Ugo Rondinone einundzwanzigsterjanuarzweitausendundsechsundzwanzig, 2026

The work executed in watercolor on canvas depicts an abstracted mountain landscape with an uninterrupted horizon line. Each element of the landscape – mountains and the surface of a lake – is rendered in a different shade of blue. The scene depicts the peaks of the Swiss Alps as seen from the shores of Lake Lucerne. Ugo Rondinone, the native of the canton Schwyz, chose the alpine motif for his homecoming exhibition cry me a river at the Kunstmuseum Lucerne in 2024. The first two works featuring variations of this motif, monumental canvases 4 meters high and 6 meters wide, were acquired for the museum’s collection.