Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928 Vienna - 2000 Brisbane) (F), Look at it on a rainy day'

10 pieces, Rainy day folder, in original wooden case with coloured cover embossing, 10 screen prints in colour with metal embossing on different papers, 1971/1972, 49 cm x 66,5 cm sheet dimension, each printed with embossed signatures, 01560/3000 numbered, partly with embossing stamp, case signed by hand, 1560 numbered, sheet 10 signed by hand, 156/300 numbered, each mounted, sheet 1: Sheet edge minimal thrust, sheet 3: slightly wavy, slightly creased, sheet 4: minimally mildewed, small paper abrasion on the surface, sheet 5: Partially stained, Sheet 7: minimally creased, wooden case partially with small paint and wooden chippings, folding hinge removed, Literaure: Cat. Rais. Koschatzky/Kertész 44-53, Fürst HWG 44-53

Friedensreich Hundertwasser is world famous as a painter, sculptor, architect and visionary of the 20th century. Greened and planted buildings and architecture close to nature were part of his oeuvre. So was painting with organic forms and correspondingly formulated graphics. In this way, he repeatedly convinced as an ''opponent of the straight line'' and is still recognised today for his commitment to the environment and his home city of Vienna. In his rebellion against everything conservative, which in his opinion constituted war, he wanted to overcome everything heavy through the power of liveliness in his art. Hundertwasser created utopias out of fantasy, form and colour, which, when put together, were to form a symbiosis of energy and creativity. Again and again he returned to the Danube, the river running through Vienna, as a living place, as a watercourse, as a place of nature in a city. The flowing forms of spirals, symbolic cycles of life and meandering paths, circular and curved shapes are his artistic vocabulary here. With his creative power, he wanted to meet people's needs and counteract the post-war architecture and the suffering of the war years caused by National Socialism and the so-called followers of Austria. ''Why not let trees grow out of the window? Why can't the city be forested?'', with such questions he provoked and designed posters as a meaning of artistic expression and protest to promote the movements of ecology of the time. His goal was to bring nature and people together. He worked towards a future worth living in, with nature intact, its elements and humans in harmony with these elements: Fire, Water, Earth and Air. In his view, rain is just as much a part of this; he himself describes every raindrop as a kiss where heaven touches the earth.