Max Ernst to Dorothea Tanning: Networks of Surrealism
Provenances from the Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch Collection

“In cooperation with the Zentralarchiv, the Neue Nationalgalerie presents Max Ernst to Dorothea Tanning: Networks of Surrealism. Provenances from the Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch Collection. One hundred years after the “First Surrealist Manifesto” (1924), this exhibition gives new insights into the ramified networks of this international art movement of the 20th century. The focus is on both the histories of the art works and on life stories of Surrealism’s central artists, dealers, and collectors. On the basis of a representative selection of paintings and sculptures by artists such as Leonora Carrington,Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Leonor Fini, René Magritte, Joan Miró, and Dorothea Tanning, the exhibition showcases the findings of a multi-year research project on the provenances of artworks from the Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch Collection, which was realized jointly with the State of Berlin. The exhibition not only maps out the manifold paths taken by Surrealist artworks predominantly during the 1930s and 1940s, but also sheds light on how historical circumstances, personal relationships, and social networks contributed to the spread of the international movement. …”