Hundertwasser's comment on the work

Through the windows out back of the Casa de Maria I looked out on a miraculous garden with gigantic magnolia trees; in one window was a girl who waved to me. It reminded me of Egon Schiele seeing his wife for the first time in a window on the other side of the street. We arranged a way to meet from our windows, using pieces of cloth; I crept into the garden, which belonged to a home for lay sisters, and painted this picture. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 444)

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PEINTURE FAITE SECRETEMENT DANS LE JARDIN DE LA BELLE FILLE
DAS BILD DAS ICH HEIMLICH IM GARTEN DES SCHÖNEN MÄDCHENS MALTE
PAINTING THAT I MADE SECRETLY IN THE GARDEN
OF THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL

Watercolour
Venice, 1962
Painted in Venice, Giudecca, October 9, 10, and 12, 1962
500 mm x 320 mm
Watercolour and silver bronze on wrapping paper, primed with chalk and PV
  • Galleria La Medusa, Rome, 1962
  • Galerie Änne Abels, Cologne, 1963
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  • Travelling exhibition 1964/65:
  • Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1964
  • Kunsthalle Bern, 1964
  • Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, 1964
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1964
  • Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1965
  • Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1965
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  • Travelling exhibition 1968/69:
  • University Art Museum Berkeley, 1968
  • Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1968/69
  • The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1969
  • The Arts Club of Chicago, 1969
  • The Galerie St. Etienne, New York, 1969
  • The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, 1969
  • Cranach Stiftung Wittenberg, 2006
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 444/445 (and c)
  • F. Hundertwasser / P. Restany, Hundertwasser, New York, 2008, p. 214 (c)
  • Galleria La Medusa, Rome, 1962 (c)
  • Galerie Änne Abels, Cologne, 1963, pl. 22 (c)
  • Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1964, pp. 103 (c), 203
  • Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1964, cat. 99
  • Museum des 20. Jahrhundert, Vienna, 1965, cat. 112, p. 45 (c)
  • University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1968, p. 107 (c), cat. 56
  • S. Wille, Träume sind große Taten, Vienna, 1993, p. 39 (c)
  • W. Schurian, Kunst.Erfahrung, China, 2005, p. 376 (detail, b)
  • Bijutsu Techo, June 1963, Tokyo (b)
  • The Geijutsu-Shincho, Sept. 1965, Tokyo (b)
  • Mizue, Aug. 1969, Tokyo (b)
  • New York Sunday Times, June 1, 1969 (b)
  • Art Calendar 1973, Cicero (March)
  • Art Calendar, Hundertwasser 1981, B. Wörner, Gerlingen (December, 49 x 31,58 cm, with reversed sides)
  • Hundertwasser 2004 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne
  • Calendar: Hundertwasser 2004, B. Wörner, Zug
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2004, Borer & Wörner, Zug
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Notes, Wörner, Rutesheim, 2011
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2012, Wörner, Rutesheim