The Other Collection
Subtitle: Homage to Hildy and Ernst Beyeler
Publisher: Hatje Cantz; USA/North America, D.A.P., Distributed Art Publishers
Published: October 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9783775720236
Subjects: Art funding, patronage & sponsorship; Art styles: c 1960 -; Biography: general; Exhibition catalogues and specific collections; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Art Museums And Galleries; Exhibition Catalogs; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Switzerland; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions
Description: "The success of the Galerie Beyeler, which led Ernst and Hildy Beyeler to found the Fondation Beyeler, began sixty years ago. Around sixteen thousand paintings, sculptures, and works on paper - not including prints and editions - passed through Baumleingasse 9, where the Beyelers took over an antiquarian bookstore in 1945. Its transformation into an art gallery was complete by 1947, and the address in Basel remains unchanged to this day." "An exemplary selection of me masterpieces that were handled by the gallery - and that have long since entered the great public and private collections of the world - can once again be seen in The Other Collection, making it possible to understand the distinctive beliefs, attitudes, and tastes of this remarkable couple. Among the highlights of this musee imaginaire are works by Bonnard, Braque, Cezanne, Dubuffet, Gauguin, Giacometti, Van Gogh, Gris, Kandinsky, Klee, Leger, Matisse, Miro, Mondrian, and Picasso." "This book contains 288 pages, 204 illustrations, 149 in color."--Jacket.