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This work is recorded in the Hundertwasser archives under no. 422.
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Arbre de pluie Regenbaum
Details
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1925-2000)
Arbre de pluie Regenbaum
signed, titled, numbered, inscribed and dated '422 HUNDERTWASSER DEZ. 1959 HAMBURG ARBRE DE PLUIE' (lower right)
watercolour on brown paper laid down on canvas
25¼ x 19¾in. (64 x 50cm.)
Executed in December 1959 in Hamburg
Arbre de pluie Regenbaum
signed, titled, numbered, inscribed and dated '422 HUNDERTWASSER DEZ. 1959 HAMBURG ARBRE DE PLUIE' (lower right)
watercolour on brown paper laid down on canvas
25¼ x 19¾in. (64 x 50cm.)
Executed in December 1959 in Hamburg
Provenance
Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris.
Mrs Gavardier, Paris.
Galerie Heinz Berggruen, Paris.
Acquired from the above in 1964 by the father of the present owners.
Mrs Gavardier, Paris.
Galerie Heinz Berggruen, Paris.
Acquired from the above in 1964 by the father of the present owners.
Literature
Mizue, no. 674, June 1961 (illustrated in colour).
Ed. Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover, Hundertwasser, Vollständiger Oeuvre Katalog, Hannover 1964, no. 422, p. 184.
W. Schmied, Hundertwasser, Salzburg 1974, pl. 69 (illustrated in colour p. 316).
H. Rand, Hundertwasser, der Maler, Munich 1986, no. 57 (illustrated in colour p. 80).
H. Rand, Hundertwasser, Cologne 1991, (illustrated in colour p. 87).
Postcardbook: Lost and Stolen Pictures, Cologne 1995 (illustrated in colour).
Ed. Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover, Hundertwasser, Vollständiger Oeuvre Katalog, Hannover 1964, no. 422, p. 184.
W. Schmied, Hundertwasser, Salzburg 1974, pl. 69 (illustrated in colour p. 316).
H. Rand, Hundertwasser, der Maler, Munich 1986, no. 57 (illustrated in colour p. 80).
H. Rand, Hundertwasser, Cologne 1991, (illustrated in colour p. 87).
Postcardbook: Lost and Stolen Pictures, Cologne 1995 (illustrated in colour).
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