Jahresbericht 2010/2011/2012/2013

München: Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, 2015. Softcover. VG- clean and tight; just a hint of wear to cover corners/top edge. Black wraps with color image and gold lettering. 288 pp. with mostly color images throughout. Text in German. A comprehensive report on provenance research at the Lenbachhaus for the years 2010-2013. A wonderful catalogue full of information on various works of art and their creators (Sabine Morris, Roland Fischer, Wolfgang Tillmans, Hans Hoffmann, the Munich Secession, and much more, as well as the various projects and exhibitions at the museum. The Lenbachhaus has the world's largest collection of art of »Der Blaue Reiter« (The Blue Rider), one of the most important groups of avant-garde artists in the early twentieth century. The core of this treasure consists of the generous donation by the painter Gabriele Münter, who was Wassily Kandinsky's companion until 1914. The Lenbachhaus was built as a Florentine-style villa for the painter Franz von Lenbach between 1887 and 1891 by Gabriel von Seidl and was expanded 1927-1929 by Hans Grässel and again 1969-1972 by Heinrich Volbehr and Rudolf Thönessen. Some of the rooms have kept their original design. The city of Munich acquired the building in 1924 and opened a museum there in 1929. The latest wing was closed to the public in 2009 to allow the expansion and restoration of the Lenbachhaus by Norman Foster; the 1972 extension was demolished to make way for the new building. The museum reopened in May 2013. The architect placed the new main entrance on Museumsplatz in front of the Propylaea. The new facade (pictured on the cover of this book), clad in metal tubes made of an alloy of copper and aluminum, will weather with time.