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Rosa damascena

Artist's Book
1990 (published)

Dried flower heads in a white card portfolio

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read Artists' books and the environment Artists have always been interpreters of contemporary issues and those who choose the book as their medium are no exception. While artists' books were emerging as an expressive new artform in the 20th century, the global movement of environmentalism, striving to protect the natural world, ...

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Categories
National Art Library
Artists' Books
Object type
Artist's book
TitleRosa damascena (published title)
Brief description
Artist's Book, 'Rosa damascena', by herman de vries and susanne de vries, Eschenau Summer Press, [Eschenau], 1990
Physical description
Dried flower heads in a white card portfolio
Gallery label
(05/11/2019 - 04/04/2021)
herman de vries (born 1931)
Dutch artist herman de vries is concerned about the breakdown of human relationships to nature. In 1986 he bought a small plot from an area of comercially farmed land in Eschenau and since then has worked to return it to its natural state using his expertise as a trained horticulturalist. His 1988 compendium of plant names records all those that he remembers ever consuming while damask roses are a recurring material in his installations and publications.

'Die Wiese: Eschenau 1986-2013' with susanne de vries, published by Peter Foolen Editions, Eindhoven, 2013. Museum no. 38041013053988
'Flora Incorporata' published by Ottenhausen Verlag, Aachen, 1988. Museum no. L.2015-1990
'Rosa Damascena' 2nd edition, published by Eschenau Summer Press, Eschenau, Lilienfield, Austria, 1990. Museum no. 38041998104079
Other number
X980027 - NAL Pressmark
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
38041998104079

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Record createdFebruary 17, 2019
Record URL
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