Pontus Hultén (1924–2006)
Author of The Machine: As Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age
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Works by Pontus Hultén
Paris - Berlin 1900-1933 : Rapports et contrastes France-Allemagne 1900 - 1933 - Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou 12 juillet - 6 novembre 1978 (1978) — Editor; Foreword — 40 copies, 1 review
Les Realismes, 1919-1939: [exposition], Centre Georges Pompidou, 17 decembre 1980-20 avril 1981, Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin, 10 mai-30 juin 1981 (French Edition) (1980) — Editor; Foreword — 29 copies, 1 review
Kandinsky: trente peintures des musées soviétiques: [cat. exp., Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, 1er février-26 mars 1979] (1979) 11 copies
Den sanna historien om vandalerna 2 copies
Tinguely: Centre Georges Pompidou, , 2 copies
Eleven Paintings By Dorothea Tanning with Mesostics by John Cage [Exhibition] 18 May through 18 June, 1988 (1988) 2 copies
a propos de nice 1 copy
Marcel Duchamp, notes 1 copy
Artisti da una collezione 1 copy
Rörelse i konsten 1 copy
Pontus Hulténs samling 1 copy
Duchamp, Marcel. 1 copy
Marcel Duchamp 1–4: Vierbändiger Ausstellungskatalog des Musée National d'Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris 1977 (1977) 1 copy
Rétrospective Magritte 1 copy
The Machine 1 copy
Associated Works
Henri Matisse : dessins et sculpture [exhibition] Musée National d'art Moderne, Paris, May 29- September 7, 1975 (1975) — Foreword — 4 copies
Malevitch : [exposition rétrospective], 14 mars-15 mai 1978, Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Mus (1978) — some editions — 4 copies
Tanzende Bilder : Fahnen der Fante Asafo in Ghana — Foreword — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Hultén, Pontus
- Legal name
- Hultén, Karl Gunnar Vougt Pontus
- Birthdate
- 1924-06-21
- Date of death
- 2006-10-26
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Stockholm (MA|1951)
- Occupations
- museum director
exhibition organizer
art historian
art collector - Organizations
- Moderna Museet
Georges Pompidou Center
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles - Nationality
- Sweden
- Birthplace
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Associated Place (for map)
- Stockholm, Sweden
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A catalogue of an exhibition of art from the period 1900-1930 hosted by the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris in 1979 and which went to Moscow in 1981. This is the Russian language catalogue. The exhibition looked at the development of modern art in that period in both France and Russia, and draws on Russian collections. there are many well-known and iconic Russian and Bolshevik images, but the exhibition also covered sculpture, design, architecture, poster art, Agitprop, ceramics and theatre show more design. show less
Exhibition catalogue for Kawara’s exhibition at the Centre Pompidou.
Curated by museum director Pontus Hultén (1924-2006), the show featured 97
paintings, all constituting consecutive series of “Date Paintings” executed 1966-
75. A catalogue illustration shows four “Date Paintings” — 1-4 January, 1970
— displayed on top of the boxes which Kawara fabricated as part of the Today
series. The remaining images are close-ups of a “Date Painting,” the inside of one
of Kawara’s boxes, show more a display of Kawara’s binders recording the project, and a page
from Kawara’s journal. With an essay in French by Pontus Hultén (“On Kawara /
L’Art Comme Processus”). show less
Curated by museum director Pontus Hultén (1924-2006), the show featured 97
paintings, all constituting consecutive series of “Date Paintings” executed 1966-
75. A catalogue illustration shows four “Date Paintings” — 1-4 January, 1970
— displayed on top of the boxes which Kawara fabricated as part of the Today
series. The remaining images are close-ups of a “Date Painting,” the inside of one
of Kawara’s boxes, show more a display of Kawara’s binders recording the project, and a page
from Kawara’s journal. With an essay in French by Pontus Hultén (“On Kawara /
L’Art Comme Processus”). show less
Four artist's books in a cassette with a short text by Pontus Hulten published by the Centre Pompidou in connection with the exhibition under the same titel from January 31 until 7 March 1977. Offered by AbeBooks UK for GBP 48,66 in March 2024. The booklet by Hreinn Fridfinnson is untitled, that by Kristján bears the title 'lignes plus rapides et plus lentes - faster and slower lines - (lignes tracées au stylo sur papier buvard) - (lines drawn with a fountain pen on blotting paper), that show more by Sigurdur Gudmundsson 'Journey-Book) and that by Ben Sveinsson 'Je l'embrasse si Elle m'embrasse. show less
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy, in the Fall of 1986. Organized and with text by Pontus Hulten.
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