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This work is recorded in the Hundertwasser archives under no. 524.
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Kommunist mit Flügeln (Communist with Wings)
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000)
Kommunist mit Flügeln (Communist with Wings)
signed, inscribed and dated 'HUNDERTWASSER 1962 WIEN' (lower right); signed twice, titled, numbered and dated three times '1962 Hundertwasser 1962 KOMMUNIST MIT FLÜGELN 524 Hundetwasser, 1962' (on two labels affixed to the reverse)
oil and tempera on paper laid down on canvas
25½ x 31 5/8in. (64.7 x 80.7cm.)
Executed in 1962
Kommunist mit Flügeln (Communist with Wings)
signed, inscribed and dated 'HUNDERTWASSER 1962 WIEN' (lower right); signed twice, titled, numbered and dated three times '1962 Hundertwasser 1962 KOMMUNIST MIT FLÜGELN 524 Hundetwasser, 1962' (on two labels affixed to the reverse)
oil and tempera on paper laid down on canvas
25½ x 31 5/8in. (64.7 x 80.7cm.)
Executed in 1962
Provenance
Léon Hardi Collection, Paris.
Mira Jacob Collection, Paris.
Her sale, Sotheby's Paris, 23 September 2004, lot 127.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Mira Jacob Collection, Paris.
Her sale, Sotheby's Paris, 23 September 2004, lot 127.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Hundertwasser, exh. cat., Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1964, no. 524, p. 201.
A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser, werkverzeichnis-Catalogue Raisonné, 1928-2000, vol. II, Cologne 2002, no. 524 (illustrated in colour, p. 436).
A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser, werkverzeichnis-Catalogue Raisonné, 1928-2000, vol. II, Cologne 2002, no. 524 (illustrated in colour, p. 436).
Exhibited
Kassel, Documenta III, 1964.
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