abstract painting of a circular structure with many colors and shapes
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147 - Austrian Post War Hundertwasser, Friedensreich The Fifth Eye…
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Estimate €1,800 - €2,400
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Austrian Post War Hundertwasser, Friedensreich The Fifth Eye Balance. 1971/72. Colour silkscreen print with metal embossing on Schoeller-Stern vellum (with dry stamp). 43.2 x 57.6 cm (visible dimensions 48.7 x 68.7 cm). Signed and double-numbered. Framed behind glass, unopened. – Overall, apparently in very good condition. A magnificent print, rich in colour and high in contrast, with margins. Koschatzky / HWG 44 (368 A). – One of 3,000 in the run and 300 hand-numbered special edition copies. Within the print run, all prints ending in a ‘1’ are additionally hand-signed and numbered. - The first sheet from the series ‘Look at it on a rainy day’. - Published by Ars Viva, Zurich, and printed at Dietz Offizin, Lengmoos (each bearing their gold-embossed stamps) as well as two Japanese Inkan stamps. - Based on work 368 ‘Balance oculaire IV’ from 1958. Colour silkscreen print with metallic embossing on Schoeller-Stern wove paper (with blind-stamped mark). Numbered, dated and titled in the plate. Framed behind glass, unopened. - Appears to be in very good overall condition. A splendid, colour-rich and high-contrast print with margins. - One of 300 hand-numbered copies. - The first sheet from the series ‘Look at It on a Rainy Day’. - Published by Ars Viva, Zurich. Printed by Dietz Offizin, Lengmoos. - Based on the 1958 work ‘Balance oculaire IV’ (Work no. 368). *This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is charged on the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) is charged on the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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Auction time 07/11/2026 at 11:00 AM
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