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Under the motto "Art at Work" the Deutsche Bank has assembled the world's biggest corporate collection, which today constitutes 50,000 works of art.
At its inception the collection focused on classical Modernism. Starting in 1979, works by artists who were active mainly after 1945 were added. In the eighties it was decided to broaden the collection's initial focus on the German-speaking world to include European art in general, and later international art. Present acquisitions concentrate on contemporary artists as well as on optimising the collection.
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Today the collection consists of more than 50,000 works of art displayed in some 1,000 branches and exhibitions around the world.
Dr. Ariane Grigoteit
Director, Deutsche Bank Art
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The Collection is launched under the motto "Art at Work" and concentrates on post-1945 contemporary art and works on paper. |
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The Deutsche Bank's ninth branch outside of Germany opens in New York on 30 April, 1979. The skyscraper on 57th Street in Manhattan is the site of the first exhibition of the Deutsche Bank Collection. |
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Friedrich Meckseper, the first artist selected for the "Artist of the Business Year, Deutsche Bank Collection" exhibition series. |
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Joseph Beuys visits his work in the Deutsche Bank Collection. |
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Herbert Zapp, board member of Deutsche Bank and spiritus rector of the Deutsche Bank Collection in his Düsseldorf office and stairway of the headquarters in Düsseldorf with painting by Delaunay. |
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In November the Mönchengladbach branch exhibits works by the German sculptor and graphic designer Gerhard Marcks. The show ends up being a commemorative exhibition, as the artist dies on 13 November at the age of 92. |
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The Deutsche Bank branch in Geneva is furnished with art. |
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Max Ernst's sculpture “Le Capricorne”, 1948-64/79, is displayed on the patio of the headquarters in Düsseldorf. |
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Herbert Zapp opens an exhibition with "Le Capricorne". |
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At the end of September, the Deutsche Bank in Sao Paulo inaugurates its newly designed counter area. A Belgian tapestry from the 18th century and four tapestries by the Brazilian artist Madeleine Colaco are presented on the walls. |
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An exhibition from the "fifth continent" in the banking hall of the Karlsruhe branch with works by Australian artists. |
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An elm tree as an art work: "A dying elm in the park. The elm has to be felled. This felling is the subject of an exhibition. The falling tree is stood up again, covered with ashes, and crowned with nails - made into a pillory." This is how the artist Günther Uecker, who was presented in the 1984 Annual Report, characterized his artwork, shown under the title Kunstpranger (Art Pillory) in the banking hall of the Wuppertal branch. The elm stood until December 1983 in Wuppertal's Klophaus Park, where Uecker discovered the felled tree during a walk and decided: "I'm going to make a work of art out of it." |
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The Kassel branch offered customers and visitors an "artistic treat" with an exhibition of works by the painter Kurt Larisch. |
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Construction work in Frankfurt am Main, the new Deutsche Bank headquarters is being built: the shell of the twin towers. |
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Herbert Zapp and Christo meet in Paris at the Pont Neuf, Christo sends the photo as a memento. |
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The first acquisition meeting is held. Members of the acquisition committee are Herbert Zapp, Peter Beye (Former Director, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart), Klaus Gallwitz (Former Director of the Städel, Frankfurt/Main), Wolfgang Wittrock, who was the Bank’s advisory art dealer until 1989. |
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Max Bill's sculpture Kontinuität (Continuity) is set up in front of the twin towers in Frankfurt after a long journey. |
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Hermann J. Abs and Herbert Zapp in the new "art" floors of the Frankfurt headquarters. |
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Artists visit "their" floors in Frankfurt, including A. R. Penck, in front of the work of his fellow artist Konrad Klapheck. |
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The elevator directory at the Frankfurt headquarters does not contain names of departments, but rather the names of the artists to whom the respective floors are devoted. |
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Berlin's mayor Eberhard Diepgen and Herbert Zapp give over the sculpture Berlin by the Matschinsky-Dennighof couple to the public on Tauentzien (street).
