Hundertwasser's comment on the work

Begun as a watercolour on the cruise ship S/S Delos, without leaving the ship. The title, "End of the Greeks, Ostrogoths and Visigoths" is completely intuitive, in the hope that there is somehow a connection. At the time I made a flask vase for Murano with a flask head like this. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 488)

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DAS ENDE DER GRIECHEN, OST- UND WESTGOTEN
THE END OF THE GREEKS
LA FIN DES GRECS, DES VISIGOTHS ET OSTROGOTHS

Mixed media
Venice, 1964
Painted on board the S/S Philippos, Rhodos - Daphne, September 17, 1964 - Venice, September 16-19; mounted on hemp and finished in Venice, October 19, 1964
490 mm x 680 mm
Mixed media: watercolour on drawing paper, primed with PV, mounted on hemp with PV, painted over in parts with watercolour, PV, oil, gold and silver bronze
  • Travelling exhibition 1967:
  • Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris, 1967
  • Hanover Gallery, London, 1967
  • Galerie Krugier / Galerie Georges Moos, Geneva, 1967
  • Kunstverein Berlin, 1967
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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 Galerie St. Etienne, New York, 1969
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  • Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1975
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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
  • *
  • Buchheim Museum, Bernried, 2016/17
  • W. Hofmann, Hundertwasser, Salzburg, 1965, pl. 48 (c)
  • J.F. Mathey, Hundertwasser, Munich, 1985 and 1992, p. 30 (c)
  • H. Rand, Hundertwasser - Der Maler, Munich, 1986, pl. 78 (c), p. 166
  • H. Rand, Hundertwasser, Cologne, 1991, pp. 118/119 (c) and ed. 1993, pp. 100/101 (c)
  • Contemporary Great Masters: Hundertwasser, Tokyo 1993, pl. 25 (c), p. 112
  • Hundertwasser - Was braucht der Mensch um glücklich zu sein?, Munich, 2002, p. 23 (c)
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 488/489 (and c)
  • Hundertwasser - Wenn einer alleine träumt..., Munich, 2003, p. 27 (c)
  • H. Rand, Hundertwasser, Cologne, 2007, dust jacket / cover (detail, c) (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary edition)
  • F. Hundertwasser / P. Restany, Hundertwasser, New York, 2008, p. 69 (c)
  • Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris, 1967 (c)
  • Hanover Gallery, London, 1967 (c)
  • Galerie Krugier / Galerie Georges Moos, Geneva, 1967 (c)
  • Kunstverein Berlin, 1967 (c)
  • University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1968, p. 115 (c), cat. 64
  • Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1975, p. 223 (c)
  • Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1975, p. 351 (c)
  • Musée de l'Etat, Luxembourg, 1975, p. 253 (c)
  • Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1975, p. 253 (c)
  • A.S.U. Hall, Cairo, 1975, p. 253 (c)
  • Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, 1976, p. 223 (c)
  • Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 1976, p. 351 (c)
  • Musée Dynamique, Dakar, 1976, p. 351 (c)
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 1978, p. 351 (c)
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1978, p. 351 (c)
  • Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon/Lake Zurich, 1979, p. 223 (c)
  • Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1980, p. 249 (c)
  • Secession, Vienna, 1981, p. 249 (c)
  • Kulturhaus, Graz, 1981, p. 249 (c)
  • Leaflet, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, 2016 (c)
  • Hundertwasser Schön & Gut, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, 2016, p. 67 (and c)
  • I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Amore e Odio, Milan, 1971, cover (c)
  • The expressive image of man, Tokyo, 1971, p. 45, detail on pp. 42, 43, 44 (c)
  • Knaurs Lexikon der Modernen Malerei, Munich, 1982, cover (c)
  • M. Poster (ed.), Jean Baudrillard, Selected Writings, Oxford, 1988, cover (b)
