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EIN REGENTROPFEN, DER IN DIE STADT FÄLLT
A RAINDROP WHICH FALLS INTO THE CITY
UNE GOUTTE DE PLUIE QUI TOMBE DANS UNE VILLE
Paris, 1955
Paris, rue Vavin, in a coffee house, August 1955
420 mm x 410 mm
Watercolour and indelible pencil on crumpled wrapping paper, primed with chalk, zinc white and fish glue
Hundertwasser Art Centre, Whangarei
- Studio Paul Facchetti, Paris, 1956
- Galerie St. Stephan, Vienna, 1957
- Galerie Raymond Cordier, Paris, 1960
- Galerie Delta, Basel, 1960
- Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1975
- 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
- Yokohama Citizen's Gallery, 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
- 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 Contemporaneo, Madrid, 1979
- Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon/Lake Zurich, 1979
- Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1980
- Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1980
- Henie/Onstad Stiftelser Kunstsentret, Høvikodden,1980
- Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1980/81
- Secession, Vienna, 1981
- Kulturhaus, Graz, 1981
- Neue Berliner Galerie, East Berlin, 1981
- Helsingin kaupungin taidemuseo, Helsinki, 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 Umenì, Karlovy Vary, 1987
- Slovenska Narodna Galeria, Bratislava, 1987
- Rupertinum, Salzburg, 1987
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- Travelling exhibition 1989:
- Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 1989
- Iwaki City Art Museum, 1989
- Ohara Museum of Art, 1989
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- KunstHausWien, Vienna, since April 1991 - February 2013
- Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, 2013/14
- Leopold Museum, Vienna, 2020
- Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, 2021
- Hundertwasser Art Centre, Whangarei, since Feb. 2022
- P. Restany, Hundertwasser, New York, 1978, p. 69 (c)
- J.F. Mathey, Hundertwasser, Munich, 1985 and ed. 1992, p. 21 (c)
- Das Hundertwasser Haus, Vienna, 1985, p. 38 (c)
- H. Rand, Hundertwasser - Der Maler, Munich, 1986, pl. 42 (c), p. 165
- H. Rand, Hundertwasser, Cologne, 1991, p. 60 (c) and ed. 1993, p. 50 (c)
- Contemporary Great Masters: Hundertwasser, Tokyo, 1993, pl. 12 (c), p. 113
- Hundertwasser Architektur, Cologne, 1996, p. 26 (c)
- P. Restany, Die Macht der Kunst, Hundertwasser - Der Maler-König mit den fünf Häuten, Cologne, 1998, p. 12 (c) and ed. 2018, p. 10 (c)
- W. Schmied, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2000, Vol. I, pp. 74/75 (and c)
- A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 294-296 (and c)
- F. Hundertwasser / P. Restany, Hundertwasser, New York, 2008, p. 22 (c)
- Regentag-Wassergläser für das Leben, Vienna, 2011, pp. 40/41 (c, English edition)
- Art Souvenir - Hundertwasser, In the Colour of His Brush, London, 2016, pp. 50 (c), 91
- Leaflet: Studio Paul Facchetti, Paris, 1956 (b)
- Leaflet: Galerie St. Stephan, Vienna, 1957, cat. 30
- Leaflet: Galerie Raymond Cordier, Paris, 1960 (c)
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1964 (c)
- Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1964, p. 136
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1964, cat. 43
- Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1965, cat. 54
- Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1975, p. 175 (c)
- Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1975, p. 281 (c)
- Musée de l'Etat, Luxembourg, 1975, p. 183 (c)
- Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1975, p. 183 (c)
- A.S.U. Hall, Cairo, 1975, p. 183 (c)
- The Tel Aviv Museum, 1976, p. 165 (c)
- Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, 1976, p. 175 (c)
- National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, 1976, p. 151 (c)
- Supplementary edition, Reykjavik, 1976, p. 33
- Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 1976, p. 281 (c)
- Musée Dynamique, Dakar, 1976, p. 281 (c)
- Seibu Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1977, p. 165 (c)
- South African National Gallery, Cape Town / Pretoria Art Museum, 1977, p. 165 (c)
- Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro / Museu de Arte, São Paulo / Palácio Itamaraty, Brasilia, 1977, p. 165 (c)
- Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, 1977, p. 165 (c)
