Elger Esser
Voyage en Egypte
Sfeir-Semler Gallery Karantina, Beirut
Elger Esser
Elger Esser (b. 1967, Stuttgart) lives and works in Düsseldorf, where he also studied photography at the Academy of Fine Arts under Bernd and Hilla Becher and graduated in 1997. Since 2006 Esser has his own professorship for artistic photography at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design. Although having studied under the conceptual thoughts of the Bechers, Esser never applied their typical grid pattern. Essers work focusses on calm and reposeful landscape motifs that are simple in composition and produced on large format. Read more
Gallery Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022
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A family story, Collection (s) Robelin, Museum of Contemporary Art Lyon, Lyon, France
2021
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Art Movement. 20 new projects, Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau, Germany
2019
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Morgenland, Fondation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis, France
2017
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Morgenland, Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London
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Elger Esser – Aetas Landesgalerie Linz. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Linz
2016
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Elger Esser - zeitigen, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
2015
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IRIDES, Villa Knast, Salzburg, Austria
2014
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Elger Esser, Fundació Palma Espai d’art, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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Elger Esser: Ab Olympo, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2013
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Meseglise, Institut für Moderne Kunst, Nürnberg, Germany
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Elger Esser. Giverny, Heliogravuren, Schirmer und Mosel, Munich, Germany
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Nocturens à Giverny. Photographies de Elger Esser, Galerie Photo du Pôle Image Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France
2012
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Elger Esser. Lichte Weite, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany
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Illusion, Upstairs Gallery, Oldenburg, Germany
2011
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Nocturnes, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
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Kunstforum Baloise
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Elger Esser - Voyage en Egypte, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
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Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia
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Kunstforum Baloise, Basel, Swizerland
2010
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Elger Esser. Landschaften - Veduten - Ansichten - Heliogravüren, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
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Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
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Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, The Netherlands
2009
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Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany
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Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
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Dominik Mersch Gallery, Waterloo/Sydney, Australia
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Galleria Bonomo, Bari, Italy
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Rencontres d’Arles, France
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Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Le Château, Caen, France
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Saone and Rhone, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2008
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Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Köln, Germany
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Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
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FO.KU.S, Innsbruck, Austria
2007
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Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
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Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
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Combray, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2006
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Johnen & Schöttle Gallery, Munich, Germany
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Musée de Vannes, France
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Kunstraum Deutsche Bank, Salzburg, Austria
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Galeria Fúcares, Madrid, Spain
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Galerie De Zaal, Delft, Netherlands
2005
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Johnen & Schöttle Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2004
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Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
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De Zaal Gallery, Delft
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Fondation Herzog, Basel, Switzerland
2003
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Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
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Schirmer Mosel Showroom, Munich, Germany
2002
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Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2001
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Johnen & Schöttle Gallery, Cologne
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Elger Esser, Villa Knast, Salzburg, Austria
1999
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Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
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Galeria Andreas Grimm, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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n.e.g.-gallery, Milano, Italy
1998
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Kunstverein, Siegen, Germany
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Galerie Friebe, Lüdenscheid, Germany
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Galerie 213, Paris, France
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Kunstraum, Düsseldorf, Germany
1997
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Galeria Andreas Grimm, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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Kunstverein, Hagen, Germany
1995
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Siedlungen in Düsseldorf, Kulturbahnhof, Eller, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
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Photographies sur Cuivre, Fontevraud Modern Art Museum, Fontevraud-L'Abbaye, France
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Le Lys dans la Vallée, Fondartion des Artistes, Rotonde Balzac, Paris, France
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Earth: A Retrospective.The Last Grito I The Collection for Love of Art, Bombas Gens Art Center, Valencia, Spain
2020
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FOTO.KUNST, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Germany
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berlin_nl, Niederländische Botschaft, Berlin, Germany
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Less Roses, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
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Seestücke, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
2019
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Zwischen Nähe und Distanz: Konstruktion von Wirklichkeiten. Von Goya bis Picasso, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
2018
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The Sonnabend Collection: Half a Century of European and American Art. Part II, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal
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Entfesselte Natur, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
2017
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Water, Clouds, Wind, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
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Split – Mirror. Light. Reflection, SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, Germany
2016
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Magical Surfaces: The Uncanny in Contemporary Photography. Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London, United Kingdom
2015
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Bert de Beul, Elger Esser, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