  • Hundertwasser Bibel, Augsburg, 1995, NT, p. 112 (adaptation, c)
  • Persönliche Chronik, Bertelsmann Club, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, 1997, cover (September, adapted,c)
  • A. Pilkington / A Yeo, Sociology in Focus for AQA A2 Level, Lancashire, 2009, cover (mirrored, c)
  • Dagens Nyheter, December 20, 1964, Stockholm (c)
  • Quadrante, no. 1/2, Jan. 31, 1980, Rome, p. 45 (b)
  • Postcard, Verlag Galerie Welz, Salzburg, 1965
  • Postcard, Basler Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Basel, 1968
  • Art Calendar 1972 and 1973, Cicero GmbH, Stuttgart (June)
  • Invitation card, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1975
  • Art Agenda 1979, Cicero GmbH, Stuttgart
  • Art Calender, Hundertwasser 1980, Buchheim Verlag, Feldafing (September)
  • Art-Agenda, Hundertwasser 1980, Cicero GmbH, Stuttgart
  • Invitation card, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1980
  • Art-Calendar, Hundertwasser 1981, B. Wörner, Gerlingen (reversed sides, 35 x 49 cm)
  • Art-Calendar, Hundertwasser 1982, B. Wörner, Gerlingen (reversed sides, April, small)
  • Art Calendar, Hundertwasser 1985, B. Wörner, Gerlingen (March)
  • Hundertwasser Art Agenda, Caesar Art International, Stuttgart, 1987
  • Art Calendar 1987 (April)
  • Hundertwasser art agenda 1988, Caesar Art International, Stuttgart
  • Hundertwasser art agenda 1989, Caesar Art International, Stuttgart
  • Hundertwaser artclou 1989, Caesar International Art, Stuttgart
  • Hundertwasser art agenda 1990, Caesar Art International, Stuttgart
  • Hundertwasser Art Jahrbuch 1991, Caesar Art International, Stuttgart
  • Hundertwasser art clou 1991, Caesar International Art, Stuttgart
  • Gift-tag, Museums Betriebs Gesellschaft mbH, Vienna, 1991 (detail)
  • Hundertwasser Agenda, B. Wörner, Rutesheim, 1993
  • Hundertwasser Adressbuch, B. Wörner, Rutesheim, 1993
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art and Pocket Art 94, B. Wörner, Rutesheim, 1993
  • Hundertwasser Agenda 1995, Bohrer & Wörner, Zug
  • Hundertwasser Agenda 1996, Borer & Wörner, Zug
  • Hundertwasser Diary 1997 and Hundertwasser Directory, Borer & Wörner, Zug 1996
  • Hundertwasser Diary 1998, Borer & Wörner, Zug
  • Postcard, Gruener Janura AG, Glarus, 2001 (repr. 2002) and repr. 2017, 2019 by Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser 2004 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
  • 2004 Hundertwasser Diary Jahrbuch, Borer & Wörner, Zug
  • Hundertwasser 2005 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne, cover (detail)
  • Hundertwasser Jahrbuch 2007, Borer & Wörner, Zug
  • Hundertwasser Agenda, Wörner, Rutesheim, 2008
  • Greeting card with quotation imprint, Bernd Wörner Druckerei und Verlag, Rutesheim, 2008 (c)
  • Hundertwasser 2009 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne, cover (detail)
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim (small size)
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser Diary 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser Diary 2010, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Calendar: Hundertwasser 2005, Borer & Wörner, Zug
  • Hundertwasser Diary 2011, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2011, teNeues, Kempen
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Notes, Wörner, Rutesheim, 2011 (cover, detail)
  • Hundertwasser span-a-year Art Calendar 2012, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser Vertical Wall Calendar Art 2012, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser Premium Birthday Calendar, Wörner, Rutesheim, 2011 (cover)
  • Reproduction on canvas, Wörner, Rutesheim, 2011 (74 x 110 cm, ed. of 300)
  • Hundertwasser Premium Art Calendar 2012, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser 2012 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
  • Hundertwasser Diary 2013, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser notebook, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim, 2016 (cover and backcover)