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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 1951
in the company of Brigitte and Ros
in 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
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)