Hundertwasser's comment on the work

A picture which means a lot to me. I even bought it back from a Canadian collector under difficult circumstances. It is painted on several pieces of wood which I had found in the streets of Paris and put together. (from: Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, Taschen, Cologne, 2002, p. 680)

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ANTIPODE KING
KÖNIG DER ANTIPODEN
ROI DES ANTIPODES

Paris, 1991
Painted in Paris, rue Galande, 1979, 1989, 1991
790 mm x 595 mm
Mixed media: watercolour, acrylic, oil, egg tempera, gold and silver leaf on 2 parts of plywood, 39.5 x 59.5 cm each, found as rubbish in the 5th district of Paris; white PV priming.
KunstHausWien, Vienna

  • KunstHausWien, April 1991 - September 1994
  • Landau Fine Art, Montreal, 1994
  • Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 1998
  • KunstHausWien, Vienna, since July, 1998
  • Art´96, Basel, 1996
  • Posterbook, Cologne, 1995 (c)
  • W. Schmied, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2000, Vol. I, pp. 202, 213 (c)
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 680/681 (and c)
  • Hundertwasser - Wenn einer alleine träumt..., Munich, 2003, p. 15 (c)
  • Landau Fine Art, Montreal, 1994, p. 7 (c)
  • Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 1998, p. 139 (c)
  • KunstHausWien, Vienna, 1999, p. 69 (c)
  • Hundertwasser Bibel, Augsburg, 1995, AT, p. 404 (c)
  • K. Frommelt / P. Flinn (ed.), Living in Vienna, Vienna, 2008, Vol. II, cover (c), Vol. I and III backcover (c)
  • A pszichiátria magyar kézikönyve, Budapest, 2009, cover (c)
  • Hundertwasser Adressbuch, B. Wörner, Rutesheim, 1993
  • Hundertwasser Agenda, B. Wörner, Rutesheim, 1993
  • Postcard, Joram Harel Management, Vienna, 1994
  • Hundertwasser Art Calendar 1995, Borer & Wörner, Zug (56 x 49 cm, December)
  • Postcard (Maximum card), F.S.P.L. (Fédération des Société Philatéliques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg), Luxembourg, 1995
  • Hundertwasser Poster, Museums Betriebs Gesellschaft mbH, Vienna, 1997
  • Postcard, Museums Betriebs Gesellschaft mbH / Hundertwasser Archiv, Vienna, 2000 (repr. 2002, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013))
  • Hundertwasser 2004 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
  • Calendar: Hundertwasser 2004, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2004, Borer & Wörner, Zug
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art Address book, Borer & Wörner, Zug, 2006 (detail)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art Perpetual Calendar, Borer & Wörner, Zug, 2006 (detail)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2007, Borer & Wörner, Zug
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser 2008, Borer & Wörner, Zug
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2010, Wörner, Rutesheim
  • Gift-cardboard box in five different dimensions, Stewo International AG, Wolhusen / Switzerland, 2011 (detail)
  • Gift-carrying bag in three different dimensions, Stewo International AG, Wolhusen / Switzerland, 2011 (detail)
  • Notebook in two different dimensions, Stewo International AG, Wolhusen / Switzerland, 2011 (detail)
  • Gift-wrapping paper, Stewo International AG, Wolhusen / Switzerland, 2011(detail)
  • Napkin, Stewo International AG, Wolhusen / Switzerland, 2011 (detail)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Notes, Wörner, Rutesheim, 2011
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2012, Wörner, Rutesheim (cover and inside)
  • Hundertwasser 2012 Calendar, Taschen, Cologne (and reprints)
  • Postcard, Wörner, Rutesheim, 2012
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2014, Wörner, Rutesheim (cover)
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2015, Wörner, Rutesheim (small size)
  • Hundertwasser Agenda 2018, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser Agenda 2019, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (cover and backcover, detail)
  • Hundertwasser span-a-year Art Calendar 2019, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim
  • Hundertwasser Vertical Wall Calendar Art 2019, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim
  • Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2020, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (small size)