From van Gogh to Picasso, From Kandinsky to Pollock. Masterpieces of Modern Art

Venecia: Bomplani, 1990. — 396 p.Palazzo Grassi reopens with an outstanding exhibition that will bring masterpieces of the Guggenheim Collection in New York to Venice. It should be made clear immediately, however, that this is not just a case of temporarily transferring a permanent collection to a special venue. The New York museum possesses a great many more pieces than will be displayed here, and a careful selection has been made — an arduous task that is also the fruit of exacting criteria. In this case, Palazzo Grassi has opted to emphasize the Guggenheim's heritage of modem art by drawing on three different sources: the Thannhauser Collection (devoted mainly to works from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century), the Museum's primary collection and a selection of some of the most important works collected by Peggy Guggenheim.