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Deutsche Bank’s acquisition meeting. |
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Blaues Pferd (Blue Horse), 1983, by Johannes Brus in the new training building of the David Hansemann-Haus, Düsseldorf. |
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Rainer Fettings Girl and Vogel, 1982, is the motif on the cover of the invitation to the first exhibition of the Deutsche Bank Collection in Munich. |
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The Münster branch celebrates its anniversary. Paintings by Andreas Schulze and sculptures are shown in the Haus am Alten Fischmarkt. |
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Painting by the Singaporean artists Jimmy Ong and Goh Beng Kwan. Contemporary art from the East and West in Singapore. After numerous branches from London to Melbourne are furnished with artworks, in Singapore the art expert Constance Sheares and a small team of Deutsche Bankers are given the task of buying Sinaporean artworks. The works are placed overnight in the rooms of the regional head office. Suddenly confronted with art in such variety and intensity, the staff members react with a lot of interest and the press is enthusiastic and calls the head office a "oasis of beautiful pictures". |
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The Joseph Beuys' sculpture Bergkönig (Mountain King), 1961, which is shown at the Düsseldorf branch in the "Akademierundgang" exhibition on the occasion of the city's 700th birthday. |
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Works by Charlotte Posenenske with a sculpture by Ulrich Rückriem in the Frankfurt headquarters. |
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Selection meeting in Munich at Galerie Fred Jahn, who is advising the Deutsche Bank form 18989 to 1994. |
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Opening of the new Luxemburg branch. |
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Apart from work by Max Bill, the only sculpture commissioned for the Deutsche Bank Collection: A.R. Penck, Delphi heliotroph, 1992/93. |
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A visit to the Artothek. |
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Travelling art: climatic boxes protect the valuable freight. |
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"Potsdam is 1,000", the exhibition on the city's anniversary shows works by local artists. |
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Trianon, the new Deutsche Bank skyscraper, is opened in Frankfurt. Works by German-language and European artists. On view among others: Cornelia Schleime and Meuser. |
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Surprise party: on his 65th birthday Herbert Zapp gets unexpected visitors. Nearly 200 artists arrive with artworks they have made themselves as gifts of congratulation. The birthday boy is touched. |
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Herbert Zapp receives the Adam Elsheimer Prize at the Art Frankfurt art fair. The laudation is made by the rector of the Düsseldorf Art Academy Markus Lüpertz; Frankfurt's Mayor Andreas von Schoeler hands him the sculpture created by Luciano Castelli. |
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Shortly before his death Max Bill realizes his last artwork. The large wooden sculpture, Untitled, 1994 is set up posthumously in the Ulm branch. The preparatory discussions take place in Bill's studio house in Zurich. |
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"On Paper, 20th-century Art from the Deutsche Bank", a touring exhibition of masterpieces from the Deutsche Bank Collection shown in Frankfurt, Berlin, and Leipzig. |
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Preparation of the show and its stops in Frankfurt and Berlin. |
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The new selection committee with Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt. |
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Opening of the new IBC building in Frankfurt with the world's most modern stock exchange. |
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On Unter den Linden in Berlin, a former head office of the bank is reopened. |
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Hilmar Kopper and Thomas Krens prepare the joint venture between the Deutsche Bank and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. On behalf of the bank, Rolf-E. Breuer (with Thomas Krens, director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York) opens the new Deutsche Guggenheim exhibition hall in Berlin. |
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The Große Säulenfigur by Stephan Balkenhol wins the competition for Senser Platz in Lörrach. Countless visitors attend the inauguration by the Lörrach branch. |
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Wearing a paper suit he designed himself, James Rosenquist opens the commissioned work The Swimmer in the Economist in Berlin. His paper suit is among the exclusive editions issued for every show at the Deutsche Guggenheim. |
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On the occasion of the Rosenquist exhibition, the Deutsche Guggenheim is transformed into a catwalk for art for one evening: "Art and Paper on the Catwalk" is the title of the show, which presents paper fashion by international artists. |
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"Georg Baselitz, from the Deutsche Bank Collection" in Frankfurt's Städel-Museum, the last stop of the big exhibition, which was also shown in Moscow, Chemnitz, and Johannesburg. |
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Bernd Vossmerbäumer at the "floor discussion" at the Frankfurt headquarters, B 13. |
