Hundertwasser's comment on the work

This is the third time I have treated the subject "Nostalgic Roofs". It is something dreamy-painterly which cannot be explained in words. After all, that's what painting is far. (see also 837) (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 866)

HWG 82
826
DACH DER SEHNSUCHT
NOSTALGIC ROOF
LE TOIT NOSTALGIQUE

Gruener Janura AG , Glarus , 1982
595 x 460 mm
368 x 298 mm
Colour etching and aquatint in various colours from 2 copper plates
Robert Finger, Wien / Vienna, 1981
395 MON TOIT D'UN VIOLET NOSTALGIQUE, 1959; 837 LE TOIT D'UN VIOLET NOSTALGIQUE II, 1982

225, signed and numbered 1-225/225;
XXVII proofs, signed and numbered I-XXVII/XXVII

3 colour variants,
list imprinted bottom right:
826
824 (crossed out) NOSTALGIC ROOF
LE TOIT NOSTALGIQUE
DACH DER SEHNSUCHT
© HUNDERTWASSER
YELLOW ROOF 1-75
BLACK ROOF 76-150
RED ROOF 151-225
XXVII PROOFS
TOTAL EDITION 252
2 COPPER PLATES
PRINTED BY FINGER
7-12 1981 VIENNA

KunstHausWien, Vienna
Private collection JOMA

  • Galerie Trost, Lippstadt, 1981/82
  • Lilla Galleriet, Höganäs, 1982
  • Artcurial, Munich, 1983
  • Galerie Haas, Vaduz, 1986
  • Galerie Bollhagen, Worpswede, 1986/87
  • Stichting Veranneman, Kruishoutem, 1987
  • Artcurial, Munich, 1987/88
  • På Sofiero, Helsingborg, 1988
  • Galerie Dida, Graz, 1993
  • Galerie am Lindenplatz, Schaan, 1993
  • Galerie am Stubentor, Vienna, 1993
  • Galerie Krombholz & Schnake, Bergheim, 1993
  • Rüdinghauser Atelier "M", Witten-Rüdinghausen, 1993
  • Artcurial, Paris, 1996
  • Pucker Gallery, Boston, 1996
  • Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Prague, 1996
  • Kunsthandel - Rene Bernhard, Zurich, 1996/97
  • Kloster Roggenburg, 1999
  • KunstHausWien, Vienna, since 1991
  • Sparda-Bank, Stuttgart, 2000/01
  • Die Galerie, Frankfurt, 2001
  • Mittelrhein-Museum Koblenz, 2001
  • Kulturelles Forum, Langenfeld, 2002
  • Kulturzentrum am Münster, Konstanz, 2003
  • Rosengarten, Mannheim, 2003/04
  • Galerie Welz, Salzburg, 2006
  • Wasserschloss, Bad Rappenau, 2007
  • Ostholstein-Museum, Eutin, 2007
  • Naturmuseum zu Tann, Tann, 2007
  • Art Forum Würth, Capena/Rome, 2008
  • Minoritenkloster, Tulln, 2008
  • Christuskirche, Mainz, 2008
  • Museum Schloss Holdenstedt, Uelzen, 2010
  • Sparkasse Academy, Bozen, 2010/11
  • Kunstlocatie Würth 's-Hertogenbosch, 2011/12
  • The Penthouse Gallery, Ulm, 2013
  • Galleria Sacchetti, Ascona, 2013
  • Forum Würth Arlesheim, Switzerland, 2014-17
  • Kunsthalle Messmer, Riegel am Kaiserstuhl, 2014
  • Museum HR Giger, Gruyères, 2014
  • Osthaus Museum, Hagen, 2015
  • Kurhaus Hinterzarten, 2015
  • Galerie am Staden, Saarbrücken, 2016
  • Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016/17
  • Musée de Millau et des Grands Causses, Millau, 2018
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  • 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 1976-1992:
  • Galerie in Kornhauskeller, Ulm, 1987/88
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  • Travelling exhibition 1989:
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 1989
  • Iwaki City Art Museum, 1989
  • Ohara Museum of Art, 1989
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  • Art-Room-Würth, Böheimkirchen, 2005
  • Kulturforum Würth, Chur, 2005/06
  • Galleri Würth, Hagan, 2006
  • Kulturforum Würth, Kolding, 2006/07
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  • Travelling exhibition: Hundertwasser...Die Ausstellung:
  • Veranstaltungshalle des Stadtcafé Ottensen, Hamburg, 2001
  • Salzstadel, Regensburg, 2003
  • J.F. Mathey, Hundertwasser, Munich, 1985 and 1992, p. 79 (c)
  • W. Koschatzky, Hundertwasser, Das vollständige druckgraphische Werk 1951-1986, Zürich/Schwäbisch Hall, 1986, p. 193
  • Y. Shirakura (ed.), Shinchosha's Super Artists: Hundertwasser, Japan 1991, pl. 28 (c), p. 79
  • Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Frankfurt, 1995, pp. 13, 29 (c)
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 866/867 (and c)
  • Pucker Gallery, Boston, 1996, cat. 17 (c)
  • Die Galerie, Frankfurt, 2001, p. 27 (c)
  • Naturmuseum zu Tann (Rhön), 2007, p. 29 (c)
  • La raccolta dei sogni, Art Forum Würth, Capena (Rome), 2008, pp. 108 (c), 109 (c)
  • Sparkasse Academy, Bozen, 2010/11, pp. 52-53 (and c)
  • Galleria Sacchetti, Ascona, 2013, pp. 96/97 (and c), 112/113 (and c)
  • Hundertwasser, The Green City, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016, pp. 147 (and c), 257
  • Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1983, p. 528 (c)
  • Travelling exhibition 1989: Japan, cat. 76 (b)
  • ARTES, Kunst unserer Welt Nr. 8, Angebotskatalog, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, 1986, p. 242 (c)
  • ARTES, Kunst unserer Welt Nr. 9, Angebotskatalog, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, 1987, p. 274 (c)
  • Booklet with lecture on work 837 by Minako Tsunoda, Curator, Nagoya City Art Museum, 2000, p. 25 (b)