Hundertwasser's comment on the work

An odd premonition: the drops of blood on the poster I painted before the massacre during the Olympic Games. It is based on my picture 147 The Match of the Century. In the middle of it I painted in the orthodox church which "Father Timofey", a self-willed, self-proclaimed Russian-orthodox priest, had built in defiance of any building permit right in the middle of where the Olympic Games were to take place. However, the love of the people of Munich prevented the church from being torn down. Several times I visited him and his onion turrets, whose outside covering consisted of shiny tinfoil from chocolate wrappings. I felt my predilection for gold and silver and metal-stamping confirmed. It was a holy feeling. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, pp. 832-833)

HWG 54
700
OLYMPISCHE SPIELE MÜNCHEN 1972
OLYMPIC GAMES MUNICH 1972
LES JEUX OLYMPIQUES DE MUNICH 1972

Edition Olympia 1972 GmbH , München / Munich , 1972
1120 x 720 mm
1035 x 650 mm
a) original graphic: silk screen in 21 colours with metal embossings in 5 colours and electrostatic application of velvet flocking on Schoellers Parole paper
b) poster variant: silk screen in 21 colours with metal embossings in 5 colours on heavy tarred brown paper (format and image: 102.5 x 65 cm)
Dietz Offizin, Lengmoos, Bayern / Bavaria, 1971, in cooperation with Günter Dietz
After 147 THE MATCH OF THE CENTURY, oil on wood, 1952

Edition of
a) 200, signed and numbered 1-200/200; 10 to 20 proofs; XXX surplus prints and excluded proofs, signed and numbered I-XXX/XXX in 1987
b) 3,999, unsigned and mechanically numbered 1-3999/3999

Many colour variants in both a) and b)

KunstHausWien, Vienna
Private collection JOMA
Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
Peter Infeld Privatstiftung, Vienna

