The Busch-Reisinger Museum: The Twentieth-Century Collection

June 15-September 3, 1980

Overview: Approximately 75 northern and central European paintings, drawings, watercolors, and sculptures came from Harvard University's Busch-Reisinger Museum, known for its collection of 20th-century German art. Paintings by German expressionists Max Beckmann, Erich Heckel, Emile Nolde, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, sculpture by Ernst Barlach, Georg Kolbe, and Renee Sintenis, as well as works by Bauhaus artists were shown. The exhibition was coordinated by E.A. Carmean Jr.

Attendance: 122,067 (83 days)

Location: East Building, Mezzanine, Northeast, Pod I (3,000 sq. ft.)

Brochure: The Busch-Reisinger Museum: The Twentieth-Century Collection, by E.A. Carmean Jr. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1980.

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