Description: Serigraph from 1972, created by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Stamp Signed number 03853 /4200. This is a color serigraph with Metal embossing and felt fiber application on paper. The Blue metallic embossing is a rare one, which most of this serigraph edition do not show. The work includes stamped facsimile signatures of both Hundertwasser and Schröder-Sonnenstern to the lower margin, adjacent to gold tone embossed notations of “Sonnenstern, 11-9-1972, 80 BirthdayThe publisher/printer is, Ars Viva, Zurich/Dietz Offizin, Lengmoos, Bavaria. Reference: Koschatzky 56 b.The dimensions are: 39"1/4 x 27"1/2 (99.8 cm x 69.8 cm). The image is 33" 7/8 x 25" 1/2 (86 x 64,5 cm ). The piece, titled Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, features an interpretation after a 1959 colored pencil illustration by listed German outsider artist Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern (1892 – 1982), titled Praxis. The image depicts a surrealist re-telling of the story of Adam, Eve and the serpent in the Garden of Eden, with an abstract fruit-bearing tree and female nude to the center. Hundertwasser was born in Vienna as Friedrich Stowasser. His mother, Elsa, was Jewish, so the Second World War was a difficult time for them. They pretended to be Catholic during the war, and to escape notice.After the war ended, he changed his name from Friedrich Stowasser to Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Part of the meaning of Friedensreich is peaceful realm (country). He studied briefly at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, but when his money ran out, he started to travel a lot. He began to develop his own style, and in 1952, he exhibited his paintings for the first time.Hundertwasser married twice - in 1957 and 1962 - but both marriages ended in divorce. He had one daughter, Heidi Trimmel, who was born in 1982.In 1975, Hundertwasser left Europe and went to live in a small town called Kawakawa in New Zealand, where he could live mostly self-sufficiently. The artist bought several properties, joined them together to give himself enough access to nature, built solar panels and a water purification plant, and grew his own food. He lived there until he died of a heart attack in 2000.He was buried at home in New Zealand. On top of his grave, a tree was planted. Hundertwasser said in 1989,A dead person is entitled to reincarnation in the form of... a tree that grows on top of him and through him.Thank you for looking at my art. If you have any question, contact me.If you have a moment, I invite you to see my other items.
Price: 3000 CAD
Location: Montreal, Quebec
End Time: 2025-01-09T02:00:17.000Z
Shipping Cost: 52.2 CAD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Size: Large (up to 60in.)
Artist: Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Style: Expressionism
Material: Serigraph & Silkscreen
Type: Lithograph
Features: Stamp Signed
Subject: Hommage
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Year of Production: 1972
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Date of Creation: 1972
Unit of Sale: Multi-Piece Work
Width (Inches): 27" 1/2
Color: Multi-Color
Height (Inches): 39" 1/4
Print Surface: Paper
