Hundertwasser's comment on the work

The painting had been hung in a gallery on Place St. Sulpice, but was taken down before the opening because the owner thought it was "trop marrant" (too hilarious). That was my first unsuccessful attempt to exhibit in Paris. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 182)

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STADTANSICHT (HALB SIENA, HALB PARIS)
City Scene (Half Siena, Half Paris)
PANORAMA DE LA VILLE (MOITIE SIENNE, MOITIE PARIS)

St. Mandé/Seine, 1950
Painted in St. Mandé/Seine, probably March 1950
580 mm x 550 mm
Oil and charcoal on white-primed fibreboard
  • World Travelling Museum Exhibition:
  • Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1975
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  • Artcurial, Paris, 1982
  • Librairie Palmes, Paris, 1949
  • H. Rand, Hundertwasser - Der Maler, Munich, 1986, pl. 21 (c), p. 164
  • H. Rand, Hundertwasser, Cologne, 1991, p. 25 (c) and ed. 1993, p. 21 (c)
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, p. 182 (c)
  • Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1964, p. 101
  • Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1975, p. 225 (c)
  • Musée de l'Etat, Luxembourg, 1975, p. 127 (c)
  • Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1975, p. 127 (c)
  • A.S.U. Hall, Kairo, 1975, p. 127 (c)
  • Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 1976, p. 225 (c)
  • Musée Dynamique, Dakar, 1976, p. 225 (c)
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 1978, p. 225 (c)
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1978, p. 225 (c)
  • Artcurial, Paris, 1982, p. 48
  • B. Carle, N. Faure-Paschal, M. Hoock-Douilly, Spontan (2), Paris, 2009, p. 92 (c)