Hundertwasser's comment on the work

This was the beginning of a long period of working together with my friend, the "Coordinatore" Alberto Della Vecchia. Up to that time I had resisted doing graphics. What had been done in this line hitherto had come about more or less because I had no choice. Until Alberto brought me a "Hundertwasser graphic" he had done. I immediately felt ill: this was kitsch which aped my style. Nonetheless, it was the decisive impetus to do it better, to do it right. Thus "King Kong" was created. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 798)

HWG 34
669
KING KONG

Silk screen, Silk screen
Galleria L'Elefante , Venice , 1968
645 x 490 mm
602 x 470 mm
Silk screen in 19 colours with gold and silver metal embossing
Galleria L'Elefante, Venedig / Venice, 1968; metal imprints Giorgio Verrati, Venedig / Venice, Mestre
Alberto della Vecchia
202 TESTA CON DUE PERSPETTIVE, 1954

115, signed and numbered 1-115/115;
XIV proofs, signed and numbered I-XIV/XIV

KunstHausWien, Vienna
Private collection JOMA
Peter Infeld Privatstiftung, Vienna

  • Galerie Brockstedt, Copenhagen, 1968/69
  • Galerie Leonhart, Munich, 1969
  • Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart, 1969
  • Galerie Hauswedell, Baden-Baden, 1969
  • Galerie Siemens, ERrlangen, 1969
  • Kulturamt, Regensburg, 1970
  • Goethe Institut, Marseille, 1970
  • Galleria d'Arte/Istituto Austriaco di Cultura, Rome, 1970/71
  • Galerie Hans Hoeppner, Hamburg, 1971
  • Galerie S im goldenen Weinberg, Deidesheim, 1972
  • Albertina, Vienna, 1974
  • Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1975
  • Junior Galerie, Dortmund, 1976
  • Junior Galerie, Goslar, 1976
  • Junior Galerie, Hamburg, 1976
  • Junior Galerie, Dusseldorf, 1976
  • Mönchehaus-Museum für Moderne Kunst, Goslar, 1978
  • Galerie in der Schule, Vomperbach, 1980
  • Galleria Goethe, Bolzano, 1989
  • KunstHausWien, Vienna, since 1991
  • Istituto Austriaco di Cultura, Rome, 1994
  • Schleswig-Holstein Haus, Schwerin, 1996
  • Kunsthandel - Rene Bernhard, Zurich, 1996/97
  • Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 1998
  • Mittelrhein-Museum Koblenz, 2001
  • Kulturelles Forum, Langenfeld, 2002
  • Kulturzentrum am Münster, Konstanz, 2003
  • Rosengarten, Mannheim, 2003/04
  • Haus der Kultur, Halbturn, 2004
  • Kulturzentrum Infeld, Dobrinj, 2005
  • Ostholstein-Museum, Eutin, 2007
  • Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, 2012
  • KunstHausAbensberg, since 2014
  • Die Grüne Zitadelle von Magdeburg, Magdeburg, 2015
  • Buchheim Museum, Bernried, 2016/17
  • Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016/17
  • Schloss Britz, Berlin, 2017
  • *
  • World Travelling Museum Exhibition:
  • Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1975
  • Musée de l'Etat, Luxembourg, 1975
  • Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1975
  • A.S.U. Hall, Cairo, 1975
  • The Tel Aviv Museum, 1976
  • Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, 1976
  • National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, 1976
  • Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 1976
  • Musée Dynamique, Dakar, 1976
  • Seibu Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1977
  • Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1977
  • South African National Gallery, Cape Town, 1977
  • Pretoria Art Museum, 1977
  • Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, 1977
  • Palácio Itamaraty, Brasilia, 1977
  • Museu de Arte, São Paulo, 1977
  • Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1977
  • Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1978
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 1978
  • Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1978
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1978
  • Mücsarnok, Budapest, 1978
  • Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, 1979
  • Palazzo Barberini, Rome
  • Palazzo Reale, Milan
  • Henie/Onstad Stiftelser Kunstsentret, Høvikodden, 1980
  • Secession, Vienna, 1981
  • Neue Berliner Galerie, East Berlin, 1981
  • Sala Dalles, Bucharest, 1981/82
  • Schipka Gallery, Sofia, 1982
  • Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1983
