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HASE IM KRIEG - HASE MIT MASCHINENGEWEHR
HARE AT WAR
LAPIN A LA GUERRE
Venice, 1965
Painted in Venice, January - September 1965
1000 mm x 810 mm
Mixed media: PVA, oil and egg tempera on drawing paper, primed with chalk and PV; mounted on hemp with PV
Pinakothek der Moderne, loan T. Wormland Stiftung, Munich
- Travelling exhibition 1967:
- Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris, 1967
- Hanover Gallery, London, 1967
- Galerie Krugier / Galerie Georges Moos, Geneva, 1967
- Kunstverein Berlin, 1967
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- Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1975
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- Jüdisches Museum, Rendsburg, 2008
- Osthaus Museum, Hagen, 2015
- Buchheim Museum, Bernried, 2016/17
- Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1983
- W. Schmied, Hundertwasser - Der Weg zu Dir, Frankfurt am Main, 1967, ed. 1971, 1974, pl. 4 (c), p. 65
- W. Schmied, Hundertwasser, Salzburg, 1974, pl. 87 (c), p. 318
- A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 493/494 (and c)
- Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris, 1967 (c)
- Hanover Gallery, London, 1967 (c)
- Galerie Krugier / Galerie Georges Moos, Geneva, 1967 (c)
- Kunstverein Berlin, 1967 (c)
- Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1975, p. 227 (c)
- Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, 1976, p. 227 (c)
- Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon/Lake Zurich, 1979, p. 227 (c
- Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1980, p. 253 (c)
- Secession, Vienna, 1981, p. 253 (c)
- Kulturhaus, Graz, 1981, p. 253 (c)
- Die Sammlung Theo Wormland, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1983, p. 124 (c)
- Jüdische Aspekte, Jüdisches Museum, Rendsburg, 2008, pp. 23 (c), 41
- Hundertwasser Lebenslinien, Osthaus Museum, Hagen, 2015, p. 57 (c)
- Hundertwasser Schön & Gut, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, 2016, p. 70 (and c)
- Hundertwasser 2004 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
- Hundertwasser 2012 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
Hundertwasser's comment on the work
I had a children's book called "The Rabbits Go to War". It was like a "Struwwelpeter" from the time of the First World War or before it. The rabbits had Napoleonic uniforms with diagonal braces and long ears, and they hid in the cabbage. A rabbit general stood on a hill giving commands. Since then I have looked in vain for the book. Maybe somebody will find it for me. (from: Catalogue Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1980, p. 252)