Hundertwasser's comment on the work

An architecture picture at this early juncture: dwellings are cells. A lot of cell tissue yields a house. A house has to be able to grow like a living organism, and the cells are all different and beautiful. The dwellings are gardens, one atop the other. Here I already had an inkling of the Mould Manifesto and the house in Löwengasse. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 205)

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WOLKENKRATZER UND GÄRTEN VON CASABLANCA - TAG UND NACHT
Skyscraper and Gardens of Casablanca - Day and Night

Marrakesch, 1951
Painted in Marrakesh, on the roof of Belkaid's house, February - March 1951in the company of Brigitte and Ros
500 mm x 400 mm
Watercolour and coloured pencil on wrapping paper, primed with chalk, zinc white and fish glue, with protruding rectangle in lower left
  • Art-Club, Vienna, 1952
  • Travelling exhibition 1964/65:
  • Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1964
  • Kunsthalle Bern, 1964
  • Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, 1964
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1964
  • Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1965
  • Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1965
  • Kunsthalle Bremen, 2012/13
  • Galleria Sacchetti, Ascona, 2013
  • 't Venster, Rotterdam, 1954
  • Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1981
  • W. Schmied, Hundertwasser, Salzburg, 1974, pl. 12 (c), p. 310
  • Das Hundertwasser Haus, Vienna, 1985, p. 16 (c)
  • W. Schmied, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2000, Vol. I, pp. 158 (c), 162
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 203-205 (and c)
  • F. Hundertwasser / P. Restany, Hundertwasser, New York, 2008, p. 138 (c)
  • G. Illetschko, Planet Hundertwasser, Munich, 2012, p. 18 (c)
  • Leaflet: Art Club, Vienna, 1952, cat. 5
  • Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1964, p. 108
  • Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1964, cat. 3
  • Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1965, cat. 6
  • O. Breicha (ed.), Der Art Club in Österreich, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1981, p. 105 (c)
  • Gegen den Strich. Werke 1949-1970, Kunsthalle Bremen, 2012/13, pp. 31 (c), 252
  • Hundertwasser, Japan und die Avantgarde, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Orangerie, Vienna, 2013, p. 216 (b)
  • Galleria Sacchetti, Ascona, 2013, pp. 10/11 (and c)
  • Mizue, no. 674, June 1961, Tokyo, p. 22 (b)
  • Postcards in 2 series, Vienna, 1951
  • Calendar, Welz, 1976 (December, 29,9 x 24,7 cm)
  • Calendar, Welz, 1977 (February, 29,9 x 24,7 cm)
  • Art Calendar, Hundertwasser 1985, B. Wörner, Rutesheim (October)
  • Hundertwasser Kalender 1976, Verlag Galerie Welz, Salzburg
  • Hundertwasser Kalender 1977, Verlag Galerie Welz, Salzburg
  • Hundertwasser 2004 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne
  • Hundertwasser Art Calendar 2007, Borer & Wörner, Zug
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim (small size)
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2009, teNeues, Kempen
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2014, Wörner, Rutesheim