Herman De Vries Art Book - Collector's Edition by Herman De Vries | Art Lovers Gift, Coffee Table Decor & Modern Art Collection

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Herman De Vries2024920252Kunstmuseum Den Haag50

1970

AThomas A. Clark1974eschenau summer presstemporary travelling pressJames Lee ByarsMarinus BoezemMelanie Bonajo77

susanne de vries

RKD - NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR ART HISTORYLynne van RhijnTon Geerts

Once described as ‘small explosions of intelligence and sensation, the seeds of wonder’ by poet Thomas A. Clark, the eschenau summer press publications stretch the definition of ‘artist’s book’ as far as it will go. Since 1974, from his home in Eschenau, Germany, renowned artist herman de vries (1931) sends out leaves of gold, the dust of some roads, the forbidden down of thistles. A longtime key figure in the book-as-art himself, most of these publications are the result of an open invitation from de vries to artist friends like James Lee Byars, Marinus Boezem and Melanie Bonajo, but also to poets and musicians – even to a keeper of bumble bees. This book facilitates our reception of all 77 of these shared objects through full illustrations and written clarification. Two essays connect the series to the international context of the artist’s book.