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Imprint:	Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz, c2009.
Description:	370 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 x 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Hess, Donald M., -- 1936- -- Art collections -- Catalogs. Hess Art Collection -- Catalogs. Hess Collection. Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Private collections -- Catalogs. Art museums -- Switzerland -- Bern -- Catalogs. Art, Modern -- Private collections. Art museums. Art -- Private collections. Switzerland -- Bern. Catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7934803

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Other authors / contributors:	Hess, Donald M., 1936- Steiner, Myrtha, 1962-
ISBN:	3775721398 9783775721394
Summary:	Swiss businessman and wine producer Donald M. Hess is also the founder of the Hess Art Collection, one of the world's most important private holdings of contemporary art, which are in large part open to the public in the museums of the Hess wineries at Napa, California, Glen Carlou in Paarl, South Africa and Bodega Colomé in Calchaquí Valley, Argentina. (A fourth museum is being planned at the Peter Lehmann Winery, in Barossa Valley, Australia.) This volume evidences Hess's eye for quality with its judicious selection of over 40 years of important works by such established artists as Robert Motherwell, Francis Bacon, Anselm Kiefer and Franz Gretsch, as well as those who are perhaps less well known, including Magdalena Abkowitz and Leopoldo Maler.

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Summary:	The Hess Art Collection is one of the world's most distinguished private collections of contemporary art. It was assembled by the Swiss businessman and wine producer Donald M. Hess. The collection unites extraordinary works by numerous artists now known around the world as well as excellent pieces by artists whose names are (as yet) less well known. This mixture is part of the ensemble's particular charm, making a glance through this copiously illustrated catalogue a veritable expedition. Hess's collecting activities primarily focus on the individual work. Accompanied by an unmistakable sense of quality, he judiciously selected the works he acquired over a period of more than forty years. A large part of the collection's holdings is open to the public in the museums of the Hess wineries in Napa, California, Glen Carlou in Paarl, South Africa, and Bodega Colomé in Calchaquí Valley, Argentina. A fourth museum is being planned at the Peter Lehmann Winery in Barossa Valley, Australia.
Physical Description:	370 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 x 25 cm.
ISBN:	3775721398 9783775721394