HUNDERTWASSER - PRINTS 1971 - 1991. - Lot 789

HUNDERTWASSER - PRINTS 1971 - 1991. Luxurious catalog, 200 pages, 30 x 24 cm, from the exhibition of the artist's works "One of the Masters of Graphic Art in Modern Times", at ARTCURIAL, from April 25 to May 25, 1996. Exceptional work on the artist's work by leading specialists, with an extensive chronological illustrated biography. - Often full-page reproductions of graphic creations, with extensive commentary and descriptions of materials, techniques, dimensions, etc. "Hunderwasser": from black etching to colored etching, lithography, all varieties of silkscreen printing, and woodcuts printed in Japanese workshops, there's nothing he hasn't wanted to try out.... From 1971 onwards, he innovated in silkscreen techniques, using fluorescent colors and metallic stamping. He uses lithographic inks to create a colored background for 17- or 18-color silkscreen prints, with metal stamping and, sometimes, the application of glass grains or felt fibers. He also works with etching and aquatint in several colors on 3 copper plates. He is one of the few artists to practice Japanese woodcutting in 22 or 23 colors. He has taken an interest in architecture and ecology, and designed a United Nations stamp...