Art Collection
Johann Gottfried Schadow, Double Portrait of Louise Charlotte Elisabeth Börger née Fromme and her sister, en face, 1804, pen and ink in brown and red
Carl Blechen, Bäume und Häuser (from the Amalfi sketch book), 1829, sepia over graphite
Heinrich Zille, Gruß vom Wannsee, no date, chalk drawing
Alice Lex-Nerlinger, Für den Profit, 1931, photogram
Ellen Auerbach, Sulphur Bath, 1950, photography
Richard Deacon, Something Else Again, 2013, powder-coated steel
Plaster sculptures and casts in the Art Collection storage facilities
View of poster storage with posters by Klaus Wittkugel, John Heartfield and Klaus Staeck
Stage set models by Wofgang Roth in storage at the Applied Arts Collection facility
Guests in the Art Collection Study Room
The Art Collection presently comprises around 70,000 works on paper, over 50,000 posters, numerous paintings, sculptures, and artistic objects as well as personal and cultural historical artefacts in the Applied Arts Collection. In addition to supporting the Akademie der Künste’s own exhibitions, the Art Collection also provides loans for exhibition projects worldwide and is open to the public for research and study purposes.