Hundertwasser's comment on the work

The only raging hurricane I ever experienced. In Tahiti the sea level rose by two meters. Only my hotel was undamaged, as it was built of concrete. I finished the picture later. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 656)

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CYCLONE VEENA

Mixed media
Hahnsäge, 1987
Painted in Papeari Tahiti "Au Pieds Noirs", during a cyclone, April 12, 1983 - Hahnsäge, October, 1987 - signed Hahnsäge, December 14, 1987
750 mm x 650 mm
Mixed media: watercolour, egg tempera, acrylic, oil and lacquer on paper with white priming, glued on linen with cellulose glue and PV; chassis cross made by Hundertwasser; gold and silver leaf applied by Ralf Wittig, Zwettl
  • Art Salzburg 2011, Residenz, Salzburg, 2011
  • Kovacek Spiegelgasse, Vienna, 2011
  • Galerie bei der Albertina, Vienna, 2012
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, p. 656 (c)
  • Galerie bei der Albertina, Vienna, 2012, p. 83 (and c)
  • Art Salzburg 2011, Kovacek Spiegelgasse, Vienna, 2011, pl. 26 (c)
  • Herbstausstellung 2011, Kovacek Spiegelgasse, Vienna, 2011, pl. 42 (c)
  • Information brochure, im Kinsky Kunst Auktionen GmbH, Vienna, 2011 (c)
  • Information brochure, im Kinsky Kunst Auktionen GmbH, Vienna, 2012 (c)
  • Flyer, Auktionshaus im Kinsky, Vienna, 2014 (c)
  • Leaflet, Berndorf & CARE Art Collection, Berndorf, 2014 (c)
  • Die Presse, February 12, 2011, Vienna, p. 27 (c)
  • Advertisement by im Kinsky Kunst Auktionen GmbH in: SPIKE, Art Magazine, no. 32, 2012, Vienna, p. 21 (c)
  • Art Calendar 1992: Hundertwasser im KunstHausWien, Brönner Verlag, Frankfurt (58 x 48 cm, August)
  • Hundertwasser 2004 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2004, Borer & Wörner, Zug
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2008, Borer & Wörner, Zug
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2009, teNeues, Kempen
  • Information card, im Kinsky, Vienna, 2010 (detail, c)
  • Art print, Berndorf & CARE Art Collection, Berndorf, 2014
  • Hundertwasser Agenda 2020, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim