Hundertwasser's comment on the work

Here I put "learning to love political symbols" into practise, disinterestedly, the way children see something beautiful without knowing what it is or what it means. The swastika is denatured, yellow on green, the hammer and sickle violet on green. The woman is completely a plant, consisting of vegetable cells with blue windows. I painted the picture at the clairvoyant Mayou Iserentant's place. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 259)

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LA FEMME VERTE - LA JARDINIERE POLITIQUE
DIE POLITISCHE GÄRTNERIN
THE GREEN WOMAN - THE POLITICAL GARDENER

Melun, 1954
Painted in St.Mandé/Seine, Castel Dumage, and Vaux-le-Pénil, Melun, Maison Ste Foy de Iserentant, March - April, 1954
1680 mm x 550 mm
Oil on three joined box covers made of wood fibre, primed with chalk, zink white and fish glue, surrounded by a "baguette électrique"
KunstHausWien, Vienna

  • Galerie St. Stephan, Vienna, 1957
  • Galerie Raymond Cordier, Paris, 1960
  • 31st Benice Biennial, 1962
  • *
  • 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
  • *
  • Travelling exhibition 1968/69:
  • University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1968
  • Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1968/69
  • The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1969
  • The Arts Club of Chicago, 1969
  • The Galerie St. Etienne, New York, 1969
  • *
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, 1978
  • Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1980
  • Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1980
  • Henie/Onstad Stiftelser Kunstsentret, Høvikodden,1980
  • Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1980/81
  • Secession, Vienna, 1981
  • Kulturhaus, Graz, 1981
  • Neue Berliner Galerie, East Berlin, 1981
  • Helsingin kaupungin taidemuseo, Helsinki, 1981
  • Sala Dalles, Bucharest, 1982
  • Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1983
  • City Art Gallery, York, 1983
  • City Art Centre, Edinburgh, 1983
  • Dum Umení, Brno, 1986
  • Národní Galerie, Prague, 1986/87
  • Galerie Umenì, Karlovy Vary, 1987
  • Slovenska Narodna Galeria, Bratislava, 1987
  • Rupertinum, Salzburg, 1987
  • *
  • Schloßhofegalerie, Lindau, 1984
  • Stichting Veranneman, Kruishoutem, 1987
  • *
  • Travelling exhibition 1989:
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 1989
  • Iwaki City Art Museum, 1989
  • Ohara Museum of Art, 1989
  • *
  • KunstHausWien, Vienna, April 1991-2008
  • Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 1998
  • Art Forum Würth, Capena/Rome, 2008
  • Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, 2010/11
  • Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, 2012
  • Kunsthalle Bremen, 2012/13
  • ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, Denmark, 2014
  • KunstHausWien, Vienna, mid-November 2016 - March 23, 2017
  • Kunstmuseum am Inselbahnhof, Lindau, 2019
  • Staatliches Kunstmuseum, Baden-Baden, 1959
  • Alternative Attuali L'Aquila, Paris, 1963
  • Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1963
  • 20er-Haus, Vienna, 2003
  • Unteres Belvedere, Vienna, 2007/08
  • Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2015
  • Nationalgalerie, Prag, 2015
  • W. Schmied, Hundertwasser, Salzburg, 1974, pl. 35 (c), p. 312
  • Y. Shirakura (ed.), Shinchosha's Super Artists: Hundertwasser, Japan, 1991, pl. 11 (c), p. 78
  • P. Restany, Die Macht der Kunst, Hundertwasser - Der Maler-König mit den fünf Häuten, Cologne, 1998, p. 77 (c)
  • W. Schmied, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2000, Vol. I, pp. 176, 180 (c)
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 259-261 (and c)
  • F. Hundertwasser / P. Restany, Hundertwasser, New York, 2008, p. 194 (c)
  • Leaflet: Galerie St. Stephan, Vienna, 1957, cat. 40
  • Leaflet: Galerie Raymond Cordier, Paris, 1960 (c)
  • XXXI. Biennale di Venezia, Austria, 1962, cat. 10
  • Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1963 (b)
  • Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1964, p. 124
  • Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1964, cat. 27
  • Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1965, cat. 36
  • University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1968, p. 56 (c), cat. 23
  • Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1975, p. 163 (c)
  • Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1975, p. 273 (c)
  • Musée de l'Etat, Luxembourg, 1975, p. 175 (c)
  • Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1975, p. 175 (c)
  • A.S.U. Hall, Cairo, 1975, p. 175 (c)
  • The Tel Aviv Museum, 1976, p. 157 (c)
  • Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, 1976, p. 163 (c)
  • National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, 1976, p. 147 (c)
  • Supplementary edition Reykjavik, 1976, p. 33
  • Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 1976, p. 273 (c)
  • Supplementary edition no. 2, Copenhagen, 1976, p. 17
  • Musée Dynamique, Dakar, 1976, p. 273 (c)
  • Seibu Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1977, p. 157 (c)
  • South African National Gallery, Cape Town / Pretoria Art Museum, 1977, p. 157 (c)
  • Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro / Museu de Arte, São Paulo / Palácio Itamaraty, Brasilia, 1977, p. 157 (c)
  • Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1977, p. 157 (c)
  • Supplementary edition Caracas, 1977, cat. Tecnica mixta 2
  • Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1978, p. 157 (c)
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, 1978, p. 273 (c)
  • Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1978, p. 157 (c)
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1978, p. 273 (c)
  • Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, 1979, cat. 125
  • Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon/Lake Zurich, 1979, p. 163 (c)
  • Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1980, p. 157 (c)
  • Sonja Henies og Niels Onstads Stiftelser Kunstsentret, Høvikodden, 1980, p. 157 (c)
  • Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1980, p. 175 (c)
  • Secession, Vienna, 1981, p. 175 (c)
  • Kulturhaus, Graz, 1981, p. 175 (c)
  • Neue Berliner Galerie, East Berlin, 1981, p. 28
  • Helsingin kaupungin taidemuseo, Helsinki, 1981, p. 157 (c)
  • Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1983, p. 157 (c)
  • Travelling exhibition 1989: Japan, cat. 18 (c)
  • Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 1998, p. 39 (c)
  • KunstHausWien, Vienna, 1999, p. 52 (c)
  • A. Husslein-Arco (ed.), Wien-Paris, Van Gogh, Cézanne und Österreichs Moderne 1880-1960, Vienna, 2007 (c)
  • La raccolta dei sogni, Art Forum Würth, Capena (Rome), 2008, p. 69 (c)
  • Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, 2010/11, pp. 76-77 (and c), 226
  • Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, 2012, p. 73 (c)
  • Leaflet, Kunsthalle Bremen, 2012/13, cover (c)
  • Information brochure, Kunsthalle Bremen, 2012/13, cover (c)
  • Gegen den Strich. Werke 1949-1970, Kunsthalle Bremen, 2012/13, pp. 101 (c), 254
  • Hundertwasser, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, 2014, p. 68 (c)
  • Künstler und Propheten. Eine geheime Geschichte der Moderne 1872 - 1972, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2015, p. 315 (c)
  • Narodní galerie, Prag. 2015, p. 63 (c)
  • Hundertwasser - Traumfänger einer schöneren Welt, Kunstmuseum am Inselbahnhof, Lindau, 2019, pp. 30-31 (c)
  • A. Comini, The Fantastic Art of Vienna, New York, 1978, pl. 38 (c)
  • Cultures 36 Dialogue between the people of the world, Unesco, Paris, 1985 (c)
  • Guide book, Kunsthalle Bremen, 2012/13 (c)
  • Leaflet (HW Seminar in Bremen), Haus kirchlicher Dienste, Hanover, 2012, backcover (c)
  • Leaflet by Staatsoper Hamburg, Philharmoniker Hamburg, Hamburg Ballett, Oct. 2012, (c, detail) (advertisement)
  • J. Sharp (ed.), Österreich und die Biennale Venedig 1895-2013, Nuremberg, 2013, p. 333 (c)
  • M. Pilot, Niebotyki, Krakow, 2017, cover (c)
  • V. Gamper / H.-P. Wipplinger (ed.), Egon Schiele, Expression und Lyrik, Vienna, 2018, p. 122 (c)
  • Ginecologia clinica, no. 10, Padua, 1980, cover (c)
  • Special supplement by Weser Kurier, Oct. 2012, Bremen, cover (c)
  • kunsttermine, Der Ausstellungsanzeiger, May-July 2012, Neu-Isenburg, p. 11 (c, detail) (advertisment)
  • MIX - die Stadt in der Tasche!, 1/2013, Bremen, p. 35 (c) (advertisment)
  • kunst:stück, Magazin für Kunst und Kultur, Bremen + Oldenburg, no. 1, Dec./Jan. 2012/13, p. 17 (c) (advertisement)
  • Musikfest Bremen 2012, magazine, p. 2 (c, detail) (advertisement)
  • Unterwegs für unsere Kunden im Regio-S-Bahn-Netz, Winter 2012, Osnabrück, backcover (c) (advertisment)
  • frieze, contemporary art and culture, no. 151, Nov.-Dec. 2012, (c) (advertisment)
  • Artforum international, vol. 51, no. 3, Nov. 2012, (c) (advertisment)
  • punkt. Kunst im Nordwesten by Kunstverein in Bremen, 2/2012, backcover (c, detail) (advertisement)
  • punkt. Kunst im Nordwesten by Kunstverein in Bremen, 3/2012, backcover (c) (advertisement)
  • Hamburger Abendblatt, Sept. 11, 2013, p. 4 (c, detail) (advertisement)
  • kunsttermine, Der Ausstellungsanzeiger, Aug.-Oct. 2012, Neu-Isenburg, pp. 82 (c), 83 (c, detail) (advertisment)
  • arttourist.com gazette, no. 2, autum/winter 2012, Kreuzlingen, p. 10 (c, detail) (advertisment)
  • Postcard, Edizioni del Cavallino, Venice, 1968 (together with 211, 241, 426, repr.)
  • Hundertwasser 2004 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
  • Hundertwasser 2012 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
  • Exhibition poster, Kunsthalle Bremen, 2012/13
  • Entrance ticket, Kunsthalle Bremen, 2012/13 (detail)