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Berggruen, Heinz

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role Collector Dealer/Gallery
dates 1914-2007
city San Francisco
stateCA
other citiesParis, France; Berlin, Germany;
sex M
historical notes Art Dealer and Collector.

Jewish art collector who in the mid-1990s made a powerful gesture of reconciliation by moving his modern art collection to Berlin.

Bergruen's first wife was Lillian Zellerbach, and his second marriage was to was to the actress Bettina Moissi (daughter of German stage actor Alexander Moissi).

decades
of activity
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000
2000-2010
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Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives
Artist file: Berggruen, Heinz; miscellaneous uncataloged material. see details...
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives
Curt Valentin papers, 1937-1955. see details...
The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
Gloria de Herrera papers, 1936-1996 (bulk 1947-1985). see details...

see also:
Galerie Berggruen