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Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Vienna 1928 – 2000 at sea en route to Australia

„The Sailor“. 1968

Oil, egg-tempera, watercolour and lacquer on paper, laid down on canvas by the artist. 80 x 50 cm (31 ½ x 19 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Friedensreich Hundertwasser. „The Sailor“. 1968.

Estimate:

EUR 140,000

 

- 180,000

USD 181,000

 

- 233,000

Sold for:

292,800 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 199-206

Selected Works, Thursday, 29.11.2012

Information

Oil, egg-tempera, watercolour and lacquer on paper, laid down on canvas by the artist. 80 x 50 cm (31 ½ x 19 ⅝ in.). Added with the work number, signed, dated and inscribed lower left: 678 Friedensreich 1968 © DALMATIA–VENEZIA. Inscribed in black brush on the reverse: © BY HUNDERTWASSER. There added with the work number, signed and titled on a label: 678 HUNDERTWASSER "THE SAILOR". Catalogue raisonné: Schmied/Fürst 678. .

Joachim Jean Aberbach, New York / Private collection, USA

Hundertwasser. New York, Aberbach Fine Art, 1973, p. 51 / Mysterious and Magical Realism. Ridgefield, Connecticut, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 1980 / European Trends in Modern Art 1950-1980. One Hundred Paintings. New York, Pierre Cardin Buildings, 1980

Mizue, August 1969, Tokyo / To the point international, Vol. 2, no. 13, 28 June 1975, Antwerp, p. 50 / Auction 227. Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, auction 277, 9/10 June 1989, no. 531, full-page colour ill. pl. 58

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