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HUNDERTWASSER, Friedensreich » Rain of Blood is Falling into the Garden.

Artist:
HUNDERTWASSER, Friedensreich
Title of artwork:
Rain of Blood is Falling into the Garden.
Art category:
Print
Overall size:
43 X 55,5 cm / 16.9 X 21.8 inch.
Period (style):
Art Nouveau & Deco
Country of origin:
Austrian
Price:
$0.00 sold
Rain of Blood is Falling into the Garden.

Additional Information

Technique : Original Japanese Color Woodcut in 20 colors on wove paper with margins.

Paper size : 43 X 55,5 cm / 16.9 X 21.8 inch.

Additional Information : The Color Woodcut is Hand Signed in ink by the artist "Hundertwasser" at the upper right of the image.
The work is also Dated "1972", Numbered "123/200" and Inscribed "Regentag (Rainy Day)" by the artist in ink next to the signature.
The woodcut also bears the catalogue raisonne number "475A" written in ink next to the signature, which indicates that the woodcut is based on an Original Painting by Hundertwasser from 1961 with the Catalogue number 475, having also the same title. This Color Woodcut was printed in 1972 by Nakamura, Tokyo.
It was published by Gruener Janura AG, Glarus/Switzerland in 1973 in a limited edition of 200 impressions as part of a portfolio with 7 sheets titled "Nana Hyaku Mizu".
The stamps of the woodcutter and printer are at the lower right edge, which was very important for Hundertwasser, as it is an old Japanese tradition to name them.

Provenance: Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, San Francisco.

Literature : Koschatzky, Walter und Janine Kertesz: Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Das Vollstandige Druck-Graphische Werk 1951-1986, Basel, Orell Fussli Verlag, 1986.
Reference - Catalogue Koschatzky 59.

Condition : Very Good Condition. Minor handling creases at the margins. Fixed to matting at the upper margins.

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