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
Sold price: 618,794 USD

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Trois Collines Sur Le Nuage Jaune; Drei..., 1956

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Trois Collines Sur Le Nuage Jaune; Drei..., 1956

Sale Date: December 1, 2018

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mixed lot of two: 998A Head on Postcard, 998B...

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

mixed lot of two: 998A Head on Postcard, 998B...

Sale Date: December 1, 2018

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Blumenhaus, 1983

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Blumenhaus, 1983

Sale Date: November 14, 2018

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, 1971–1972

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 14, 2018

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1971

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1971

Sale Date: November 29, 2018

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

Sale Date: November 22, 2018

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Look at it on a Rainy Day (Regentag Portfolio), 1971

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Look at it on a Rainy Day (Regentag Portfolio), 1971

Sale Date: November 13, 2018

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1969–1970

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1969–1970

Sale Date: November 13, 2018

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: November 3, 2018

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Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

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Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 3, 2018

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Sonmen Stern 80th Birthday, 1972

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Sonmen Stern 80th Birthday, 1972

Sale Date: October 27, 2018

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Der Arbendländer, 1978

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Der Arbendländer, 1978

Sale Date: October 27, 2018

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Good Morning City-Bleeding Town, 1969–1971

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Good Morning City-Bleeding Town, 1969–1971

Sale Date: November 8, 2018

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Flucht ins All, pl. 4 from Look at it..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Flucht ins All, pl. 4 from Look at it..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 7, 2018

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Tears of an artist, 1974–1975

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Tears of an artist, 1974–1975

Sale Date: November 7, 2018

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Fall in cloud - Fall in fog -Fall out, 1979–1980

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Fall in cloud - Fall in fog -Fall out, 1979–1980

Sale Date: November 7, 2018

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1970–1971

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1970–1971

Sale Date: November 7, 2018

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Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of , 1971–1972

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Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of , 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 7, 2018

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Pintorarium, 1959

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Pintorarium, 1959

Sale Date: November 7, 2018

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OLYMPISCHE SPIELE MÜNCHEN

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OLYMPISCHE SPIELE MÜNCHEN

Sale Date: October 17, 2018

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«Sad not so sad is rainshine from rainday on , 1968

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«Sad not so sad is rainshine from rainday on , 1968

Sale Date: October 19, 2018

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«Testament in Gelb (testament in yellow)», 1971

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«Testament in Gelb (testament in yellow)», 1971

Sale Date: October 19, 2018

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«In Gamba», 1990

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«In Gamba», 1990

Sale Date: October 19, 2018

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Good Morning City, 1969

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Good Morning City, 1969

Sale Date: October 23, 2018

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