Collection of 8 Friedensreich Hundertwasser books - Capsule Auctions

August 19, 2020

C2: Modern Origins II

Lot 18

Collection of 8 Friedensreich Hundertwasser books

Medium

four linen hardcovers, two plastic wrapped hardcover, one hardcover with decorated dust jacket, and one woodcut portfolio, containing two folded sheets with woodcuts and texts in English

Estimate: $200 - $400

Price Realized: $228
Includes buyer's premium

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Notes: Lot includes eight publications

Hundertwasser Aberbach Fine Art, New York, 1973, exhibition catalogue, embossed linen hardcover, 76 pages, text in English. 6 x 4 1/4 x 1/2 inches, some toning and surface soiling.

Hundertwasser Auckland Art Gallery, 1973-74, exhibition catalogue, embossed linen hardcover, 90 pages, text in English, 6 x 4 3/4 x 1/2 inches, very good condition

Hundertwasser, Mit einem Vorwort von Wieland Schmied und Bilderläuterungen vom Maler selbst, 1964, 74 pages, hardcover, Buchheim Verlag Feldafing, text in German, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 1/4 inches, good condition

Hundertwasser,1969, Salzburg, Galerie Welz, 80 plus pages(30 paginated) hardcover, text by Werner Hofman in German, text in German, 6 3/4 x 5 x 1/4 inches, good condition.

Hundertwasser Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, May-July 1975, exhibition catalogue, embossed linen hardcover, 561 pages, text in French, 6 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches, good condition.

Hundertwasser, University Art Museum, University of California Berkeley, 1968, traveling exhibition, exhibition catalogue, embossed linen hardcover, edited by Herschel B.Chipp and Brenda Richardson, 145 pages, text in English, 9 x 9 x 3/4 inches, good condition.

Hundertwassertext by J.F. Mathey, 1985, Crown Publishers, hardcover, 96 pages, text in English. 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches, good condition, minor dents and tears near the spine.

Hundertwasser: Midori No Namida. Tears of Green 1969-1975, Gruener Janura AG publisher, 2 folded sheets in the format 18 ¾x 24 ½ inches when opened. Text on Japanese paper and 5 glued woodcut pictures. The sheets in the Japanese paper envelope designed by Hundertwasser. One of 2000 unsigned copies. Was originally used as a promotion for the signed and numbered portfolio of 200. 10 x 6 ½ inches when closed, appears to have slight water damage on the top right corner (folded).