The Other Collection: Homage to Hildy and Ernst Beyeler

by Werner Schmalenbach

Switzerland's Galerie Beyeler, the precursor to today's renowned Beyeler Foundation, had its beginnings 60 years ago. Since that time, approximately 16,000 artworks--including paintings, sculptures and works on paper, but not including prints and editions--have passed through B?umleingasse 9, the Basel address where Ernst and Hildy Beyeler first took over an antiquarian bookstore in 1945, converting it into a gallery in 1947. From this overwhelming...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3775720235
• ISBN13: 9783775720236
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 3.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.1" x 11.2"