  • Studio Bruckmann, Munich, 1971
  • Kulturamt der Stadt Graz, 1973
  • Albertina, Vienna, 1974
  • Galerie W. Ketterer, Munich, 1974
  • Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1975
  • Junior Galerie, Dortmund, 1976
  • Junior Galerie, Goslar, 1976
  • Junior Galerie, Hamburg, 1976
  • Junior Galerie, Dusseldorf, 1976
  • Mönchehaus-Museum für Moderne Kunst, Goslar, 1978
  • Artcurial, Paris, 1980
  • Galerie Peerlings, Krefeld, 1981
  • Galerie Dida, Graz, 1981
  • Kleine Galerie Pieber, Bernstein, 1981
  • Galerie Reinhard Kubias, Emmendingen, 1981
  • Galerie Markenbildchen, Koblenz, 1981
  • Lilla Galleriet, Höganäs, 1982
  • Galerie Bollhagen, Worpswede, 1986/87
  • Stichting Veranneman, Kruishoutem, 1987
  • Artcurial, Munich, 1987/88
  • På Sofiero, Helsingborg, 1988
  • KunstHausWien, Vienna, since 1991
  • New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, 1992
  • Galerie Krombholz & Schnake, Bergheim, 1993
  • Artcurial, Paris, 1996
  • Lufthansa Bildungszentrum, Seeheim-Jugenheim, 1996
  • Kunsthandel - Rene Bernhard, Zurich, 1996/97
  • Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 1998
  • Die Galerie, Frankfurt, 2001
  • Mittelrhein-Museum, Koblenz, 2001
  • Toskanische Säulenhalle im Zeughaus, Augsburg, 2002
  • Kulturzentrum am Münster, Konstanz, 2003
  • Rosengarten, Mannheim, 2003/04
  • Haus der Kultur, Halbturn, 2004
  • Kunsthaus Köflach, 2005
  • Kunsthaus Meyenburg, 2005
  • Kulturzentrum Infeld, Dobrinj, 2005
  • Ostholstein-Museum, Eutin, 2007
  • Art Forum Würth, Capena/Rome, 2008
  • Kirche zu St.Jakobi,Stralsund,April/May-Oct. 2009-11 (repetitive)
  • Sparkasse Academy, Bozen, 2010/11
  • Schloss Wackerbarth, Radebeul/Germany, 2012
  • Forum Würth Arlesheim, Switzerland, 2014-17
  • Kitakata City Museum of Art, Kitakata, 2014
  • Eis Galerie, Cherimoria ART, 2014
  • Die Grüne Zitadelle von Magdeburg, Magdeburg, 2015
  • Kurhaus Hinterzarten, 2015
  • Buchheim Museum, Bernried, 2016/17
  • Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016/17
  • Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg, 2017
  • Schloss Britz, Berlin, 2017
  • Hofgartensaal der Residenz, Kempten, 2017/18
  • Amberger Congress Centrum, Amberg, 2018
  • Stadtgalerie - Badehaus im Alten Kurpark, 2018
  • *
  • 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
  • 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
  • Palácio Itamaraty, Brasilia, 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
  • Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon/Lake Zurich, 1979
  • Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1980
  • Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1980
  • Henie/Onstad Stiftelser Kunstsentret, Høvikodden, 1980
  • Secession, Vienna, 1981
  • Neue Berliner Galerie, East Berlin, 1981
  • Sala Dalles, Bucharest, 1981/82
  • Schipka Gallery, Sofia, 1982
  • Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1983
  • City Art Gallery, York, 1983
  • Dum Umení, Brno, 1986
  • Národní Galerie, Prague, 1986/87
  • Galerie Umenì, Karlovy Vary, 1987
  • Slovenska Narodna Galeria, Bratislava, 1987
  • Rupertinum, Salzburg, 1987
  • *
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1974/75:
  • Albertina Bec, 1974
  • Muzej savremene umetnosti, Belgrade, 1974
  • Galerija grada, Zagreb, 1974
  • Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, 1974/75
  • Galerija savremene likovne umetnosti, Novi Sad, 1975
  • Moderna galerija, Rijeka, 1975
  • Umjetnicka galerija, Banja Luka, 1975
  • *
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1975-1982:
  • The New School Art Center, New York, 1975
  • MacIvor Reddie Gallery, The Art Institute of Boston, 1975
  • The Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover, 1976
  • The Brooklyn College Student Center, Brooklyn, 1976
  • Art Gallery, Maryland, 1976
  • Art Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, 1977
  • Spertus Museum of Judaica, Chicago, 1980
  • Cincinnati, 1980
  • Blacksbury, 1981
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1982
  • *
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1977-1992:
  • Kunst- und Kunstgewerbeverein, Reuchlinhaus, Pforzheim, 1977
  • Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, 1977
  • Städtische Galerie Haus Seel, Siegen, 1977
  • Regensburg
