Hundertwasser's comment on the work

Hitchhiking, we waited for cars, the road glistened and I wanted to become a painter. (from: Cat. Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1983, p. 108)

JW 254
67
DIE STRASSE NACH ASSISI
THE ROAD TO ASSISI
LA ROUTE VERS ASSISI

Perugia, 1949
Painted in Perugia, on the street, August 1949
340 mm x 250 mm
Coloured pencil, charcoal and watercolour on yellow Italian wrapping paper
KunstHausWien, Vienna

  • Art-Club, Vienna, 1952
  • Albertina, Vienna, 1974
  • Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1975
  • World Travelling Museum Exhibition:
  • Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1975
  • Musée de l'Etat, Luxembourg, 1975
  • Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1975
  • A.S.U. Hall, Cairo, 1975
  • The Tel Aviv Museum, 1976
  • Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, 1976
  • National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, 1976
  • Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 1976
  • Musée Dynamique, Dakar, 1976
  • Seibu Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1977
  • Yokohama Citizen's Gallery, 1977
  • Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1977
  • South African National Gallery, Cape Town, 1977
  • Pretoria Art Museum, 1977
  • Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, 1977
  • Museu de Arte, São Paulo, 1977
  • Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1977
  • Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1978
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 1978
  • Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1978
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel, 1978
  • Mücsarnok, Budapest, 1978
  • Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, 1979
  • 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
  • Helsinki kaupungin taidemuseo, Helsinki, 1981
  • Sala Dalles, Bucharest, 1981/82
  • Schipka Gallery, Sofia, 1982
  • Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1983
  • City Art Gallery, York, 1983
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  • KunstHausWien, Vienna, April 1991
  • Art Forum Würth, Capena/Rome, 2008
  • Wasserschloss Bad Rappenau, 2008
  • Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, 2010/11
  • ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, Denmark, 2014
  • Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 1951
  • Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2015
  • Nationalgalerie, Prag, 2015
  • W. Schmied, Hundertwasser, Salzburg, 1974, pl. 2 (c), p. 309
  • W. Schmied, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2000, Vol. I, p. 155 (c)
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 166/167 (and c)
  • G. Illetschko, Planet Hundertwasser, Munich, 2012, p. 22 (c)
  • Leaflet: Art Club, Vienna, 1952, cat. 29
  • Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1964, p. 97
  • Albertina, Vienna, 1974, pp. 143 (c), 203
  • Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1975, p. 99 (c)
  • Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1975, p. 109 (c)
  • Musée de l'Etat, Luxembourg, 1975, p. 109 (c)
  • Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1975, p. 109 (c)
  • A.S.U. Hall, Cairo, 1975, p. 109 (c)
  • The Tel Aviv Museum, 1976, p. 109 (c)
  • Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, 1976, p. 99 (c)
  • National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, 1976, p. 99 (c)
  • Supplementary edition Reykjavik, 1976, p. 26
  • Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 1976, p. 109 (c)
  • Supplementary edition no. 2, Copenhagen, 1976, p. 12
  • Musée Dynamique, Dakar, 1976, p. 109 (c)
  • Seibu Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1977, p. 109 (c)
  • South African National Gallery, Cape Town / Pretoria Art Museum, 1977, p. 109 (c)
  • Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro / Museu de Arte, São Paulo / Palácio Itamaraty, Brasilia, 1977, p. 109 (c)
  • Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1977, p. 109 (c)
  • Supplementary edition Caracas, 1977, cat. Grabados 44
  • Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1978, p. 109 (c)
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 1978, p. 109 (c)
  • Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1978, p. 109 (c)
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1978, p. 109 (c)
  • Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, 1979, cat. 32 (b)
  • Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon/Lake Zurich, 1979, p. 99 (c)
  • Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1980, p. 109 (c)
  • Sonja Henies og Niels Onstads Stiftelser Kunstsentret, Høvikodden, 1980, p. 109 (c)
  • Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1980, p. 93 (c)
  • Secession, Vienna, 1981, p. 93 (c)
  • Kulturhaus, Graz, 1981, p. 93 (c)
  • Neue Berliner Galerie, East Berlin, 1981, p. 26
  • Helsingin kaupungin taidemuseo, Helsinki, 1981, p. 109 (c)
  • Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1983, p. 109 (c)
  • La raccolta dei sogni, Art Forum Würth, Capena (Rome), 2008, p. 66 (c)
  • Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, 2010/11, pp. 59 (c), 226
  • Hundertwasser, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, 2014, p. 71 (c)
  • Künstler und Propheten. Eine geheime Geschichte der Moderne 1872 - 1972, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2015, p. 308 (c)