  • City Art Gallery, York, 1983
  • Dum Umení, Brno, 1986
  • Národní Galerie, Prague, 1986/87
  • Galerie Umení, Karlovy Vary, 1987
  • Slovenska Narodna Galeria, Bratislava, 1987
  • Rupertinum Salzburg, 1987
  • *
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1975-1982:
  • The New School Art Center, New York, 1975
  • MacIvor Reddie Gallery, The Art Institute of Boston, 1975
  • The Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover, 1976
  • The Brooklyn College Student Center, Brooklyn, 1976
  • Art Gallery, Maryland, 1976
  • Art Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, 1977
  • Spertus Museum of Judaica, Chicago, 1980
  • Cincinnati, 1980
  • Blacksbury, 1981
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1982
  • *
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1977-1992:
  • Kunst- und Kunstgewerbeverein, Reuchlinhaus, Pforzheim, 1977
  • Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, 1977
  • Städtische Galerie Haus Seel, Siegen, 1977
  • Regensburg
  • Studio am Rathausplatz, Hameln, 1978
  • Wiesbaden
  • Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, 1978
  • Städtische Galerie Rosenheim, 1978
  • Städtische Galerie Würzburg, 1978
  • Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, 1978
  • Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg, 1978
  • Orangerie des Schlosses Charlottenburg, Berlin, 1978
  • Kunstverein, Oldenburg, 1978/1979
  • Schloß Lichtenberg, Darmstadt, 1979
  • Städtische Galerie Beethovenhaus, Villingen-Schwenningen, 1980
  • Kunstverein Hochrhein, Bad Säckingen, 1980
  • Edwin-Scharff-Museum, Neu-Ulm, 1980
  • Neues Rathaus, Weiden, 1981
  • Rosenthal-Feierabendhaus am Rothbühel, Selb, 1981
  • Galerie Phönix, Ternitz, 1982
  • Palmenhaus, Gmünd, 1982
  • Alpirsbacher Galerie, Alpirsbach, 1982
  • Galerie in Kornhauskeller, Ulm, 1987/88
  • Turmgalerie der Orangerie, Park Sanssouci, Potsdam, 1992
  • *
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1978:
  • Galerie Nationale de Bab Rouah, Rabat, 1978
  • Salle Municipale des Fêtes, Casablanca, 1978
  • *
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1979:
  • Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 1979
  • Museu Nacional de soares dos Reis, Porto, 1979
  • *
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1979/80:
  • Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, 1979
  • Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia, 1979
  • Museo de Bellas Artes, Saragossa, 1979
  • Kulturhalle Hospitalet, Barcelona, 1979/80
  • *
  • Castello Mareccio, Bolzano, 1979
  • *
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1980-1982:
  • Centre Culturel de Cordeliers, Chateauroux, 1980
  • Centre Culturel de la Ville, Toulouse, 1980
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg, 1980
  • Musée de la Ville, Bourges, 1980
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, 1980
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts de L'Echevinage, Saintes, 1980
  • Musée de Tesse, Le Mans, 1981
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, 1981
  • Maison de l'étranger, Marseille, 1981
  • Centre Artistique de Rencontres Internationales, Nice, 1982
  • *
  • Travelling Exhibition 1968:
  • Galerie Prisma, Copenhagen, 1968
  • Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, 1968
  • Holstebro Museum, Holstebro, 1968
  • Galerie Prisma, Stockholm, 1968
  • Galerie Prisma, Sundsvall, 1968
  • Galerie Leger, Malmö, 1968
  • Tomelilla Konsthall, Tomelilla, 1968
  • *
  • Travelling exhibition 1973:
  • City of Auckland Art Gallery, 1973
  • Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 1973
  • The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, 1973
  • City Art Gallery, Christchurch, 1973
  • City Art Gallery, Dunedin, 1973
  • *
  • Travelling exhibition 1985/86:
  • Landskrona Museum, 1985
  • Ystad Konstmuseum, 1985
  • Oskarshammer konsthall, 1985/86
  • Jönköpings läns museum, 1986
  • Sandvikens Konsthall, 1986
  • Västerbottens Museum, Umea, 1986
  • Skaraborgs länsmuseum, Skara, 1986
  • *
  • Travelling exhibition 1989:
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 1989
