herman de vries dutch, b. 1931
from earth: la gomera, 2000
4 samples of earth/soil rubbed on paper
143 x 450 cm (installed dimensions)
4 parts, each sheet 140 × 100 cm
framed 143 × 103 cm
4 parts, each sheet 140 × 100 cm
framed 143 × 103 cm
signed, titled and dated on the front
Copyright The Artist
in the exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (2014) the series expanded once with a fifth sample (also from La Gomera)
in the exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (2014) the series expanded once with a fifth sample (also from La Gomera)
Provenance
the artistExhibitions
2011, herman de vries. homogeen & heterogeen, Galerie Wit, Wageningen2012, herman de vries. every thing is all ways significant for all, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf
2014, herman de vries. all, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam
2021, herman de vries. natura artis magistra, Galerie Geiger, Konstanz
2025, herman de vries. 70 jaar de natuur als kunstwerk, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
Literature
Boer, Cees de, Josien Beltman, all this here. herman de vries pioneer between science, nature and art, exh.cat. Enschede (Rijksmuseum Twenthe) 2025, unpaged (ill.no. 119)Geiger, Stephan, herman de vries. natura artis magistra, exh.cat. Konstanz (Galerie Geiger) 2021, pp. 14-15 (ill.)
vries, herman, Winnie Teschmacher, Coling Huizing, herman de vries - all, white, no thing, exh.cat. Schiedam (Stedelijk Museum Schiedam) 2014, cat.no. 89