Friedensreich Hundertwasser

(Austrian, 1928–2000)

Friedensreich Hundertwasser was an Austrian artist and designer whose passion for spirals and arabesque lines was largely inspired by Viennese Secessionists like Gustav Klimt. “Today we live in a chaos of straight lines, in a jungle of straight lines,” he critiqued of the man-made world. “If you do not believe this, take the trouble to count the straight lines which surround you. Then you will understand, for you will never finish counting.” Born Friedensreich Stowasser on December 15, 1928 in Vienna, Austria, he and his mother barely avoided persecution from the Nazi regime during World War II. After the war, the artist briefly enrolled in the Vienna Academy of Art before dropping out to travel extensively throughout Europe and Asia. As a designer in the 1950s, he undertook several large-scale architectural projects, including his famed Hundertwasserhaus. In the early 1970s, Hundertwasser purchased a number of properties in New Zealand where he would live out the remainder of his career. An outspoken activist against nuclear technology and pollution, the artist continued his involvement through the following decades. Hundertwasser passed away on February 19, 2000 while aboard the Queen Elizabeth II on its voyage from New Zealand to Europe. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others.

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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
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"Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, 1972

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"Irinaland über dem Balkan", 1972

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"Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann", 1969

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"Strasse der Überlebenden", 1972

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"Flucht ins All", 1972

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Folder: Look at it on a rainy day, 1971

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Folder: Look at it on a rainy day, 1971

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Rainy day on a Rainday, 1972

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Rainy day on a Rainday, 1972

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Regenbaum, 1974

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Regenbaum, 1974

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GOOD MORNING CITY - BLEEDING TOWN, 1970

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GOOD MORNING CITY - BLEEDING TOWN, 1970

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10002 NIGHTS HOMO HUMUS COME VA HOW DO YOU DO, 1984

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10002 NIGHTS HOMO HUMUS COME VA HOW DO YOU DO, 1984

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Look At It On A Rainy Day (Regentag..., 1970–1972

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Look At It On A Rainy Day (Regentag..., 1970–1972

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991 Doodle, 1998

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991 Doodle, 1998

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Columbus rainy day in India, 1972

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Columbus rainy day in India, 1972

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The City Man, 1984

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The City Man, 1984

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Homage to Schröder Sonnenstern, 1972

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Homage to Schröder Sonnenstern, 1972

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Seereise II, 1967

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Seereise II, 1967

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, from Look at , 1971–1972

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, from Look at , 1971–1972

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Window out of the pond - window into..., 1977–1978

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Window out of the pond - window into..., 1977–1978

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Nana Hyaka Mizu (portfolio of 7), 1966–1973

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Nana Hyaka Mizu (portfolio of 7), 1966–1973

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Regentag (Look at it on a rainy day), 1971–1972

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Regentag (Look at it on a rainy day), 1971–1972

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10002 Nights. Homo Humus come va. How do you , 1984

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10002 Nights. Homo Humus come va. How do you , 1984

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Blumenhaus, 1983

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Blumenhaus, 1983

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Relations of a Spider

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Relations of a Spider

Sale Date: May 20, 2023

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