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Galerie Berggruen print view role Dealer/Gallery dates 1952-1982 city Paris country France gender n/a historical notes Heinz Berggruen (b. 1914) opened a shop in Paris after World War II, selling rare and limited editions. In 1952 he opened a gallery in Paris, becoming one of the most important post-war dealers in classic Modern art—Picasso, Klee, Matisse, Léger, and Miro—with a large and significant clientele. After his retirement in 1982 he donated 90 works by Paul Klee to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2000, he sold his collection of 113 modern masterpieces to the German government. Berggruen lived in Switzerland. decades of activity 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 phone 01 42 22 02 12 updated 02/07/2020 18:20:52 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Archive Location Collection Title Links Galerie Berggruen 70, rue de l'Université Galerie Berggruen Records see details... ZADIK | Central Archive for German and International Art Market Studies ZADIK: Papers see details... see also: Berggruen, Heinz «  back