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Installation view of "The Bechtler Collection."

The Bechtler Collection

Location: Second Floor Gallery Time Period: On view through March 1, 2023

The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art is the only museum in the Southern United States dedicated to European and American Modern Art and its legacies. Capturing a remarkable era of art history from the collection of the Zürich-based Bechtler family, the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art collection includes works by some of the most important and influential figures of modernism. Featuring 28 key works of art and nine sculptures from The Bechtler Collection, this intimate exhibition is displayed throughout two of the museum’s galleries.

The second-floor gallery highlighted two-dimensional artworks by Alexander Calder, Le Corbusier, Edgar Degas, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Hans Hartung, Barbara Hepworth, Jasper Johns, Paul Klee, Fernand Legér, Alfred Manessier, Joan Miró, Kenneth Noland, Pablo Picasso, Bridget Riley, Niki de Saint Phalle, Gustave Singier, Nicolas de Staël, and Andy Warhol.

The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art collection includes works by some of the most important and influential figures of modernism.
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