  • Studio am Rathausplatz, Hameln, 1978
  • Wiesbaden
  • Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, 1978
  • Städtische Galerie Rosenheim, 1978
  • Städtische Galerie Würzburg, 1978
  • Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, 1978
  • Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg, 1978
  • Orangerie des Schlosses Charlottenburg, Berlin, 1978
  • Kunstverein, Oldenburg, 1978/1979
  • Schloß Lichtenberg, Darmstadt, 1979
  • Städt. Gal. Beethovenhaus, Villingen-Schwenningen, 1980
  • Kunstverein Hochrhein, Bad Säckingen, 1980
  • Edwin-Scharff-Museum, Neu-Ulm, 1980
  • Bayer AG, Leverkusen, 1980
  • Kreissparkasse, Heilbronn, 1981
  • Neues Rathaus, Weiden, 1981
  • Rosenthal-Feierabendhaus am Rothbühel, Selb, 1981
  • Galerie Phönix, Ternitz, 1982
  • Palmenhaus, Gmünd, 1982
  • Alpirsbacher Galerie, Alpirsbach, 1982
  • Galerie in Kornhauskeller, Ulm, 1987/88
  • Turmgalerie der Orangerie, Park Sanssouci, Potsdam, 1992
  • *
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1978:
  • Galerie Nationale de Bab Rouah, Rabat, 1978
  • Salle Municipale des Fêtes, Casablanca, 1978
  • *
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1979:
  • Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 1979
  • Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis, Porto, 1979
  • *
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1979/80:
  • Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, 1979
  • Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia, 1979
  • Museo de Bellas Artes, Saragossa, 1979
  • Kulturhalle Hospitalet, Barcelona, 1979/80
  • *
  • Castello Mareccio, Bolzano, 1979
  • *
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1980-1982:
  • Centre Culturel de Cordeliers, Chateauroux, 1980
  • Centre Culturel de la Ville, Toulouse, 1980
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg, 1980
  • Musée de la Ville Bourges, 1980
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, 1980
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts de L'Echevinage, Saintes, 1980
  • Musée de Tesse, Le Mans, 1981
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, 1981
  • Maison de l'étranger, Marseille, 1981
  • Centre Artistique de Rencontres Internationales, Nice, 1982
  • *
  • Travelling exhibition 1973:
  • City of Auckland Art Gallery, 1973
  • Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 1973
  • The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, 1973
  • City Art Gallery, Christchurch, 1973
  • City Art Gallery, Dunedin, 1973
  • *
  • Travelling Exhibition 1980-1982:
  • Maracaibo, 1980/81
  • Cumaná, 1981
  • Caracas, 1981
  • Concepción, 1981
  • Santiago de Chile, 1981
  • Valpairaíso, 1981
  • Antofagasta, 1981
  • Bogotà, 1981
  • Quito, 1982
  • Cuena, 1982
  • Guayaquil, 1982
  • *
  • Travelling exhibition 1985/86:
  • Landskrona Museum, 1985
  • Ystad Konstmuseum, 1985
  • Oskarshammer konsthall, 1985/86
  • Jönköpings läns museum, 1986
  • Sandvikens Konsthall, 1986
  • Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, 1986
  • Skaraborgs länsmuseum, Skara, 1986
  • *
  • Travelling exhibition 1989:
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 1989
  • Iwaki City Art Museum, 1989
  • Ohara Museum of Art, 1989
  • *
  • Travelling exhibition 2005-07: Würth:
  • Art-Room-Würth, Böheimkirchen, 2005
  • Kulturforum Würth, Chur, 2005/06
  • Galleri Würth, Hagan, 2006
  • Kulturforum Würth, Kolding, 2006/07
  • *
  • Travelling exhibition: Hundertwasser...Die Ausstellung:
  • Veranstaltungshalle des Stadtcafé Ottensen, Hamburg, 2001
  • Salzstadel, Regensburg, 2003
  • Benrather Karree, Dusseldorf, 2003
  • Neustädtisches Palais, Schwerin, 2009
  • *
  • ExtraMax Travelling exhibition: Hundertwasser in
  • Gewerbepark Bartels a. d. Wupper, Radevormwald, 2015
  • The new Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, 1992
  • Junior Galerie, Goslar, 1976
  • Falkenhof Museum, Rheine, 2009
  • Münchner Künstlerhaus, 2014
  • Walter Koschatzky, Hundertwasser, Das vollständige druckgraphische Werk 1951-1986, Zurich/Schwäbisch Hall, 1986, p. 131
  • W. Schmied, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2000, Vol. I, p. 238 (c)
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 831-834 (and c)
  • Albertina, Vienna, 1974, pp. 51, 53 (c), 91