  • Iwaki City Art Museum, 1989
  • Ohara Museum of Art, 1989
  • *
  • ExtraMax Travelling exhibition: Hundertwasser
  • Gewerbepark Bartels a. d. Wupper, Radevormwald, 2015
  • Biennale Internazionale della Grafica, Florence, 1970
  • Grafik der Welt, Nuremberg, 1971
  • W. Koschatzky, Hundertwasser, Das vollständige druckgraphische Werk 1951-1986, Zürich/Schwäbisch Hall, 1986, p. 89 (c)
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 797-799 (and c)
  • Galerie Prisma, Copenhagen, 1968, cat. 9 (c)
  • Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart, 1969, cat. 8 (b)
  • Galleria d'Arte, Rome, 1970, cat. 16
  • Grafik der Welt, Nuremberg, 1971 (b)
  • Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1975, p. 296 (c)
  • Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 1998, p. 182 (c)
  • Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, 2012, p. 149 (c)
  • KunstHausAbensberg, Abensberg, 2014, p. 68 (c)
  • Hundertwasser Schön & Gut, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, 2016, p. 83 (and c)
  • Hundertwasser, The Green City, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016, pp. 105 (c), 255
  • ****
  • Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1975, p. 418 (c)
  • Musée de l'Etat, Luxembourg, 1975, p. 318 (c)
  • Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1975, p. 318 (c)
  • A.S.U. Hall, Cairo, 1975, p. 318 (c)
  • The Tel Aviv Museum, 1976, p. 308 (c)
  • Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, 1976, p. 296 (c)
  • National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, 1976, p. 262 (c)
  • Supplementary edition Reykjavik, 1976, p. 48
  • Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 1976, p. 418 (c)
  • Supplementary edition no. 2, Copenhagen, 1976, p. 39
  • Musée Dynamique, Dakar, 1976, p. 418 (c)
  • Seibu Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1977, p. 308 (c)
  • South African National Gallery, Cape Town / Pretoria Art Museum, 1977, p. 308 (c)
  • Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro / Museu de Arte, São Paulo / Palácio Itamaraty, Brasilia, 1977, p. 308 (c)
  • Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1977, p. 308 (c)
  • Supplementary edition Caracas, 1977, cat. Grabados 23
  • Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1978, p. 308 (c)
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 1978, p. 418 (c)
  • Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1978, p. 308 (c)
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1978, p. 418 (c)
  • Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, 1979, cat. 81
  • Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon/Lake Zurich, 1979, p. 296 (c)
  • Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1980, p. 308 (c)
  • Sonja Henies og Niels Onstads Stiftelser Kunstsentret, Høvikodden, 1980, p. 308 (c)
  • Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1980, p. 395 (c)
  • Secession, Vienna, 1981, p. 395 (c)
  • Kulturhaus, Graz, 1981, p. 395 (c)
  • Neue Berliner Galerie, East Berlin, 1981, p. 36 (and c)
  • Helsingin kaupungin taidemuseo, Helsinki, 1981, p. 308 (c)
  • Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1983, p. 308 (c)
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1974/75: Yugoslavia
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1975-1980: U.S., p. 110 (c) and new ed. 2008, Munich, p. 124 (c)
  • Travelling exhibition 1985/86: Sweden, cat. 43
  • Travelling exhibition 1989: Japan, cat. 77 (c)
  • Aus dem graphischen Werk AUSDRUCK UND VISION, Galerie-F Edition, Kranenburg, 2010, p. 42 (c)
  • ARTES, Kunst unserer Welt Nr. 8, Angebotskatalog, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, 1986, pp. 15 (c), 240 (c)
  • ARTES, Kunst unserer Welt Nr. 9, Angebotskatalog, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, 1987, p. 24 (c)
  • J. Windisch, So war's - Ein Rückblick, Vienna, 2007, p. 151 (c)
  • T. Kjellgren, Tomelilla Konsthall 1965-2015, Tomelilla, 2015, p. 15 (c)
  • Exhibition poster, Galerie Leonhart, Munich, 1969 (edition of c. 2000)
  • Invitation card, Galleria Goethe, Balzano, 1989
  • Invitation card, Freilichtmuseum Ensemble Gerersdorf, 2008 (c)