Hundertwasser's comment on the work

Surfaces painted grey on grey like stripes fascinated me. Before painting it, I framed the picture with pieces of a "baguette électrique", which was used at the time to protect electric wiring on the wall. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 249)

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LE FLEUVE
DER FLUSS
THE RIVER

Oil
St. Maurice/Seine, 1953
St. Maurice/Seine, Impasse des Sureaux, René Brô's garden house, August 1953in the company of Martha
550 mm x 510 mm
Oil on wood fibreboard, primed with chalk, zinc white and fish glue, surrounded by a "baguette électrique"
  • Studio Paul Facchetti, Paris, 1954
  • Galerie Ariadne, Cologne, 1972
  • Galerie Paul Facchetti, Paris, 1974/75
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  • World Travelling Museum Exhibition:
  • Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1975
  • 27th Venice Biennial, 1954
  • American Students Club, Paris, 1954
  • Art Fair, Basel, 1973
  • W. Schmied, Hundertwasser, Salzburg, 1974, pl. 32, p. 312
  • W. Schmied, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2000, Vol. I, p. 118 (c)
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 249/250 (and c)
  • XXVII. Biennale di Venezia, Austria, 1954, cat. 22
  • Leaflet: Studio Paul Facchetti, Paris, 1954 (b)
  • Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1964, p. 121
  • Postcard-Catalogue, Galerie Paul Facchetti, Paris, 1974, cat. 26 (c)
  • Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1975, p. 267 (c)
  • Musée de l'Etat, Luxembourg, 1975, p. 169 (c)
  • Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1975, p. 169 (c)
  • A.S.U. Hall, Cairo, 1975, p. 169 (c)
  • Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 1976, p. 267 (c)
  • Musée Dynamique, Dakar, 1976, p. 267 (c)
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 1978, p. 267 (c)
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1978, p. 267 (c)
  • Flyer, Galerie Ariadne, Cologne, 1975 (c)
  • Connaissance des arts, no. 275, Jan. 1975, Paris, p. 69 (c)
  • Postcard, Paris, 1954 (b)
  • Hundertwasser Art Calendar 1987, Wörner, Rutesheim (Februar)
  • Hundertwasser art agenda 1989, caesar Art International, Stuttgart
  • Hundertwasser art agenda 1990, caesar Art International, Stuttgart
  • Hundertwasser 2004 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2011, Wörner, Rutesheim (small size)
  • Hundertwasser 2012 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)