Lot 820
Friedensreich Hundertwasser, 1928-2000 (AT)
Portfolio. Menschenfreude - Joy of Man - Joie de l'homme, 1986
Complete set of six Japanese color woodblock prints on Japanese handmade paper, including a title page and text page, in wooden box.
Each H 570 mm W 420 mm.
All sheets 57/200. Each signed, dated, marked with the place of origin and the work number. For example: "57/200 © Hundertwasser (847A) Vienna 12 May 1987", where the serial numbers (846A–851A) and dates vary.
Additionally with further red and black japanese stamps, including the stamps of the woodcutter, the printer, and the print shop.
Cut: Tatsuo Kawashima.
Print: Akio Shimizu, Kyoto, 1986/87. Publisher: Gruener Janura AG, Glarus, Switzerland, 1988.
Literature:
Fürst, HWG 92–97; Fürst, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. II, catalogue no.. 846A–851A.
With it: Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Graphisches Werk 1988-1995. Verlag Krombholz & Schnake. (2).
| CHF | 20'000 / 30'000 |
| EUR | 21'000 / 32'000 |
| USD | 25'000 / 37'000 |