Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors and Drawings
Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 07:00 pm
Lot 46
Friedensreich Hundertwasser, 1928-2000 (AT)
Les flammes et les gouttes de pluie qui passent - The three Raindrops, 1959
Mixed media on canvas.
H 725 mm W 610 mm.
Signed and dated.
| CHF | 50'000 / 70'000 |
| EUR | 43'000 / 60'000 |
| USD | 54'000 / 75'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 70'000
Annotation:
Inscribed: "J'ai revé d'être normal".
Verso signed, dated and inscribed.
Provenance: Galerie Kramer, Paris;
Marek Mayewsky, New York;
Lefebre Gallery, New York;
Frank M. Titelman, Altona, Pennsylvania;
Swiss private property.
Exhibitions: Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, 1964;
Kunsthalle Bern, 1964;
Karl-Ernst-Osthaus, Hagen, 1964;
Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1964;
Stedelijk-Museum, Amsterdam, 1964;
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1965.
Literature: Exhibition catalogue Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover, 1964. No. 455, page 185.
Andrea Christa Fürst. Hundertwasser 1928 - 2000, Catalogue Raisonné. Cologne, Taschen, 2002. Volume 2, No. 455 (color illustration).