II. documenta '59
Art after 1945. International Exhibition
11 July - 11 October 1959
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Schloss Bellevue
Exhibition poster documenta 2
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, Werner Haftmann, Ernst Holzinger, Kurt Martin, Werner Schmalenbach, Hein Stünke, Eduard Trier
For the American artists: Porter A. McCray, New York
Graphics Board
Arnold Bode, Werner Schmalenbach, Hei Stünke
Exhibition Architecture
Arnold Bode
Supported by: Rudolf Staege
Exhibit Pieces
1,770
All Artists / Male / Female
339 / 321 / 18
Visitors
137,000
Budget
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
Werner Lengemann: Arnold Bode in front of Jackson Pollock, „Number 32“, Inventory Number: docA, MS, d02, 10041418
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Günther Becker: Friedrichsplatz and Museum Fridericianum with the documenta 2 flagging, Inventory Number: docA, MS, d2, 10011738
Klaus Meier-Ude: A group of visitors in front of "Horse and Rider" by Marino Marini, Inventory Number: docA, MS, d2, 10011540
Günther Becker: Rest area in the Orangerie with the sculpture "Les Baigneurs" by Pablo Picasso in the background, Inventory Number: docA, MS, d2, 10011766
Carl Eberth: Visitors watch "The liver is the cock's comb" by Arshile Gorky at the Museum Fridericianum, Inventory Number: docA, MS, d2, 10003788
Günther Becker: Large painting hall of documenta 2 on the first floor of the Museum Fridericianum, Inventory Number: docA, MS, d2, 10011749