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| Germany | 91 |
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Horst Janssen Museum, Germany |
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Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany |
12 |
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Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany |
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Galerie Schlichtenmaier - Grafenau, Germany |
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Biography: 
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Foto: Galerie PELS-LEUSDEN BerlinSandort 1987
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14.11.1929 Born in Hamburg, HH (DE)
to the dressmaker Martha Janssen from Oldenburg. Brought up in Oldenburg by his mother and grandparents in Lerchenstraße 14. He never knew his father. Adopted by his grandfather
1939 Death of his grandfather followed by adoption by the Guardianship Court
1942 Pupil at the Nationalpolitischen Erziehungsanstalt (Napola - National Political Education Institute) in Haselünne, Emsland, where art teacher Hans Wienhausen encouraged his artistic talent
1943 Death of his mother
1944 Adoption by his mother’s younger sister Anna Janssen, who lived in Hamburg
1945 Move to Hamburg. He spent the end of the war and the post-war period with his Aunt Anna in Burchardstraße, later they moved to Warburgstraße (Harvestehude)
1946 Enrolled at the Landeskunstschule (Regional Art School) in Hamburg at 16 years of age From the beginning master pupil of Alfred Mahlau
1947 First publication of a drawing in the weekly journal "Die Zeit"
1948 Publication of his first book, the children’s book "Is everybody there?"
1950 Birth of his son Clemens Publication of his second book, "The race between the hare and the hedgehog" First woodcuts after Edvard Munch. Dominant themes are animals along with man and woman
1952 Lichtwark scholarship in Hamburg; at around the same time he involuntarily leaves the Landeskunstschule
1953 In detention awaiting trial suspected of murder. Finally received a suspended sentence for drunkenness
1954 Takes up lithography
1955 Marriage to Marie Knauer
1957 Birth of their daughter Katrin, nickname Lamme
1957 First exhibition with large-scale colour woodcuts in his apartment
1957 Exhibition in Hanover in the Hans Brockstedt Gallery Sudden change to etching, pupil of Paul Wunderlich, who he later considers to be a rival. The subjects dealt with are people of his acquaintance, who he portrays with wit and humour, or he represents himself
1959 Divorce
Discovery of two new passions - first, ardent courtship of Birgit Sandner, second, "art brut" after Jean Dubuffet, marked by his so-called "scribbling period" Marriage to Birgit Sandner, separation a few weeks later
1960 Marriage to Verena von Bethmann Hollweg
1961 Birth of their son Philip
1962 His third portfolio, "L’heure de Mylène", reveals the use of the "line" to achieve new accents in his drawing
1965 First retrospective of his drawings and graphic works in the Kestner-Gesellschaft in Hanover
1967 Death of his Aunt Anna
Death of his teacher Alfred Mahlau
Move to Blankenese, Mühlenberger Weg
1968 Divorce from his third wife
With the "tortured arms of Verena" he deals with his separation from Verena. He produces the portfolio "Les Bras" (1970). First prize for graphic art at the Biennale di Venezia
1969 Love affair with Gesche Tietjens. Trip with Gesche to Svanshall in southern Sweden
1970 Discovery of "landscape" and simultaneously re-discovery of etching. His new style focuses on the "line"
1972 Creation of the portfolio "Hanno’s death". This series of self-portraits is connected to a serious illness. Following his recovery, he produced 27 etchings within one week, "which show approaching death in all stages of disintegration"
1972 Separation from Gesche Tietjen , who is expecting his child
1973 Birth of his son Adam
Love affair with Bettina Sartorius
1974 The November Book is produced. The artist deals with his own childhood in Oldenburg
1976 Retrospective of his drawings in the Kunsthalle Mannheim. Start of intensive cooperation with the printer Hartmut Frielinghaus
1990 After a fall with the balcony of his house, he produces a portfolio with the accident report "19th May 1990"
1992 Honorary citizen of the city of Oldenburg
Awards 1964 Art Prize of the city of Darmstadt
1966 Edwin-Scharff-Prize of the city of Hamburg
1975 Schiller Prize of the city of Mannheim
1978 Biermann-Ratjen-Medal of the city of Hamburg
31.8.1995 Died in Hamburg, HH (DE)
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Public exhibitions 99
Solo shows 47
2009
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| Horst Janssen - Die Retrospektive zum 80. Geburtstag - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
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| Horst Janssen. Der Alp – Variationen zu Heinrich Füssli - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
2008
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| Schon wieder Perlen … - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
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| Die ganze Welt im Schraubglas - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
2007
2006
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| Ausgesponnen und Meisterlich: Das Frühwerk von Horst Janssen - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
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| Horst Janssen - MMK Museum Moderner Kunst - Stiftung Wörlen, Passau |
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| Die skandinavische Reise. Zeichnungen und Radierungen von Horst Janssen - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
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| Horst Janssen - Genie im Unzeitgemäßen - Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln, Cologne |
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| Horst Janssen - L` heure de Mylène - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
2005
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| Gegen die Zeit gezeichnet - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
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| Horst Janssen - Eros und Tod - Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen |