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Josef Ackermann opens the exhibition by Pipilotti Rist at the Kunsthalle Zürich. |
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Selection meeting for the new "Moment" series, in which temporary art projects are to be realized in public spaces. The jury: Josef Ackermann, Carl-L. von Boehm-Bezing, Rolf-E. Breuer, Britta Färber, Thomas Fischer, Ariane Grigoteit, Friedhelm Hütte, and Jean-Christophe Ammann in an advisory capacity. |
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Exhibition preparations in Jeff Koons' New York studio. |
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Reopening of the Deutsche Bank's Sanno Park Towers in Tokyo. |
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Bill Viola prepare the big exhibition "Going Forth by Day" for the Deutsche Guggenheim. |
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Sadie Coles (Gallery Sadie Coles HQ) advises together with Bärbel Grässlin from now on the selection meeting. |
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First project of the new Deutsche Bank "Moment" series: Shipped Ships by Ayse Erkmen brings a ferry from Shingu, Venice, and Istanbul respectively to Frankfurt on container ships. In accordance with the Turkish artist's concept, the boats with their original crews provide the public with ferry service on routes on the Main River for four weeks in May. |
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"Man in the Middle" exhibition, the show on the human image in the 20th century is opened at the Museum of Modern Art, Passau; the show can also be seen in St Petersburg, Saarbrücken, Mannheim, Bremen, Tübingen and Krakow. |
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"Moment: "wordsearch" by Karin Sander, words in 250 different native languages spoken by New Yorkers are contributed for the second project of the Deutsche Bank's new art series, this time in the New York Times, New York. |
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Kara Walker, "Artist of the Deutsche Bank Business Year". Initial preparations for her show in Sao Paulo. |
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Richard Artschwager at the press conference to his exhibition as "Artist of the Business Year" at the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin. |
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Friedhelm Hütte, Tessen von Heydebreck, and Ariane Grigoteit at a press conference in the Deutsche Guggenheim. |
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Tom Sachs, "Made in Germany", with his team at the Berlin exhibition hall. |
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The New York branch moves to 60 Wall Street. Displayed is international contemporary art. |
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The trade fair stand of Deutsche Bank Art at the celebrated Antiquities and Art Trade Fair (TEFAF) in Maastricht. |
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On the 25th jubilee of the Deutsche Bank's art activities, a Deutsche Bank Collection anniversary calendar with 25 motifs is brought out. To be continued… The cover pictures the work The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York City, 2003 (K20040102) by Christo. |
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An exclusive postcard edition is brought out on the occasion of the exhibition "Dialogue Sculptures. Drawings and Sculptures from the Deutsche Bank Collection". |
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On April 29th the jubilee exhibition “25”, celebrating twenty-five years of art at the Bank is opened at the Deutsche Guggenheim, Unter den Linden, Berlin. Due to its great success the show is extended another 10 days up to June 27th. |
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Starting at the end of January, a photography exhibition from the Deutsche Bank Collection will be touring through 7 major Latin American cities, including Candida Höfer’s Ethnological Museum I, 1999 (K19991281). |
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Following its sensational success in Berlin, the anniversary exhibition “25” meets with enthusiastic response in Tokyo in 2006. |
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The Chinese Cai Guo-Qiang, artist of the fiscal year of the Deutsche Bank Collection, develops an installation for the Deutsche Guggenheim. |
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“Art at work” is the motto of the 2006 calendar – in January, works by Andy Warhol will be set in place at the Deutsche Bank in New York. |
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After its premiere at the Deutsche Guggenheim, William Kentridge’s commissioned work Black Box / Chambre Noir will be traveling to the Museum der Moderne in Salzburg. |
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© Deutsche Bank AG
© VG-Bildkunst, Bonn 2005
© Pitt Steiger
© Studio Schmötz Huth, Hans Raibe
© Henner Prefi, Frankfurt am Main
Foto: Wolfgang Volz © Christo 1985
© Foto Wilhelm Winkler
© Waltraud Heidak
© Joseph Loderer; Courtesy Galerie Fred Jahn, München
© Goh Ben Kwang
© Brunn - Nachlass Charlotte Posenenske
© Dieter Leistner, Würzburg / Deutsche Bank AG
© Ulrich Wendland
© Ariane Grigoteit, Frankfurt am Main
© Foto Ursula Seitz-Gray
© Günzel / Messe Frankfurt
© angela thomas schmid/ pro litteris
© Hermann Kiessling
© Wolfgang Günzel
© www.ingmarkurth.com
© Mathias Schormann
© Klaus Stein, Lörrach, Foto: Juri Junkov
© Sabine Wunderlin
© Henning Bock / Bransch
© Roman Mensing / www.artdoc.de
© Don Pollard
© getty-images AFP
© Foto: Maria Morais
© Martin Url, Frankfurt
© Candida Höfer; VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
© Mathias Schormann
© Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
© eteam
Foto: Petra Hellberg © William Kentridge
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