Friedrich Stowasser 1943-1949

Original catalogue of the historic retrospective dedicated to Friedensreich Hundertwasser, held at the Albertina in Vienna in spring 1974. The volume documents the artistic evolution of the Austrian master from the early period under the name Friedrich Stowasser (1943) to full maturity as Hundertwasser. Publisher's cloth binding in grey with reproduction of a delicate 1943 drawing applied to the cover depicting a Viennese view of the Donaukanal. First edition with a print run of 25,000 copies, printed by Cicero GmbH of Stuttgart. Reference publication for the study of the artist's formative period, today sought after by collectors of twentieth-century Austrian art.