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HUNDERTWASSER
(HUNDERTWASSER, FRIEDERSREICH). Schmied, Wieland & Friedersreich Hundertwasser. Salzburg, AUSTRIA: Verlag Galerie Welz, 1974. First Edition. Stout Oblong 4to. Full Leather with Pastedown. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good +/No Jacket - As Issued. 320pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in German. With a chronology and biography. This lavish 1974 production from Galerie Welz in Salzburg is the first catalogue raisonné of the graphic work of the idiosyncratic late Austrian artist and architect Friedersreich Hundertwasser. It contains one hundred and four fully exquisitely illustrated entries for works executed between 1952 and 1972 - many of which utilize metallic inks and foil stamping - printed on black paper to replicate the look of the original prints as closely as possible. An internally bright, most handsome example of the German language first edition of this invaluable reference showing some slight compression and a small chip to the leather at the heel of the spine whose black paper-over-boards slipcase embossed with a facsimile of the artist's signature shows some wear, rubbing, and a bit of fraying. Laid in is a copy of the Verlag Galerie Welz pre-publication prospectus. 3-85349-028-X Inventory Number: 024983