Image: Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Brunswick
The Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Brunswick has acquired ten graphic works by the artist Lothar Osterburg, extending the museum’s association with the artist beyond the run of its current exhibition, ‘Cabinet of Wonders. Lothar Osterburg back from Brooklyn’. The purchase was made possible by a donation from the Günter Kalkhof Foundation, according to the museum’s September programme newsletter.
The acquisition follows the museum’s presentation of the first comprehensive overview exhibition of Osterburg’s work in Europe. The exhibition remains on view at the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum through 4 October. Its title, ‘Cabinet of Wonders. Lothar Osterburg back from Brooklyn’, places the artist’s work at the centre of a presentation that brings together several media and approaches.
Osterburg is described by the museum as an internationally renowned artist from Brunswick. The exhibition connects printmaking, photography, sculpture, model-building and video, framing his practice through themes of dream, memory and fantasy. The newly acquired works are identified specifically as graphics, but the available announcement does not provide individual titles, dates, techniques or dimensions.
The museum’s announcement presents the purchase as a continuation of its relationship with Osterburg after the temporary exhibition ends. It does not specify whether all ten works were included in the exhibition, nor does it give details of their future display, conservation or cataloguing. The funding contribution from the Günter Kalkhof Foundation is the only financial information provided.
The acquisition is announced within the September newsletter of the 3Landesmuseen Braunschweig, the museum network that also includes the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum and the Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum. The newsletter separates the Osterburg acquisition from other exhibitions and events across the network, including programmes at the natural-history museum and its Schöningen branch. The Osterburg exhibition and acquisition are specifically associated with the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum.
‘Cabinet of Wonders. Lothar Osterburg back from Brooklyn’ is scheduled to close on 4 October at the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Museumstrasse 1, 38100 Brunswick. The announcement does not state when the ten newly acquired graphics will first be presented as part of the museum’s collection.
