Lot n° 95
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000) "Olympische Spiele Munchen 1972" (Olympic Games Munich poster), 1971 Screenprint in colors with embossed metal foil on paper Edition: 2569/3999 (there was also a total of approximately 230 hand-signed impressions numbered in either Arabic or Roman numerals) Unsigned; stamp-numbered in the image, lower left; titled as part of the composition; Dietz Offizin, Lengmoos, Bavaria, in cooperation with Günter Dietz Edition, prntr.; Olympia 1972 GmbH, Munich, pub. Sight: 39.875" H x 24.875" W Provenance: The Graphic Encounter, Huntington Beach, CA Estate of Robert Baron, Huntington Beach, CA, acquired from the above, March 1980 Literature: Koschatzky 54 Other Notes: This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed and dated on March 24, 1980 by the director of the gallery mentioned above, as well as other documents related to its acquisition. Hundertwasser once said in regard to this work, "An odd premonition: the drops of blood on the poster I painted before the massacre during the Olympic Games. It is based on my picture 147 The Match of the Century. In the middle of it I painted in the orthodox church which "Father Timofey," a self-willed, self-proclaimed Russian-orthodox priest, had built in defiance of any building permit right in the middle of where the Olympic Games were to take place. However, the love of the people of Munich prevented the church from being torn down. Several times I visited him and his onion turrets, whose outside covering consisted of shiny tinfoil from chocolate wrappings. I felt my predilection for gold and silver and metal-stamping confirmed. It was a holy feeling." (Quoted from: "Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2," Taschen, Cologne, 2002, pp. 832-833)
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