Future Present : The Collection of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation

Isabel Friedli, Heidi Naef, Ralph Ubi, Catherine Hurzeler

ISBN 10: 3906315010 / ISBN 13: 9783906315010

Published by Laurenz Foundation, Basel, 2015

About this Item

780 pages. Hardcover exhibition catalogue, bound in printed cloth covered boards. Texts in English. Still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, so the binding is tight, the edges and corners of the boards sharp, and interior presumably clean and free of markings. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held from June 13, 2015 - January 31, 2016.

Seller Inventory # 021576

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Future Present : The Collection of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation
• Publisher: Laurenz Foundation, Basel
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3906315010
• ISBN 13: 9783906315010
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art: Collections
  • Art: Group Exhibition Catalogues

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Synopsis

Since its foundation more than 80 years ago, the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation in Basel has concentrated on collecting contemporary art, with the mission of making the art of the present day accessible to a broad public. Many of the works acquired by the Foundation as "contemporary art" are now considered classics of art history, including works by Jean Arp, Georges Braque, Alexander Calder, Salvador Dalí, Paul Klee, Robert Delaunay, Joan Miró, Piet Mondrian and Pablo Picasso. More recent additions to the collection, such as works by Matthew Barney, Robert Gober, Fischli/Weiss, Katharina Fritsch, Jeff Wall and Bruce Nauman, continue that tradition. Future Present presents a complete, lavishly illustrated catalogue raisonné of the collection, which includes painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, photography and video. Also included are short artist biographies and critical commentaries on more than 80 works from the collection.