Hundertwasser's comment on the work

Diary 1944: Wed. 26: Drew my mother when I had a temperature of 38° (from: Cat. Albertina, Vienna, 1974, p. 48)

JW 34
XXI
PORTRÄT MEINER MUTTER ELSA
PORTRAIT OF MY MOTHER ELSA
PORTRAIT DE MA MERE ELSA

Drawing/(Coloured) Pencil
1944
Painted in Vienna, Obere Donaustraße, April 24, 1944
180 mm x 130 mm
Pencil on paper
Private collection, Vienna

  • 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
  • A.S.U. Hall, Cairo, 1975
  • The Tel Aviv Museum, 1976
  • Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, 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
  • 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, Brussels, 1978
  • Mücsarnok, Budapest, 1978
  • Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, 1979
  • Secession, Vienna, 1981
  • Kulturhaus, Graz, 1981
  • 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
  • *
  • Minoritenkloster, Tulln, 2004
  • *
  • Exhibition Tour Japan 2006/07:
  • The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 2006
  • Musee d`art Mercian Karuizawa, 2006
  • Mitsukoshi Museum, Tokyo, 2007
  • Shimonoseki Museum, Yamaguchi, 2007
  • *
  • Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar, 2008
  • Wasserschloss Bad Rappenau, 2008
  • Le Musée en Herbe, Paris, 2013/14
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 84/85 (and b)
  • Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1964, p. 85
  • Albertina, Vienna, 1974, pp.49 (c), 158
  • Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1975, p. 45 (c)
  • Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1975, p. 61 (c)
  • Musée de l'Etat, Luxembourg, 1975, p. 61 (c)
  • Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1975, p. 61 (c)
  • A.S.U. Hall, Cairo, 1975, p. 61 (c)
  • The Tel Aviv Museum, 1976, p. 63 (c)
  • Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, 1976, p. 45 (c)
  • National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, 1976, p. 63 (c)
  • Supplementary edition Reykjavik, 1976, p. 24
  • Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 1976, p. 61 (c)
  • Supplementary edition no. 2, Copenhagen, 1976, p. 10
  • Musée Dynamique, Dakar, 1976, p. 61 (c)
  • Seibu Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1977, p. 63 (c)
  • South African National Gallery, Cape Town / Pretoria Art Museum, 1977, p. 63 (c)
  • Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro / Museu de Arte, São Paulo / Palácio Itamaraty, Brasilia, 1977, p. 63 (c)
  • Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1977, p. 63 (c)
  • Supplementary edition Caracas, 1977, cat. dibujos-acuarelas 4
  • Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1978, p. 63 (c)
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 1978, p. 61 (c)
  • Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1978, p. 63 (c)
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1978, p. 61 (c)
  • Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, 1979, cat. 9
  • Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon/Lake Zurich, 1979, p. 45 (c)
  • Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1980, p. 63 (c)
  • Sonja Henies og Niels Onstads Stiftelser Kunstsentret, Høvikodden, 1980, p. 63 (c)
  • Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1980, p. 37 (c)
  • Secession, Vienna, 1981, p. 37 (c)
  • Kulturhaus, Graz, 1981, p. 37 (c)
  • Neue Berliner Galerie, East Berlin, 1981, p. 25
  • Helsingin kaupungin taidemuseo, Helsinki, 1981, p. 63 (c)
  • Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1983, p. 63 (c)
  • Minoritenkloster, Tulln, 2004, p. 32 (c)
  • Travelling Exhibition Japan, 2006, p. 17 (b)
  • A Magical Eccentric, Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2007, pp. 60 (c), 175