Presented in this exhibition is the exceptional collection of a woman whose career following the Second World War started as a simple secretary and led to becoming the right hand woman of the renowned art dealer Wilhelm Grosshennig in Dusseldorf, and a passionate art collector after 1960. The selection includes around 90 works with a focus on German Expressionism. In addition to outstanding work groups from Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Emil Nolde, works from a considerable ensemble of German art from the 19 th century and Western European greats like Picasso, Matisse and Modigliani will also be shown.
Ed. by
Klaus Albrecht Schröder,
Marietta Mautner Markhof
Foreword: Klaus Albrecht Schröder
Albertina, 192 pp.: illus., 21 x 26 cm, 25.00 (in German)