HWG 34
669
KING KONG
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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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)
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)