FRIEDENSREICH HUNDERTWASSER (1928-2000) Collection of stamps under frame "The Second Skin" (1983), "The Thinkers" (1995)

The design of the stamps, created specifically for the United Nations Signed in the middle. One sheet 24 x 18.5 cm Framed 101 x 82.5 cm ‘The Second Skin’, the first postage stamp in a series of 6 stamps issued to mark the 35th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. On December 10, 1983, the United Nations marked the 35th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To commemorate this milestone in world history, the United Nations Postal Administration issued on December 9 one of the most unusual, most unique sets of postage stamps in its history. This postage stamp issue was created by Hundertwasser at the invitation of Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar. This occasion was the very first time since its inception that the Secretary-General of the United Nations ever commissioned an artist to create a set of postage stamps for the United Nations. ‘The Thinkers’, the third postage stamp in the series of stamps issued to commemorate the UN Summit on Social Development in Copenhagen, March 6–12, 1995.