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22.05.2012

Exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum

'Gerrit Rietveld - The Revolution of Space'
May 17 2012 - September 16 2012
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05.05.2012

... from the estate of Franz Hart

Furniture by and from the architect (* November 25, 1910 Munich
† February 9, 1996 Munich)
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Auction 101A: Friedensreich Hundertwasser - Tapestry after 'No. 236 Austrian Impressions'

101A/538

Friedensreich Hundertwasser
(Vienna 1928 - 2000 Newsealand), Vienna

Tapestry after 'No. 236 Austrian Impressions'

Unicum.
Gobelin-weaving by Hilde Absalon, Vienna, May to September 1967.

135 x 95 cm.
Wool.
Marked: HUNDERTWASSER.

 

Estimate: EUR 22000 - 26000

 

 

 

 

From the collection of a German art historian, purchased at Richard P. Hartmann, Munich, in 1968.
 

Typed authorisation by the artist, dated 10 November 1967 can be shown.
A letter by Hundertwasser' assistant, dated 21 May 1968 states that the original painting from 1955 seems to have vanished.


The carpet had been examined by Dr. Andrea Fürst. She confirmed the authenticity in an e-mail.


Exhibitions: Haus der Kunst, München, Hundertwasser, 1975; Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Wien, Hundertwasser, 1978/79.