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Gallery 3010, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2014
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Soli Deo Gloria. Christine Schäfer & Elger Esser: Recital and Art, Braunschweig Festival, Schafstall Bisdorf, Braunschweig, Germany
2013
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OLD SCHOOL Anachronismus in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany
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Desaster / The End of Days, Galerie Taddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2012
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Kalte Rinden - Seltene Erden, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
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Il Fuoco Della Natura / The Flash of Nature, Salone degli Incanti, ex Pescheria, Trieste, Italy
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Exposition photographique: Eaux précieuses – Eaux sauvages, Galerie d'art du Conseil général, Hôtel de Castillon, Aix-en-Provence, France
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Les Territoires du désir ou les métamorphoses d'un musée imaginaire, Musée d'Art moderne André Malraux, MuMa, Le Havre, France
2011
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lichtempfindlich – Zeitgenössische Photographie aus der Sammlung Schaufler, Sindelfingen, Germany
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Kunst befreit! Neupräsentation der Sammlung, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Ileana Sonnabend. An Italian Portait, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
2010
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Der Rote Bulli: Stephan Shore and the new Düsseldorf Photography, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft Düsseldorf, Germany
2009
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TAGO-MAGO Galería Fúcares, Almagro, Spain
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Siedlungen und Wohnanlagen 1858 - 1937, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany
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Voyages pittoresques: Normandie 1820-2009. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen, France
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Rencontre de la Photographie, Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles, France
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6 views of photography, Galerie de Zaal, Delft, Netherlands
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Sammlung Lothar Schirmer, Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich, Germany
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Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
2008
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True North, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
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Französische Landschaften, FO.KU.S, Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck, Austria
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Landschaft als Metapher, Ursula-Blickle-Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany
2006
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Paisajes, Galeria Arnes y Röpke, Madrid, Spain
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Arcadia, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, USA
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Room with a view, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, Netherlands
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Les Peintres de la vie moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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Fotokunst aus NRW, Flottmann Hallen, Herne, Germany
2005
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Flight 405, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg, Germany and Beirut, Lebanon
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Aeroplastics contemporary, Bruxelles, Belgium
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Landschaft als Metapher, Ursula-Blickle-Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany
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Angekommen, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany
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The City: Conteporary Views..., Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, USA
2004
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Vague II Hommages et digressions, Musee Malraux, Le Havre, France
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Imágenes en movimiento // Moving Pictures, Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain
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Art History: Photography References Painting, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, USA
2003
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Biennial of Photography, Moscow, Russia
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Moving Pictures, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
2002
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Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
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10 young german artists, Galerie de zaal, Delft, Netherlands
2001
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Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2000
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Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
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Thomas Segal Gallery, Baltimore, USA
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Hue-Williams Fine Art, London, United Kingdom
1999
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Insight-out, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria
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Views from the edge of the world, Marlborough Gallery, New York, USA
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Lawrence Beck, Elger Esser, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
Awards
2016
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Oskar-Schlemmer-Preis
2010
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Rheinischer Kunstpreis
Public Collections
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– Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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– Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
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– The Met: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
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– Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
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– FNAC: Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
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– Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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– Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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– De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg, Netherlands
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– Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg/Wien, Austria
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– Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
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– Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, USA
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– Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
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– Kunsthalle München, Munich, Germany
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– Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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– MoMA: Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
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– Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
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– Fundació Foto Colectania, Barcelona, Spain
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– Gund Gallery Kenyon College, Ohio, USA
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– Tang Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, USA
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– Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA
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– Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
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– Getty Collection, Los Angeles, USA
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– Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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– Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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– Albertina, Vienna, Austria
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– Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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– Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
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– Landesgalerie, Linz, Austria