaties, kunst voor een natuurlijke en kunstmatige omgeving (Stichting Wereldtuinbouwtentoonstelling Floriade : Zoetermeer 1992) 40 (ill. photo Gerrit Dekker).
'the world we live in is a revelation', in Ars in natura (Edizioni Mazzotta : Milano 1992). Reprinted in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 156-158 and in Nature / ed. by Jeffrey Kastner. Documents of contemporary art (Whitechapel Gallery, London / MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 2012) 163-164.
'[unwahrscheinlich]', published in [?]
1993
meine poesie ist die welt
galerie d+c mueller-roth : stuttgart 1993
84 + 24 p. (26.6 × 20.7 cm)
edition 13, signed and numbered
based on the catalogue for the exhibition 'meine poesie ist die welt', added 24 pages
[les livres et les publications 76]
from white earth / von weisser erde
lydia megert edition : bern 1993
7 sheets (27.4 × 20.9 cm), each with one sample of white earth, rubbed in by hand by the artist, a handwritten coverpage with, on the back, the identification of the origins of earths: france, germany, greece, spain, curaçao, turkey and morocco, a sheet of japanese paper with a poem in english in a handlabeled box
edition 13, signed and numbered
see also library of earth colours (2005)
[les livres et les publications 77]
filmnotes
lydia megert edition : bern 1993
video
edition 30, signed and numbered
[les livres et les publications 78]
texts and contributions
'50 years of l.s.d.', in integration. journal for mind-moving plants and culture. zeitschrift für geistbewegende pflanzen und kultur n° 4 (bilwis verlag : eschenau 1993) 2. Reprinted in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 181.
'über die wirkungen von persea indica (l.) spreng.', in integration. journal for mind-moving plants and culture. zeitschrift für geistbewegende pflanzen und kultur n° 4 (bilwis verlag : eschenau 1993) 57.
'ein versandkatalog als kulturdokument : udopea', in integration. journal for mind-moving plants and culture. zeitschrift für geistbewegende pflanzen und kultur n° 4 (bilwis verlag : eschenau 1993) 66-67.
'sanctuarium', in catalogue Kunst, Natur, Schauspiel / Frank Werner (AV Edition : Stuttgart 1993) [41-45] (ill.). Reprinted in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 174-178.
'landschaftsbeschreibung-flurnamen', in exhibition catalogue Meine Poesie ist die Welt (Städtische Sammlungen : Schweinfurt/Städtische Galerie : Würzburg/Galerie D+C Mueller-Roth : Stuttgart 1993) 12-13 (ill.).
'het blauwe veld', in exhibition catalogue Beelden op de berg 6 : Musée des beaux arts, musée des beaux arbres ; Belmonte Arboretum Wageningen 6 juni t/m 23 september 1993 (Stichting Beelden op de Berg : Wageningen 1993) 77-79 (ill.). Translated in German and published in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 170-171.
[statement] 'ich hasse kunst in der natur', written in 1993 for the exhibition 'gute hoffnung / ohne gegensätze, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen; also published in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 178-179. Translated in French and published in herman de vries (Anthèse : Arcueil 2000) 18.
'heilige bäume, bilsenkraut und bildzeitung', in Naturverehrung und Heilkunst / hrsg. von Christian Rätsch (Verlag Bruno Martin : Südergellersen 1993) 64-83 (ill.). Reprinted in Rituale des Heilens - Ethnomedizin, Naturerkenntnis und Heilkraft (AT-Verlag : Aarau 2000) 41-53 (ill.).
'[de vorm van het landschap is een getuigenis van onze cultuur. een paar aanmerkingen]', in Symposium de 'natuurlijke' verbeelding ; 28 mei 1993 Universiteit Twente, Enschede (Culturele Raad Overijssel : Zwolle 1993) bijlage. Translated in German as 'die form der landschaft ist ein zeugnis unserer kultur', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 166-170. Reprinted in German and Danish in exhibition catalogue Trilogi/Kunst-natur-videnskab. Trilogy/Art-nature-science (Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik etc. : Odense 1996) 134-139 (ill.). Translated in French in herman de vries (Anthèse : Arcueil 2000) 16-17.
1994
remember gustav theodor fechner
eschenau summer press & temporary travelling press publication 33
[les livres et les publications 79]
texts and contributions
'majun', in Künstlers Kochbuch (Insel Verlag : Frankfurt an Main 1994) 107-110, 110 (ill.).
'den haag zuidwest', in V.I.N.K. (Stichting Volkshuisvesting in de Kunst : Den Haag 1994) 31.
'der stein der einst war', published in [?] [also available as recorded text].
1995
terrae petrinsulares
edition lydia megert : bern 1995
14 fol. (15 × 10.5 cm)
edition 7, numbered
[les livres et les publications 80]
botanische werke : distelsamen
the eschenau summer press publications 34
[les livres et les publications 81]
texts and contributions
'natura artis magistra', in De Haagse Beek / Krijn Giezen (Stroom - Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst : Den Haag 1995) 17-22.
'aus dem notizbuch 0 : 1956-57', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 20, 22.
