Hundertwasser's comment on the work

SPIRAL RIVERTHE HAND WHICH OPENS UPWARDSSYMBOLISES THE CIRCLE OF THE WATERFROM OUR SKY TO THE EARTH AND BACK AGAIN.THE OPEN HAND RECEIVES AND GIVES AT THE SAME TIME.THE SPIRAL ON THE PALM OF THE HANDSTANDS FOR OUR LINE OF LIFE,THE CREATIVE GROWTH OF LIFE.THE OPEN HAND IS A GESTURE OF THE RECONCILIATIONOF MAN WITH NATURE.WATER, THE WAY YOU ARE FLOWING IS ALWAYS RIGHT.MAY, 1996

APA 370
SPIRAL STREAM HAND FOUNTAIN
SPIRALENFLUSS HAND BRUNNEN

Fountain

I
Execution: Hans Muhr, sculptor
Pedestal diameter: c. 60 cm
Pedestal height: c. 55 cm
Total height: c. 95 cm
Ø of the hand: c. 106 cm (150 x 130 cm)
Weight: c. 550 kg
62 % of the size of the drinking fountain in Linz
KunstHausWien, Vienna

II
Execution: Hans Muhr, sculptor
Pedestal diameter: c. 50 cm
Pedestal height: c. 55 cm
Total height: c. 80 cm
Ø of the hand: c. 125 x 105 cm
Weight: c. 310 kg
55 % of the size of the drinking fountain in Linz
Private collection, Vienna

III
Execution: Hans Muhr, sculptor
Pedestal height: c. 35 cm
Ø: c. 50 cm
Weight: c. 60 kg
35 % of the size of the drinking fountain in Linz
Private collection, Vienna

1994

Starting from the design for the spiralriver-hand drinking fountain in Linz (ARCH 81), an outdoor drinking fountain, Hans Muhr developed on Hundertwasser's suggestion and following his design an indoor fountain as a climate and room temperature controlling device with a humidifying, ionising and germicidal effect. Similar to the drinking fountain in Linz, the interior fountains were fashioned from various types of stone selected by Hundertwasser, among them marble, travertine, granite, serpentine, brazil, as well as ceramics.

mehr weniger
  • Minoritenkloster, Tulln, 2004
  • Minoritenkloster, Tulln, 2008
  • Stadtzentrum Schenefeld, Schenefeld/Hamburg, 2009
  • Forum mondial de l'eau, Marseille, 2012
  • Hundertwasser Architektur, Cologne, 1996, p. 316 (c)
  • Robert Schediwy, Hundertwassers Häuser, Vienna, 1999, p. 242
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 1131/1132 (and c)
  • Minoritenkloster, Tulln, 2004, p. 130 (c)
  • Leaflet, Stadtgemeinde Tulln, Tulln, 2008 (c)
  • Minoritenkloster, Tulln, 2004, p. 130 (c)
  • Leaflet, Stadtgemeinde Tulln, Tulln, 2008 (c)
  • Minoritenkloster, Tulln, 2004, p. 130 (c)
  • Leaflet, Stadtgemeinde Tulln, Tulln, 2008 (c)
  • Minoritenkloster, Tulln, 2004, p. 130 (c)
  • Leaflet, Stadtgemeinde Tulln, Tulln, 2008 (c)
  • The Tel-Aviv Educational and Cultural Co., Kunst, Projekte und Modelle im öffentlichen Raum, 2000, cover (c), p. 14 (c)
  • wind, world interior design, nr. 28, 1994, Tokyo, p. 27 (c)

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