This art print after the Hundertwasser's painting "TROPICAL CHINESE" (oeuvre 887) is a premium 8-colour offset print on 300 g/sqm matt coated illustration printing paper. Glitter blue and highly refractive silver glossy-foils are embossed in several finishing steps. Three specialized companies in the area around Stuttgart are involved in this complicated manufacturing process.
The black frame has a silver inner edge, the black passe-partout is acid-free and the glass is a 2 mm thick float glass. To prevent bending and waving because of fluctuations in temperature and humidity, the art print has been laminated on the back panel and the passe-partout has been glued on the art print. Furthermore the art print has been framed dust-proof. These production techniques have been applied to achieve a long lasting and optically perfect result.
A special feature of this product is the 2 mm thick scratch-resistant glass. Normally this glass is available in stationary shops only, as the risk of breakage during shipping is too high. Therefore most of the online stores and mail-order companies use materials like acrylic glass, which have obvious disadvantages. Acrylic glass builds up a electrostatic charge and acts like a magnet for dust and dirt particles. Furthermore it is nearly impossible to clean acrylic glass without scratching it. Therefore we developed a special packaging for shipping, to be able, to offer this Hundertwasser art print in a frame with a 2 mm thick scratch-resistant glass which is easy to clean.
Hundertwasser comment about the work:
"One time I was riding my bicycle over a bridge in Santa Marina, near Venice. Some cyclists came from the opposite direction, wearing reflecting glasses. That made a big impression on me. If these glasses had had a slit in the middle, through which the eyes would look, the result would be beings something like insects. The living thing in my painting is wearing a kind of tropical helmet. Its costume is architectural, i. e., it is composed of parcels, like dwelling units."
(translated from the broschure: Kunstwerk, Die Hundertwasser Ausgabe der Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, n. p., 1989, p. 20)
Frame format: 50 x 60 x 2,5 cm / 19,7" x 23,6" x 1"
Format of the visible art print: 27,8 x 36,0 cm / 10,9" x 14,2"
Print: premium 8-colour offset print on 300 g/sqm matt coated illustration printing paper
Processing: glitter blue and highly refractive silver glossy-foil embossings
Frame: black frame with a silver inner edge, black passe-partout (acid-free), dust-proof processing and a 2 mm thick scratch-resistant glass
Made in Germany
Manufacturer: Wörner Verlag GmbH
