Lot 129
  • 129

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
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Description

  • Friedensreich Hundertwasser
  • Fenster im Regentropfen Window in the Raindrop - Survivor of Laszlo V
  • signé et daté; signé, daté, titré et inscrit au dos
  • aquarelle et collage sur papier
  • 14,5 x 16 cm; 5 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.
  • Exécuté à Paris en 1959 - Venise, Giudecca - Vienne, Lobau - La Picaudière, été - automne 1962

Provenance

Collection particulière, Zurich

Literature

Catalogue d'exposition: Hanovre, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hundertwasser, 1964, illustré pp. 130 (c), 204
Catalogue d'exposition: Alençon, Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Hommage à Hundertwasser, 2001, illustré p. 42
A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, illustré p. 449 (c)

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration, although the overall tonality is lighter in the original. Executed on an irregular cream paper. The artist's pinholes are visible at the 4 corners and at the centre of each edge. Some thin creases are visible also at the 4 corners. This work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed and dated; signed, dated, inscribed and titled on the back; watercolour and collage on paper. Executed in 1962.

Cette oeuvre faisait partie à l'origine d'une aquarelle de 1959 découpée en plusieurs morceaux pour La Lune en Rodage remonté et repeint en 1962.