- Supplementary edition Caracas, 1977, cat. Grabados 37
- Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1978, p. 165 (c)
- Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 1978, p. 281 (c)
- Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1978, p. 165 (c)
- Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1978, p. 281 (c)
- Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, 1979, cat. 127, cover (c)
- Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon/Lake Zurich, 1979, p. 175 (c)
- Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1980, p. 165 (c)
- Sonja Henies og Niels Onstads Stiftelser Kunstsentret, Høvikodden, 1980, p. 165 (c)
- Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1980, p. 185 (c)
- Secession, Vienna, 1981, p. 185 (c)
- Kulturhaus, Graz, 1981, p. 185 (c)
- Neue Berliner Galerie, East Berlin, 1981, p. 28 (and c)
- Helsingin kaupungin taidemuseo, Helsinki, 1981, p. 165 (c)
- Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1983, p. 165 (c)
- Travelling exhibition 1989: Japan, cat. 20 (c)
- HW-Die Kunst des grünen Weges, KunstHausWien, Vienna, 2011, pp. 176 (c), 213
- Gegen den Strich. Werke 1949-1970, Kunsthalle Bremen, 2012/13, p. 93 (c)
- Hundertwasser Bibel, Pattloch Verlag, Augsburg, 1995, AT, p. 372 (adapted, c)
- B. Ort, L. Rendle (ed.), fragen - suchen - entdecken, Munich/Donauwörth, 2004, ed. 2006, ed. 2009, ed. 2010, ed. 2011 and ed. 2013, p. 41 (c)
- H. Böke / L. Knudsen / M. Müller, Nach innen wachsen, Dusseldorf, 1999, p. 3 (c), cover (c)
- Schatzkiste 3/4, Donauwörth/Munich, 2004, ed. 2006 and ed. 2010, fol. 6 (c)
- H. Siegel, M. Wöhrmann (ed.), Werkstatt spezial, Aachen, 2004, p. unknown (b) and foil 6.14 (c)
- B. Ort, L. Rendle, L. Kuld (ed.), fragen - suchen - entdecken 3/4, Munich, 2006, ed. 2009, ed. 2010 and ed. 2013 p. 93 (c)
- Bilder aus fragen - suchen - entdecken 3/4, Munich/Donauwörth, 2006 and ed. 2011, fol. 17 (c)
- B. Ort, L. Rendle (ed.), fragen - suchen - entdecken 3, Berlin/Stuttgart, 2017, p. 43 (c)
- Phases, no. 3, Nov. 1956, Paris, p. 24 (b)
- Mizue, no. 623, June 1957, Tokyo, p. 7 (b)
- Enface, Jan. 1962, Vienna (b)
- Quadrum, no. 14, Brussels, 1963 (c)
- Studio International, Nov. 1964, London, p. 215 (b)
- Watercolor, no. 14, 200, n.p., p. 23 (c)
- Stern, Dec. 18, 2002 (b)
- Exhibition poster, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, 1964
- Postcard, Edizioni del Cavallino, Venice, 1964 (together with 86, 166, 440)
- Art Agenda, Cicero, 1979
- Exhibition poster, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, 1979
- Art Agenda, Hundertwasser 1980, Cicero, BRD
- Art Calendar, Hundertwasser 1988, Verlag Galerie Verlag Welz, Salzburg (Mai)
- Artclou, Hundertwasser 1989, caesar International Art, Stuttgart
- Hundertwasser Mini Adressbuch, Borer & Wörner Verlag, Zug, 1994
- Hundertwasser Art Calendar 1995, Borer & Wörner, Zug (560 x 490 mm, January)
- Hundertwasser Pocket Art and Pocket Art 95, Borer & Wörner, Zug
- Hundertwasser 2004 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
- Hundertwasser 2007, Borer & Wörner, Zug
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2010, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2010, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser 2012 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2015, Wörner, Rutesheim (small size)
- Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2015, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser Diary 2015, Wörner, Rutesheim
Hundertwasser's comment on the work
Here the importance of every single drop of rain falling on a city is pointed out. Wherever it falls is right. That is a supreme law which cannot be emulated by man. The city in the background is seen from above. Here, too, there is an absolute harmony between raindrops and the city which has grown organically and consists of individual cells.
(from: Hundertwasser Architecture, Cologne, 1997, p. 26)
This watercolour is also one I folded in four parts and only painted one quarter at a time. It is like a continuation of the thought of pictures 153 and 154 Automobile with Red Raindrops, only now the raindrop is falling on a city - an appeal to a new urbanism in harmony with creation. The tachistically falling drop is meticulously depicted, or as I said later, Each raindrop is a kiss from heaven. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 294)