'nul = 0', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 25-26. Translated from the Dutch, published in nul = 0. tijdschrift voor de nieuwe konseptie in de beeldende kunst / revue pour la nouvelle conception artistique ... 1, n° 1 (November 1961) 10.
'visuelle information', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 40-45. Originally published as 'visuele informatie / visual information / visuelle information / information visuelle', in integration 1 'aktuell 65' (January 1965) 3-18. Also published in Dutch in exhibition catalogue Toevals-objektiveringen Herman de Vries, Arnhem ('t Venster : Rotterdam, 1967) [37-39].
'fragmentarische argumente', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 54-60. Translated from the Dutch in Felison-kahier n° 10 (IJmuiden 1968) 2-6.
'das verschlossene paradies', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 132-133. Other version 'the locked paradise', in exhibition catalogue Trilogi/Kunst-natur-videnskab. Trilogy/Art-nature-science (Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik etc. : Odense 1996) 217-219.
'die linien', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 62. Translated from the Dutch in de lijnen v68-161 (edition integration : arnhem 1968).
'was ist rational?, in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 67. Translated from the Dutch wat is rationeel?, in Ta'box n° 2 (Copenhagen 1969).
'[im zug von arnheim nach frankfurt ...]', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 72-73. Translated from the Dutch '[in de trein van arnhem naar frankfurt ...]', in journal of the exhibition herman de vries. toevallige lijn- en punt raster strukturen / random line- and dot grid structures (Galerie Swart : Amsterdam 1974) 2 (ill.).
'a random sample of the seeings of my beings', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 82-85. Translated from the Dutch in exhibition catalogue herman de vries [werken 1954-1980] (Groninger Museum : Groningen 1980) 172-177.
'"winiarski, games", in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 95-97. Translated from the Dutch in De Lingestreek 28 April 1976.
'a moment in a stream', dated January 10, 1990 and published in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 134.
'monumenta lamiae', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 134.
'in memory of the scottish forrest', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) [136-137]. The text was reprinted in Materiality / ed. by Petra Lange-Berndt. Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art (The MIT Press : London/Cambridge MA 2015) 157-158.
'i am what i am', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 142-145.
'die eiche. wir werden dich niemals vergessen, wynfrith!', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 150-153. Reprinted in "Künstler" Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst. herman de vries volume 40, cahier 31 (WB Verlag : München 1997) 14. Translated in French as 'le chêne. nous ne t'oublierons jamais, wynfrith!', in herman de vries (Anthèse : Arcueil 2000) 16.
'[as a child ...]', dated eschenau, autumn 1992; statement for symposium san luis potosi 1992 schamanism. plants and altered states of consciousnes, published in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 159-160.
'[die form der landschaft ist ein zeugnis unserer kultur]', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 166-170. Translation from the Dutch original text in Symposium de 'natuurlijke' verbeelding ; 28 mei 1993 Universiteit Twente, Enschede (Culturele Raad Overijssel : Zwolle 1993) bijlage.
'das blaue feld', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 170-171. Translated from the Dutch in exhibition catalogue Beelden op de berg 6 : Musée des beaux arts, musée des beaux arbres ; Belmonte Arboretum Wageningen 6 juni t/m 23 september 1993 (Stichting Beelden op de Berg : Wageningen 1993) 77-79 (ill.).
'physik und metaphysik sind eins', in herman de vries. to be : texte - textarbeiten - textbilder (Stuttgart 1995) 180-181. Reprinted in "Künstler" Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst. herman de vries volume 40, cahier 31 (WB Verlag : München 1997) 15 and in exhibition catalogue herman de vries. texte und tatsachen (Museum für Konkrete Kunst : Ingolstadt 2001) 254. Translated in French in herman de vries (Anthèse : Arcueil 2000) 18.
1996
this
the eschenau summer press publications 37
[les livres et les publications 82]
poa annua 10 ×
[piet trantel editor : barskamp 1996]
12 p. (9 × 9 cm)
[not in les livres et les publications]
texts and contributions
'all this here', in ... (1996?).
'change' 'this this', in exhibition information herman de vries : to be (Museum Scryption : Tilburg 1996) 1, 2-3.
'the locked paradise', in exhibition catalogue Trilogi/Kunst-natur-videnskab. Trilogy/Art-nature-science (Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik etc. : Odense 1996) 217-219 (ill.).
1997
green?
edition lydia megert : bern and montreuil/paris 1997
9 sheets (22.9 × 17.9 cm), each with one sample of green earth, rubbed in by hand by the artist, a handwritten coverpage with, on the back, the identification of the origins of earths: scotland, germany, switzerland, france and greece, a sheet of japanese paper with a printed poem in english in a handlabeled box
edition 11, signed and numbered
including supplement green? collected: hermigua, la gomera, 1 sheet added 2000 and - supplement II - green? -, origin: north cyprus, 1 sheet added 2002
see also library of earth colours (2005)
[les livres et les publications 83]
earth notes
ed. by the artist : eschenau (1983) 1997-2008
9 vols., each 224 p., containing 108 earth rubbings each (varying formats)
edition 1
[les livres et les publications 84]
texts and contributions
'[a sanctuarium is a respected, protected space ...]', in exhibition catalogue Contemporary sculpture. Projects in Munster (Verlag Gerd Hatje : Ostfildern 1997) 430-433, 435 (ill.). Also in German in the German edition of the catalogue. Reprinted in French in herman de vries (Anthèse : Arcueil 2000) 87-88, 15.
