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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Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

Sale Date: June 2, 2018

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, 1971

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, 1971

Sale Date: May 12, 2018

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: May 16, 2018

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Onion rain, 1978

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Onion rain, 1978

Sale Date: May 16, 2018

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town

Sale Date: May 12, 2018

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THE HOUSES ARE HANGING UNDERNEATH THE..., 1971

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THE HOUSES ARE HANGING UNDERNEATH THE..., 1971

Sale Date: May 19, 2018

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„Wasserende am Dach“, 1987

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„Wasserende am Dach“, 1987

Sale Date: June 1, 2018

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„2 bis 13 schwimmende Fenster“, 1979

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„2 bis 13 schwimmende Fenster“, 1979

Sale Date: June 1, 2018

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„Flooded Sleep / Überschwemmter Traum“, 1973

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„Flooded Sleep / Überschwemmter Traum“, 1973

Sale Date: June 1, 2018

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Blumenhaus' object, 1983

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Blumenhaus' object, 1983

Sale Date: May 17, 2018

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Song of the Whales, 1979

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Song of the Whales, 1979

Sale Date: May 22, 2018

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Let us Pray, 1981

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Let us Pray, 1981

Sale Date: May 22, 2018

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The Boy with Green Hair, 1967

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The Boy with Green Hair, 1967

Sale Date: May 22, 2018

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The False Eyelash, 1967

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The False Eyelash, 1967

Sale Date: May 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: May 22, 2018

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Good Morning City, 1971

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Good Morning City, 1971

Sale Date: May 15, 2018

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Sad Not so Sad is Rainshine, 1968

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Sad Not so Sad is Rainshine, 1968

Sale Date: May 11, 2018

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Kopf in der Sonne mit Hand, 1957

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Kopf in der Sonne mit Hand, 1957

Sale Date: May 17, 2018

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TENNOS FLY WITH HATS, 1985

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TENNOS FLY WITH HATS, 1985

Sale Date: May 8, 2018

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TEARS OF AN ARTIST, 1974

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TEARS OF AN ARTIST, 1974

Sale Date: May 8, 2018

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Vase

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Vase "Blumenhaus", 1983

Sale Date: May 2, 2018

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Homo Humus Come Va 10002 Nights

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Homo Humus Come Va 10002 Nights

Sale Date: May 1, 2018

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Island of Lost Desire, 1975

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Island of Lost Desire, 1975

Sale Date: May 1, 2018

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Zehn Farbserigraphien, 1970–1971

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Zehn Farbserigraphien, 1970–1971

Sale Date: April 14, 2018

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