Hundertwasser's comment on the work

I pasted newspapers, packing paper and other papers on top of each other until the result was cardboard. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 341)

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LES CONSERVES DU SANG, DE L'OR ET DE L'EPINARD SUR UNE ETAGERE
BLUT-, GOLD- UND SPINATKONSERVEN AUF EINER ABLAGE
Blood, Gold and Spinach Preserves on a Shelf

Mixed media
1963
Painted in St. Maurice/Seine, August 1957 - painted over 1963 - restored at La Picaudière, 1965
750 mm x 1190 mm
Mixed media: egg tempera, oil, gold foil, watercolour on Japanese preparation (pieces of paper glued together), primed with chalk, zinc white and fish glue; mounted on a wooden frame
  • Galerie H. Kamer, Cannes, 1957
  • Galerie St. Stephan, Vienna, 1957
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  • Exhibition Tour Japan 2006/07:
  • The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 2006
  • Musee d`art Mercian Karuizawa, 2006
  • Mitsukoshi Museum, Tokyo, 2007
  • Shimonoseki Museum, Yamaguchi, 2007
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  • Die Galerie Seoul, 2009
  • Die Galerie, Frankfurt, 2009
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 340/341 (and c)
  • Leaflet: Galerie St. Stephan, Vienna, 1957, cat. 3
  • Galerie Änne Abels, Cologne, 1963
  • Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1964, p. 157
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Alençon, 2001, p. 36
  • Travelling Exhibition Japan, 2006, p. 65 (c)
  • Die Galerie, Frankfurt, 2009, pp. 58/59 (c)