Hundertwasser's comment on the work

A new version of 626 The Way to You. I frequently paint a subject again, several times, which can result in changes, improvements or the opposite, e.g., "Singing Steamers I, II, III", "The Eye Balance I, II, III, IV", "Automobile with Raindrops I, II", "Cathedral I, II" etc. One of most famous subjects to be painted in several versions is probably "The Isle of the Dead" by Böcklin. I am still trying to complete a set of all the Isles of the Dead in postcard form. "The Way from You Back to Me" disappeared inexplicably during shipment or was stolen. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 630)

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SAPIENS OMNIUM SECUM PORTAT
The Way Back from You to Me - She Carries All Knowledge Within Herself

Mixed media
Vienna, 1981
Painted at La Picaudière, 1967, July and August 1979 - Vienna, February 15, 1981
890 mm x 1160 mm
Mixed media: watercolour, egg tempera, vinyl, oil, lacquer and tinfoil on paper glued on hemp with PV wallpaper glue; acrylic white ground; diagonal cross of wood made by Hundertwasser.
  • World Travelling Museum Exhibition:
  • 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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  • Schloßhofgalerie, Lindau, 1984
  • 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
  • Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, 1997
  • J.F. Mathey, Hundertwasser, Munich, 1985 backcover (c), p. 78 (c) and ed. 1992, p. 78 (c)
  • Contemporary Great Masters: Hundertwasser, Tokyo, 1993, pl. 56 (c), p. 111
  • Postcardbook: Lost and Stolen Pictures, Cologne, 1995 (c)
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 629/630 (and c)
  • F. Hundertwasser / P. Restany, Hundertwasser, New York, 2008, pp. 82/83 (c)
  • Neue Berliner Galerie, East Berlin, 1981, p. 31
  • Stichting Veranneman, Kruishoutem, 1987 (c)
  • Travelling exhibition 1989: Japan, cat. 41 (c)
  • Emeriti, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, 1997 (c)
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Alençon, 2001, p. 45
  • Kirche zu St. Jakobi, Stralsund, 2011, p. 50 (c)
  • K. Suuri, Tietosanakirja, Espoo, 1982, p. 298 (c)
  • Hundertwasser Bibel, Augsburg, 1995, AT, p. 885 (adaptation, c)
  • Parnass, no. 5, Sep./Oct. 1988, p. 51 (c)
  • Invitation card, Meisterschule Hundertwasser, Klosterneuburg, 1985
  • Art Print, Verkerke, Netherlands, 1983
  • Art Calendar Meisterschule Hundertwasser 1985 (cover)
  • Hundertwasser Calendar 1984, B. Wörner, Gerlingen (cover)
  • Hundertwasser Art Agenda 1987, Caesar Art International, Stuttgart
  • Hundertwasser Art Agenda 1988, Caesar Art International, Stuttgart
  • Hundertwasser Art Calendar 1989, B. Wörner, Rutesheim (24 x 22 cm, September)
  • Hundertwasser Art Agenda 1989, caesar Art International, Stuttgart
  • Hundertwasser Art Jahrbuch 1992, caesar Art International, Stuttgart
  • Hundertwasser Art Memo, caesar Art International, Stuttgart
  • Fund rising record for the cancer ward of the General Hospital in Graz, Vienna 1993
  • Granolitho/Collotype print, Daco Verlag, Stuttgart, 1993(limited edition of 2000)
  • Hundertwasser 1998 Art Calendar, Borer & Wörner, Zug (April)
  • Hundertwasser 2004 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
  • Hundertwasser Art Calendar 2007, Borer & Wörner, Zug
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser Jahrbuch 2008, Borer & Wörner, Zug
  • Hundertwasser Agenda, Wörner, Rutesheim, 2008
  • Hundertwasser Diary 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser Diary 2010, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2010, teNeues, Kempen
  • Vertical Wall Calendar Art 2010, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser span-a-year Art Calendar 2010, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser Diary 2011, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser Vertical Wall Calendar Art 2011, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser span-a-year Art Calendar 2011, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser 2012 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
  • Hundertwasser Diary 2013, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser Slim Art Calendar 2016, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2020, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (small size)