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| Omaggio a Horst Janssen - disegni, acqueforti, acquerelli - Galleria Forni, Bologna |
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| Horst Janssen - Farbradierungen - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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| Horst Jansen - Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus (Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen Cottbus), Cottbus |
2004
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| Horst Jansen - Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Skopje |
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| Horst Janssen - Meisterzeichnungen - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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| Horst Janssen - Selbst - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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| Horst Janssen - Bäume im Gegenlicht - Von der Skizze zur Radierung - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
2003
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| Licht und Linie - Horst Janssen und die Fotografie "... oder war's ein Photo?" - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
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| Horst Janssen - Mit gleichsam japanischem Pinsel - Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Bietigheim-Bissingen |
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| HORST JANSSEN - Ich bin ganz Auge - Zeichnungen und Druckgrafik - Galerie Kühn - Lilienthal, Bremen |
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| Sammlung Stefan Blessin "... ein witziger Provokateur" - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
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| Horst Janssen - Caspar David Friedrich und ich - Radierungen 1973/74 - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
2002
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| Aguafuertes - Horst Janssen - MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Universidad de Chile, Santiago |
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| Horst Janssen - Frauenbilder - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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| Janssen und die Frauen - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
2001
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| Horst Janssen - das Porträt - Kallmann-Museum, Ismaning |
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| Horst Janssen - Laokoon - Verschlungen im Geäst der Bäume. - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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| Katze blau - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
2000
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| Ich sehe mich in allem anderen - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
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| Horst Janssen - Drawings and graphics from the collection of Tete Boettger - The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| Horst Janssen - Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde, Apolda |
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| Horst Janssen - Frühe Lithographien - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
1999
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| Das Horst Janssen - Frühe Meisterschaft - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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| Horst Janssen (1929-1995) - Galerie Netuschil, Darmstadt |
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| Horst Janssen - Águas-Fortes - SEEC - Casa Andrade Muricy, Curitiba |
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| Horst Janssen. Im Dialog mit dem Sammler - Galerie Schlichtenmaier - Grafenau, Grafenau |
1998
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| Das Jahr 1970 - Radierungen von Horst Janssen - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
1997
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| Horst Janssen - Plakate - Kunstverein Plauen-Vogtland, Plauen |
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| Horst Janssen. Zeichnungen - Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren |
1996
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| Janssen-Plakate: Behauptungen ohne Widerrede - Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen |
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| Horst Janssen – Mit Lichtenberg - Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach |
1979
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| Horst Janssen : Früh arbeiten - Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg |
1966
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| Horst Janssen - Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg |
Group shows 52
2009
2008
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| sehen & sammeln - Heck-Art-Galerie Kunst für Chemnitz e.V. , Chemnitz |
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| Landschaft - Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg |
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| "...einen AUGEN-Blick, bitte!" / "Please cast an eye...!" - Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth e.V., Bodenburg |
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| Nach „Ihm“ - Horst Janssen und Rembrandt - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
2007
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| 3. Graphik-Biennale - Galerie Dorn, Stuttgart |
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| Sichtwechsel. Die Städtische Kunstsammlung Wilhelmshaven, 1904 – 2004 - Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven |
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| Horst Janssen, Falko Behrendt et al. - Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Leipzig |
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| Künstler der Galerie - Galerie Dube-Heynig, Munich |
2006
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| Die Kunst des Selbstporträts - Sammlung Leonie von Rüxleben - Kunsthalle St. Annen Lübeck, Lübeck |
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| Osterausstellung - ars videndi Kunsthandel, Pfaffenhofen |
2005
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| Zeichnungen als "Staatsgeschenke & Gottesgaben" - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
