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Lot 62:
Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Singing Bird on a Tree in the City, 1951, Color Print
Description
A color print after an original work by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, titled Singing Bird on a Tree in the City. The composition features Hundertwasser’s signature visual language: organic architecture, vivid color blocks, stylized trees, and rhythmic linear patterning that rejects strict geometry in favor of natural forms. The work is presented within a black mat with a red inner border and housed in a later frame.
Details
Artist: Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Austrian, 1928-2000)
Title: Singing Bird on a Tree in the City
Date: 1951 (after the original)
Medium: Color print on paper
Edition: Sixth Edition (as titled on mount)
Image Size: approximately 25 x 19 in. (63.5 x 48.3 cm)
Framed Dimensions: approximately 33.5 x 26 in. (85.1 x 66.0 cm)
Presentation: Later frame with mat
Condition: Examined out of frame. Toning to paper and evidence of prior mounting tape to the reverse; handling wear consistent with age. Frame with wear.
Catalogue Note
Friedensreich Hundertwasser was one of the most influential European artists of the postwar period, known for his rejection of straight lines and his advocacy for an organic, environmentally integrated approach to art and architecture. Singing Bird on a Tree in the City reflects his early exploration of these themes, juxtaposing natural forms with imagined urban structures rendered in vibrant, mosaic-like color fields. Prints after Hundertwasser’s early works played a key role in disseminating his ideas to a wider audience and remain sought after for their bold visual identity and historical importance within 20th-century avant-garde art.
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