Hundertwasser's comment on the work

Back in Paris at last, with a view of the small Greek Orthodox church of Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre and of Notre Dâme, I was able to paint some pictures. Being on the move all the time is not good for any painter, especially when it is his destiny to paint in an attitude of devotion. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 677)

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DER BAUM TRÄGT DIE ERDE - SCHNECKENBAUM - BAUMSCHNECKEN
TREE FOOTHOLD OF EARTH
LA TERRE SE REPOSE SUR L'ARBRE

Paris, 1989
Painted in Paris, August - September 1989 - La Picaudière, September 10 and Paris, rue Galande, November 1989
495 mm x 645 mm
Mixed media: watercolour, acrylic, oil, egg tempera and tinfoil on white primed paper, glued on linen
  • KunstHausWien, Vienna, April 1991 - September 1994
  • Landau Fine Art, Montreal, 1994
  • Städtisches Museum Braunschweig, 1996
  • Galerie im Alten Rathaus, Prien am Chiemsee, 2002
  • Kunsthal Rotterdam, 2004
  • KunstHausWien, Vienna, 2008/09
  • Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, 1997
  • Hundertwasser - Das Paradies liegt um die Ecke, Munich, 2002, cover (c) and p. 7 (c)
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 677/678 (and c)
  • F. Hundertwasser / P. Restany, Hundertwasser, New York, 2008, p. 238 (c)
  • Landau Fine Art, Montreal, 1994, p. 9 (c)
  • Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 1998, pp. 130/131 (c)
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Alençon, 2001, p. 45
  • Leaflet: Kunsthal Rotterdam, 2004 (c)
  • Der unbekannte Hundertwasser, KunstHausWien, Vienna, 2008, pp. 87 (and c), 290
  • Hundertwasser Bibel, Augsburg, 1995, AT, p. 501 (c, mirrored)
  • A. Feige / M. Hansmann / E. Saling, Pränatal- und Geburtsmedizin, Mühlheim/Ruhr, 1997 (congress program and report, cover, c)
  • Múlt és jövo, 2007/2., Budapest, p. 92 (b)
  • Deutsch perfekt, December 2008, Planegg, p. 16 (c)
  • Sammler Journal, no. 3, March 2009, Reichertshausen, p. 76 (c)
  • Art Calendar "Meisterschule Hundertwasser 1992", Art & Edition Haas (title)
  • Art Calendar "Meisterschule Hundertwasser 1993", Art & Edition Haas (title, 60 x 42 cm)
  • Hundertwasser Art Calendar 1995, Bohrer & Wörner, Zug (56 x 49 cm, October)
  • Hundertwasser Agenda 1995, Bohrer & Wörner, Zug
  • Hundertwasser Art Calendar 2003, Borer & Wörner, Zug (Industriekalender)
  • Hundertwasser 2004, 2005 & 2006 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne
  • Calendar: Hundertwasser 2004, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna
  • Hundertwasser Calendar 2010, Lotte Department Store, Seoul