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Wasserspeier in Form eines Drachen aus einem Shintō-Schrein, Japan, Owari, Edo-Zeit, 1670, Bronze, MK&G
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1st floor
Model interiors from the Art Nouveau period, iconic modernist furniture such as the Frankfurt Kitchen and a special Hamburg highlight: the dance costumes by Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt. Additional spaces contain a changing display of fashion designs, and the Schümann Wing extension houses the keyboard instruments from the Beurmann Collection. Besides spaces for special exhibitions, there is also a section dedicated to exhibits from Islamic and East Asian cultures – from early forerunners all the way to contemporary works.
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1st floor impressions

Ganzkörpermasken, Lavinia Schulz und Walter Holdt, Hamburg, um 1923, Draht / Leinen, MK&G

Stehende mit aufgestütztem Kinn, Erich Heckel, 1912, Dresden, Ahorn, MK&G, Foto: Henning Rogge

Frankfurter Küche, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, 1926, Eigentum der Stiftung Hamburger Kunstsammlungen, MK&G

„Im Schein der Lampe“, Rozbeh Asmani, Videoinstallation, 2012 (Expressionismus im Kino, diverse Filmausschnitte von 1919-1926)

Le jeu de l'écharpe (das Schärpenspiel), Agathon Léonard, Paris, 1898-1900, Manufaktur Sèvres, Biskuitporzellan, MK&G

Wasser-Mond-Guanyin, (sanskrit Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara), China, frühe Ming-Dynastie, 15. Jh., MK&G