  • Galerie W. Ketterer, Munich, 1974 (b)
  • Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1975, p. 302 (c)
  • Architektur - Motiv und Thema in der Kunst, Junior Galerie, Goslar, 1976
  • The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, 1992, cat. 5 (c)
  • Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 1998, p. 189 (c)
  • Toskanische Säulenhalle im Zeughaus, Augsburg, 2002, p. 46 (c)
  • Falkenhof Museum Rheine, 2009, p. 32
  • La raccolta dei sogni, Art Forum Würth, Capena (Rome), 2008, p. 107 (c)
  • Sparkasse Academy, Bozen, 2010/11, pp. 50/51 (and c)
  • Kirche zu St. Jakobi, Stralsund, 2011, p. 45 (c)
  • Hundertwasser Schön & Gut, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, 2016, pp. 100-101 (and c)
  • Hundertwasser, The Green City, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016, pp. 113 (c), 255
  • Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1975, p. 424 (c)
  • Musée de l'Etat, Luxembourg, 1975, p. 324 (c)
  • Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1975, p. 324 (c)
  • A.S.U. Hall, Cairo, 1975, p. 324 (c)
  • The Tel Aviv Museum, 1976, p. 314 (c)
  • Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, 1976, p. 302 (c)
  • National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, 1976, p. 268 (c)
  • Supplementary edition Reykjavik, 1976, p. 50
  • Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 1976, p. 424 (c)
  • Supplementary edition no. 2, Copenhagen, 1976, pp. 43, 44
  • Musée Dynamique, Dakar, 1976, p. 424 (c)
  • Seibu Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1977, p. 314 (c)
  • South African National Gallery, Cape Town/Pretoria Art Museum, 1977, p. 314 (c)
  • Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro/Museu de Arte, São Paulo/Palácio Itamaraty, Brasilia, 1977, p. 314 (c)
  • Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1977, p. 314 (c)
  • Supplementary edition Caracas, 1977, cat. Grabados 41, 42
  • Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1978, p. 314 (c)
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montreal, 1978, p. 424 (c)
  • Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1978, p. 314 (c)
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1978, p. 424 (c)
  • Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, 1979, cat. 97 and 98
  • Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon/Lake Zurich, 1979, p. 302 (c)
  • Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1980, p. 314 (c)
  • Sonja Henies og Niels Onstads Stiftelser Kunstsentret, Høvikodden, 1980, p. 314 (c)
  • Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1980, pp. 400 (c), 401 (c)
  • Secession, Vienna, 1981, pp. 400 (c), 401 (c)
  • Kulturhaus, Graz, 1981, pp. 400 (c), 401 (c)
  • Neue Berliner Galerie, East Berlin, 1981, pp. 37, 38
  • Helsingin kaupungin taidemuseo, Helsinki, 1981, p. 314 (c)
  • Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1983, p. 314 (c)
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1974/75: Yugoslavia
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1975-1980: U.S., pp. 73 (c), 74 (c), 116 (c) and new ed. 2008, Munich, pp. 73 (c), 75 (c), 130 (c)
  • Albertina Travelling Exhibition 1979/80: Spain, cat. 52 (b)
  • Travelling exhibition 1973: N.Z./Australia, pp. 51 (c), 53 (c), 91
  • Travelling exhibition 1985/86: Sweden, cat. 60
  • Travelling exhibition 1989: Japan, cat. 84 (b)
  • Aus dem graphischen Werk AUSDRUCK UND VISION, Galerie-F Edition, Kranenburg, 2010, p. 56 (c)
  • McDougal, Littell's Reading literature, Gold Level, McDougal, Littell & Company, Illinois 1987, p. 44 (detail, c)
  • Kunstkurs 2 by Deutsche Fernschule, Wetzlar, 2010, pl. 3 (c)
  • M. Thimm, Die Kunst-Mappe: Hundertwasser, Saulgrub, 2014, appendix (c)
  • Postcard, Bruckmann Verlag, Munich, 1971
  • Poster edition Kennedy Graphics, Inc., first edition 35,000, reproduction of the original version, ca. 99 x 62 cm, 1972 (offset print)
    and Poster edition Bruckmann Verlag, Munich (copper gravure print on paper coated for printing, edition of c. 10.000, 120 g offset paper; reproduction of original version, ca. 102 x 64 cm)
  • Hundertwasser 2004 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser 2011, Südtiroler Sparkasse AG, Bozen
  • Hundertwasser 2012 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)