Hundertwasser's comment on the work

A porthole symphony in addition to the song-smoke of the singing steamers. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 265)

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VECCHIO VAPORE
TEIL EINES ALTEN DAMPFERS
OLD STEAMER

Watercolour
Venice, 1954
Venice, San Pietro in Volta, in Zennaro Vincenzo's vineyard, July, 1954, in the company of Lehmden
360 mm x 410 mm
Watercolour on wrapping paper, primed with chalk, zinc white and fish glue or Casearti; mounted on canvas and varnished without the artist's knowledge.

This painting was in commission at the Galleria Obelisco, Rome, in August, 1954 for Lit. 35.000,-. It went into the possession of Carlo Cardazzo in February, 1955, to cover the expenses of the Exhibition at the Galleria del Naviglio.Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome L. Stern, New York, to American Friends of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

mehr weniger
  • Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, 1955
  • Galerie Änne Abels, Cologne, 1963
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  • 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
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  • Hammerlunds Kunsthandel, Oslo, 1965
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  • 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
  • The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, 1969
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  • Permanently at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1975
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 265/266 (and c)
  • Leaflet: Galleria Del Naviglio, Milan, 1955 (b)
  • Galerie Änne Abels, Cologne, 1963, pl. 3 (c)
  • Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1964, pp. 114, 125
  • Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1964, cat. 30
  • Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1965, cat. 40, p. 23 (c)
  • Hammerlunds Kunsthandel, Oslo, 1965, cat. 12 (c)
  • University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1968, p. 62 (c), cat. 28
  • Dorotheum, Vienna, 1974 (c)
  • S. Wille, Träume sind große Taten, Vienna, 1993, p. 41 (c)
  • Quadrum, no. 14, 1963, p. 74 (c)
  • Kunst Kultur, Feb. 1966, Oslo (b)
  • Hundertwasser Art-Calendar, 1987 (December)
  • Hundertwasser 2004 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
  • Hundertwasser Calendar 2010, Lotte Department Store, Seoul
  • Hundertwasser 2012 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)