'[article 1.1 of german constitutional law ...]', in exhibition catalogue Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1997 (Verlag Gerd Hatje : Ostfildern 1997) 434 (ill.).
'temple of the western buddha', in Unbuilt Roads - 107 unrealized Projects / hrsg. Hans-Ulrich Obrist (Verlag Hatje Cantz : Ostfildern 1997) 100 (text, ill.).
1998
red! rouge! - from red earth de la terre rouge -
edition lydia megert : paris/montreuil 1998
10 sheets (28.4 × 22.5 cm), each with one sample of red earth, rubbed in by hand by the artist, a handwritten coverpage with, on the back, the identification of the origins of earths: germany, spain. france, canary islands, tunisia, jordan, denmark and greece, a sheet of japanese paper with a printed text in a handlabeled box
edition 17, signed and numbered
see also library of earth colours (2005)
[les livres et les publications 85]
de tuindorpcollecties. tuindorp de kievet, tilburg
[voorwoord peter blankenstein]
stichting bronzen beverfonds : tilburg / de mondriaan stichting : amsterdam 1998
64 p. (23 × 16 cm)
edition 2500
guide which accompanied the project 'de tuindorpcollecties' in 'tuindorp De Kievit', Tilburg
[les livres et les publications 86]
texts and contributions
'[the process of being]', in 'over de vergankelijkheid van de tekens', in exhibition catalogue herman de vries : over de vergankelijkheid van de tekens / Cees de Boer (Kunstvereniging Diepenheim : Diepenheim 1998). Reprinted in herman de vries (Anthèse : Arcueil 2000) 14 (also in French) and in herman de vries : all this here / [Redaktion Barbara Strieder] (Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland : Bedburg Hau 2009) [14]. The French translation is also reprinted in herman de vries. les choses mêmes (Réserve Géologique de Haute-Provence/Musée Départemental Digne : Digne-les-Bains etc. 2001) 38-39. Translated in German in introduction 'Über die heilige Wälder - Von Bonifazius bis Hollywood', in Heilge Wälder (Verlag Neue Erde : Saarbrücken 2004) [also available as recorded text].
[contribution] 'to be / all / ways / to be', in Stampzine #4. An international postal art rubber stamp assemblage magazine in the "samizdat" tradition (Stamp Art Gallery : San Francisco 1998) 37, 39, 41, 43.
'inleiding', in De tuindorpcollecties (Stichting Bronzen Beverfonds : Tilburg / Mondriaan Stichting : Amsterdam 1998) 2-3.
'parts of the whole- herman de vries 1997', in Contributions to Knowledge # 4/5 - Earth Project Meeting, Summer 1998 / ed. by Ted Purves (0,0 Editions : Oakland 1998).
1999
wörter
eschenau summer press publication 42
[les livres et les publications 87]
tutto
eschenau summer press publication 44
[les livres et les publications 88]
watergoed kop van overijssel
Esselink Stichting : Zwolle / Mondriaan Stichting : Amsterdam 1999
40 p. (29,7 × 21 cm)
This edition is nr. 5 in the series of projects, initiated by the 'Praktijkbureau Beeldende Kunstopdrachten'
[les livres et les publications 89]
the book of ashes, collected 1990-1999
ed. by the artist : eschenau 1999
220 p. (28.7 × 24.2 cm)
edition 1
[les livres et les publications 90]
texts and contributions
[contribution] stamp with sanskrit text, in Stampzine #5. An international postal art rubber stamp assemblage magazine in the "samizdat" tradition (Stamp Art Gallery : San Francisco 1999) [29].
'vegetation und kunst - 10 thesen', in catalogue rosegarden. Verlorene Orte (Rosenheim 1999) 19. Reprinted in English 'art and vegetation. 10 theses', in exhibition catalogue trans'plant. Living Vegetation in Contemporary Art (Hatje Cantz : Ostfildern 2000) 130-131 (ill.) and in French in herman de vries (Anthèse : Arcueil 2000) 14.
[letter] '[kunst ist ...]', in Florian Matzner, 'Künstler Umfrage', in Basisarbeit / hrsg. von Olaf Metzel (Akademie der bildenden Künste : München 1999) 189.
[contribution] 'here and everywhere', in Edinburgh Review n° 102 (1999) [79]. Reprinted in Passport / ed. by Alec Finlay (Morning Star Publications : Edinburgh 25-04-2000) 27. Edition 750.
'summary', written in 1998 and published in watergoed kop van overijssel (Esselink Stichting : Zwolle/Mondriaan Stichting : Amsterdam 1999) 39.
bibliographic references
eschenau summer press publications
by Lynne van Rhijn and Ton Geerts
herman de vries - publisher 1
RKD-Netherlands Institute for Art History
Waanders Publishers
The Hague/Zwolle 2024
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