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| Graphik des XX. Jahrhundert - Galerie Vömel GmbH, Dusseldorf |
2004
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| HORST JANSSEN/ROBERT LEBECK: Zum 75. Geburtstag - Galerie Brockstedt - Berlin, Berlin |
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| Egon Schiele und Horst Janssen - Selbstinszenierung. Eros und Tod. - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
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| Janssen höchstpersönlich - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
2003
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| KUNST - BLÜTE - Bilder, Grafik und Objekte - Galerie Kühn - Berlin, Berlin |
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| Große Kunstausstellung - Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Halle (Saale) |
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| Künstler der Galerie - Galerie Brockstedt - Berlin, Berlin |
2002
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| Krickelkrakeln + Uhupappen. Zeichnungen, Leporellos, Collagen und Objekte - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
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| Die Zeichnung - Galerie Ruf, Munich |
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| Zeitgenössische • Klassisch • Druckgraphisch - Galerie Netuschil, Darmstadt |
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| Griffel-Kunst : Linien-Welten - Krypta 182 Kunstverein Bergisch Gladbach, Bergisch Gladbach |
2001
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| Janssen sieht Goya - Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg |
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| Ausgewählte Werke - Künstler der Galerie seit 1971 - Galerie Dorn, Stuttgart |
2000
1999
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| "Crossover" - Galerie Anne Moerchen, Hamburg |
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| Landschaften - Stadtlandschaften - Galerie Schlichtenmaier - Grafenau, Grafenau |
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| Köpfe und Gesichter - Galerie Stübler, Hannover |
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| Lust auf Rot - Galerie Schlichtenmaier - Grafenau, Grafenau |
1992
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| German etchings: 1960s - MMCA Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki |
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| documenta 9 - Documenta, Kassel |
1985
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| Xilografia Alemana del Siglo XX - Fundación Juan March, Madrid |
1980
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| Forms of realism today = Formes du réalisme aujourd'hui - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1977
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| documenta 6 - Documenta, Kassel |
1970
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| Meister der Druckgraphik - Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg |
1967
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| Meister der Zeichnung - Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg |
1956
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| Jüngere Hamburger Maler - Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg |
1953
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| Farbige Graphik - Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg |
| Dealer Directory 25 |
France
| | Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
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Germany
| | Kunst Kabinett Usedom, Benz
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| | Galerie Gärtner GmbH, Berlin
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| | Galerie Netuschil, Darmstadt
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| | Galerie Anne Moerchen, Hamburg
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| | Galerie im Verlag St. Gertrude, Hamburg
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| | Galerie Stübler, Hannover
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| | Galerie Peerlings, Krefeld
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| | Galerie Depelmann Edition · Verlag GmbH, Langenhagen
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| | Galerie Andreas Baumgartl, Munich
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| | Galerie Dube-Heynig, Munich
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| | Galerie Beelte-Preyer, Münster
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| | Kunstkontor Dr. Doris Möllers, Münster
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| | SüdWestGalerie, Niederalfingen
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| | F.W. Nickel - Alex.Zadow, Nuremberg
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| | Galerie Alte Lateinschule, Viersen
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Switzerland
| | Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva
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| | Galerie Ditesheim, Neuchâtel
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USA
| | Michel Soskine Inc. - New York, New York City, NY
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Public collections 8
Finland
| | Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
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Germany
| | Kunstmuseum Walter im Glaspalast, Augsburg
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| | Kunstmuseum Bayreuth, Bayreuth
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| | Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
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| | Kunstmuseum Magdeburg - Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg
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| | Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
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| | Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg
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United Kingdom
| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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Catalogs
| | HORST JANSSEN: ZEICHNUNGEN 1959-1969- Galerie Brockstedt - Berlin, Berlin |
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