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documenta II

Art after 1945. International Exhibition
11 July - 11 October 1950
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Schloss Bellevue

Supporting Institution
documenta GmbH

Managing Director
Herbert Redl, Robert Völker

Honorary Chairman
Bundespräsident Theodor Heuss

Artistic Director
Arnold Bode

Secretariat
Rudolf Zwirner

Painting and Sculpture Board
Arnold Bode, Herbert Freiherr von Buttlar, Ernest Goldschmidt, Will Grohmann, Werber Haftmann, Ernst Holzinger, Kurt Martin, Werner Schmalenbach, Eduard Trier, Heinrich Stünke
For the American artists: Porter A. McCray, New York

Graphics Board
Arnold Bode, Werner Schmalenbach, Heinrich Stünke

Exhibition Architecture
Arnold Bode
Supported by: Rudolf Staege

Exhibit Pieces
1,770

Artists
326

Visitors
134,000

Total Costs
991,000 DM

Catalogue
1 text volume
3 picture volumes:
Vol. 1: Painting
Vol. 2: Sculpture
Vol. 3: Graphics
M. DuMont Schauberg, Cologne
Text volume: 30,000 copies / 2 DM
Vol. 1: 20,000 copies / 16 DM
Vol. 2: 7,000 copies / 9 DM
Vol. 3: 10,000 copies / 9 DM

Catalogue Editors
Eduard Trier, Heinrich Stünke

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