Hundertwasser's comment on the work

Painted in Tahiti in 1984, to add to my exhibition in the Musée Gauguin. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 662)

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DIE VERGESSENEN GRÜSSEN
The Forgotten Ones Are Greeting
formerly: Lost in the City of Eden
LES OUBLIES SALUENT
autrefois: PERDU DANS LA VILLE EDEN

Mixed media
Hahnsäge, 1987
As watercolour on paper (58 x 42 cm) painted on the island of Moorea, Tahiti, May 1984 - Graz, February 24, 1985 - Papeari,Tahiti, December 12-14, 1985 - 1987 glued on linen, painted Hahnsäge, summer 1987 - signed Hahnsäge, December 16, 1987
600 mm x 450 mm
Mixed media: watercolour on paper with white acrylic priming, 1987 glued on linen with cellulose glue and PV; finished with acrylic priming, watercolour, egg tempera, acrylic, oil and lacquer; gold and silver leaf applied by Ralf Wittig
  • Musée Gauguin, Tahiti, 1987
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 662/663 (c)
  • Hundertwasser Bibel, Augsburg, 1995, p. 276 (adaptation, c)
  • Postcard, Joram Harel Management, Vienna, 1988
  • Art Calendar 1989, B. Wörner, Rutesheim (big size, February)
  • Hundertwasser Art Jahrbuch 1992, caesar Art International, Stuttgart
  • Art Calendar 1993, B. Wörner, Rutesheim (56 x 49/26 x 23 cm, March)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art and Pocket Art 95, Borer & Wörner, Zug