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DAS MATCH DES JAHRHUNDERTS
THE MATCH OF THE CENTURY
LE MATCH DU SIECLE
Vienna, 1952
Painted in Vienna, Obere Donaustrasse 12, autumn 1952
in the company of Spelman and Lehmden
in the company of Spelman and Lehmden
1900 mm x 1030 mm
Oil on old wooden mirror frame of a mirror with projecting cubes at the bottom, primed with chalk, zinc white and fish glue
- Art-Club, Vienna, 1953
- 31st Venice Biennial, 1962
- Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1965
- 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
- Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1975
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- KunstHausWien, Vienna, 2008/09
- Kunsthalle Bremen, 2012/13
- Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Orangerie, Vienna, 2013
- Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, 2013/14
- Art-Club, Vienna, 1953
- Staatliches Kunstmuseum, Baden-Baden, 1959
- Art Fair, Basel, 1973
- Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1981
- Galerie Hassfurther, Vienna, 1990
- Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, 1994/95
- W. Schmied, Hundertwasser, Salzburg, 1974, pl. 25 (c), p. 311
- P. Restany, Hundertwasser, New York, 1978, p. 57 (c)
- W. Koschatzky, Das vollständige druckgraphische Werk 1951-1986, Zürich/Schwäbisch Hall, 1986, p. 231 (b)
- R. Koyanagi (ed.), Mujinkan 1 - Hundertwasser, Tokyo, 1988, pp. 24 (c), 70
- W. Schmied, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2000, Vol. I, pp. 165, 171 (c), 247
- A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 233-235 (and c)
- F. Hundertwasser / P. Restany, Hundertwasser, New York, 2008, p. 15 (c)
- G. Illetschko, Planet Hundertwasser, Munich, 2012, p. 37 (c)
- C. Wiesauer, 100 x Hundertwasser, Vienna, 2016, p. 82 (c)
- Art Souvenir - Hundertwasser, In the Colour of His Brush, London, 2016, pp. 30 (c), 90
- Leaflet: Art Club, Vienna, 1953, cat. 2 (b, details)
- XXXI. Biennale di Venezia, Austria, 1962, cat. 3 (c)
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1964 (c)
- Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1964, p. 116
- Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1965, cat. 21
- Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1975, p. 159 (c)
- Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1975, p. 261 (c)
- Musée de l'Etat, Luxembourg, 1975, p. 163 (c)
- Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1975, p. 163 (c)
- A.S.U. Hall, Cairo, 1975, p. 163 (c)
- Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, 1976, p. 159 (c)
- Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 1976, p. 261 (c)
- Musée Dynamique, Dakar, 1976, p. 261 (c)
- Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 1978, p. 261 (c)
- Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1978, p. 261 (c)
- Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon/Lake Zurich, 1979, p. 159 (c)
- Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1980, p. 171 (c)
- Secession, Vienna, 1981, p. 171 (c)
- Kulturhaus, Graz, 1981, p. 171 (c)
- O. Breicha (ed.), Der Art Club in Österreich, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1981, p. 106 (c)
- Galerie Hassfurther, 1990 (c)
- Aufbrüche, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, 1994, pp. 125 (c), 273
- Leaflet, KunstHausWien, Vienna, 2008 (c)
- Der unbekannte Hundertwasser, KunstHausWien, Vienna, 2008, pp. 80-81 (and c), 287
- Gegen den Strich. Werke 1949-1970, Kunsthalle Bremen, 2012/13, pp. 103 (c), 253
- Hundertwasser, Japan und die Avantgarde, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Orangerie, Vienna, 2013, p. 80 (c)
- 404. Auction Dorotheum, Vienna, 1973 (b)
- Information Kit for Hundertwasser-Path, Fernwärme Wien, Vienna, 2009 (c)
- Österreichische Zeitung, Vienna, 1953 (b)
- Bolaffi Arte, Torino, 1963 (b)
- Kronenzeitung, Vienna, 1973 (b)
- Club 1, June 1981, Vienna, p. 31 (c)
- Format, no. 46, Vienna, 2002 (c)
- Sammler Journal, no. 3, March 2009, Reichertshausen, p. 78 (c)
- Postcard, Vienna, 1952 (b)
- Invitationcard, Galerie Hassfurther, Vienna, 1990
- Hundertwasser Pocket Art and Pocket Art 95, Borer & Wörner, Zug
- Hundertwasser 2004 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne
- Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2014, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2015, Wörner, Rutesheim
Hundertwasser's comment on the work
Once we had an old mirror, and it fell down and broke into a thousand pieces. My mother was very upset; I comforted her, "Please, Mother, don't cry, I'll paint something that's a hundred times more beautiful and valuable than this old mirror." On a cold winter evening with a little snow on the streets I heard a broadcast of a football (soccer) match between Austria and England in Wembley Stadium. It was called "The Match of the Century". So I decided to paint a football match on the wooden mirror frame with old-German-style decorations. (from: Cat. Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1980, p. 147)
The square "blockheads" of the spectators and players came about unconsciously; it was not intentional. I can't help comparing this painting with the fantastic handball-rugby game by Henri Rousseau. Rousseau was surely just as little a sports fan as I, which is why sports paintings resulted with which real sports fans cannot identify. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, pp. 233-235)