Lot 447
Guide to the "Degenerate Art" Exhibition – Berlin, 1937
Entartete "Kunst" Ausstellungsführer. ["Degenerate Art" exhibition guide], Berlin: [1936 or 1937]. German. 1st edition.
"Degenerate Art" exhibition guide, with pictures.
The Nazi "Degenerate Art" exhibition opened in Munich in July 1937 and displayed 650 paintings and sculptures by 112 artists, confiscated from museums and galleries throughout Germany. The exhibition's aim was to exhibit whatever was perceived in the eyes of the Nazi party as degenerate and pervert in modern art. Among the works of art exhibited were oeuvres by leading artists of the first half of the 20th century, including Matisse, Picasso, Munch, Chagall, Kandinsky and others. Entrance was free and more than 2 million people visited the exhibition.
30, [2] pp, 21 cm. Good condition. Minor damage to cover.
