Hundertwasser's comment on the work

For the first time I practised Expressionism, i. e., I left the forms unchanged, but turned the colours around. (from: Cat. Albertina, Vienna, 1974, p. 106)I was thinking of Van Gogh and the yellow of his sunflowers. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 145)

JW 210
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ÜBERFUHR MIT GELBEM DONAUKANAL
Ferry with Yellow Danube Canal

Watercolour
Vienna, 1949
Painted in Vienna, Donaulände, May 26, 1949
450 mm x 620 mm
Watercolour on wrapping paper
Private collection, Vienna

  • Albertina, Vienna, 1974
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 144/145 (and c)
  • G. Illetschko, Planet Hundertwasser, Munich, 2012, p. 20 (c)
  • Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1964, p. 96
  • Albertina, Vienna, 1974, pp. 107 (c), 194