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THE LOVE IS SOMETHING
DIE LIEBE DAS IST EIN DING
L'AMOUR C'EST QUELQUECHOSE
Hahnsäge, 1978
Venice, 1973 - 1978 - Hahnsäge, July 16, 1978
1000 mm x 700 mm
Mixed media: watercolour, egg tempera, oil on paper, primed with chalk, PVA and zinc white; glued on linen with PVA
KunstHausWien, Vienna
- World Travelling Museum Exhibition:
- 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
- City Art Centre, Edinburgh, 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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- Stichting Veranneman, Kruishoutem, 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, April, 1991 - October 2016
- Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 1998
- Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016/17
- KunstHausWien, Vienna, since March 23, 2017
- 10th Internat. Art Fair, Basel, 1979
- H. Brockstedt (ed.), Ao Tea Roa, Hamburg, 1979 (c)
- Y. Shirakura (ed.), Shinchosha's Super Artists: Hundertwasser, Japan, 1991, pl. 32 (c), p. 79
- W. Schmied, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2000, Vol. I, pp. 198 (c)
- A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 611-613 (and c)
- F. Hundertwasser / P. Restany, Hundertwasser, New York, 2008, p. 77 (c)
- Briefmarkenbuch, Hundertwasser in Wien, Vienna, 2011, p. 42 (c)
- Travelling exhibition 1979-1981: Hundertwasser Is Painting (c)
- Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1980, p. 349 (c)
- Secession, Vienna, 1981, p. 349 (c)
- Kulturhaus, Graz, 1981, p. 349 (c)
- Neue Berliner Galerie, East Berlin, 1981, p. 30
- World Travelling Museum Exhibition 1986/87: Czechoslovakia (c)
- Stichting Veranneman, Kruishoutem, 1987 (c)
- Travelling exhibition 1989: Japan, cat. 35 (c)
- Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 1998, p. 112 (c)
- KunstHausWien, Vienna, 1999, p. 61 (c)
- Hundertwasser, The Green City, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016, pp. 66 (c), 253
- Persönliche Chronik, Bertelsmann Club, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, 1997, (cover November, adapted, c)
- CD Rom Bildende Kunst, Hanover, 2003 (c)
- Seedamm Kulturzentrum Bulletin, no. 5, winter/spring 1979, Pfäffikon/Lake Zurich, back cover (c)
- Milliyet Sanat Dergisi, Yeni Dizi 23, May 1, 1981, p. 33 (c)
- Art Calendar, Hundertwasser 1980, Cicero GmbH, Stuttgart (January, big)
- Postcard, Gruener Janura AG, Glarus, 1981
- Hundertwasser Agenda 1996, Borer & Wörner, Zug
- Postcard, Joram Harel Management, Vienna, 1986
- Hundertwasser Diary 1997 and Hundertwasser Directory, Borer & Wörner, Zug, 1996
- Hundertwasser Diary 1998, Borer & Wörner, Zug
- Hundertwasser 2004 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne
- 2004 Hundertwasser Diary Jahrbuch, Borer & Wörner, Zug
- Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2004, Borer & Wörner, Zug
- Hundertwasser 2012 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
Hundertwasser's comment on the work
Anne, Brô's daughter, helped me to shade the thin lines on the "breast". That was the only time I enlisted someone's help in painting. The picture was painted with Senghor in mind. I intended to give it to him. It is still in my possession, but in the museum, and I have a bad conscience about it. Whether the big thing is a penis, I don't know myself. When one puts strange ornamentation on a figure, it enhances its effect. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 613)