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A3:G25 Station 1: Introduction
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Haus Esters, driveway
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 – 1969)
Bauhaus Archive – Berlin
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Hermann Lange (1874 – 1942)
Lilo Krech / Dr. Helmut Krech
Photo: Lilo Krech
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Dr. Josef Esters (1884 – 1966)
Esters family estate
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Haus Esters, driveway, view toward Haus Lange, 1950s
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Hein Engelskirchen
Station 2: International style
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Haus Esters, facing the street
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Mies van der Rohe's office, frontal street view, July 20th, 1928, Krefeld City Archive, Inventory 70/2009
Krefeld City Archive, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
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Mies van der Rohe's office, side view, July 20th, 1928, Krefeld City Archive, Inventory 70/2009
Krefeld City Archive, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Haus Urbig (1915 – 17), Potsdam, Germany
Photo: Heike Vogt
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, competing ideas: High-rise at Friedrichstrasse train station in Berlin, around 1922
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, Bauhaus Archive – Berlin
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, residential block, Weissenhof Estate (1927), Stuttgart, Germany
© Shaqspeare, 2005
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German Reich pavilion at the World's Fair in Barcelona, 1929
Bauhaus Archive – Berlin, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Berliner Bildbericht / Sasha Stone
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Villa Tugendhat (1928 – 30), Brno, Czech Republic
Villa Tugendhat, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: David Zidlicky
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 860–880 Lake Shore Drive (1949 – 51), Chicago, USA
Photo: Jeremy Atherton, 2006
Station 3: Brick
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Haus Esters, front
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Dirk Rose
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Haus Esters
Photo: Kunstmuseen Krefeld
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Haus Wolf (1925 – 27), Guben, Germany
Christiane Lange, Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Arthur Köster
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, monument to Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg at Berlin-Friedrichsfelde cemetery (1926), destroyed in 1934 by the Nazis
Bauhaus Archive – Berlin, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Station 4: Room function
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Haus Esters, Living hall
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Haus Esters, dining room, 1931
Joachim C. Heitmann, Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
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Mies van der Rohe's office, ground floor heating plan, dated August 25th, 1928, Krefeld City Archive, Inventory 70/2009
Krefeld City Archive, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
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Mies van der Rohe's office, Haus Esters ground floor, undated but drafted before August 25th, 1928, Krefeld City Archive, Inventory 70/2009
Krefeld City Archive, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Station 5: Verseidag, textile center Krefeld
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Haus Esters, Dr. Esters' study
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Verseidag, around 1938
Krefeld City Archive, © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Verseidag, dye factory and menswear linings building, stockpile, 1935
City of Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Verseidag, cafeteria, 1938
Krefeld City Archive, © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
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Lilly Reich (1885 – 1947)
Bauhaus Archive – Berlin
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Lilly Reich, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Café Samt und Seide, Exhibition: Ladieswear, Berlin 1927
Bauhaus Archive – Berlin, © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Photo: Williams & Meyer Co.
Station 6: New house, old furniture
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Haus Esters, Ms. Esters' salon
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Haus Esters, Ms. Esters' salon, 1930s
Joachim C. Heitmann, Krefeld
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Willi Baumeister, poster for the Deutscher Werkbund guild exhibition: Die Wohnung (Residential Space), Stuttgart 1927
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Station 7: A new spatial concept
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Haus Esters, dining room
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Dirk Rose
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Haus Esters, dining room, view toward children's playroom and living hall
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Villa Tugendhat (1928 – 30), Brno, Czech Republic
Villa Tugendhat, Brünn, © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Photo: David Zidlicky
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Mies 1:1. The Golf Club Project, Krefeld 2013, terrace, view toward northwest
Projekt MIK e.V., Christiane Lange, © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Photo: Michael Dannenmann
Station 8: Early pre-fab house
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Esters garden house, Deutsche Werkstätten Dresden-Hellerau (1923)
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © Andrea Zittel
Photo: Dirk Rose
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Esters garden house, Deutsche Werkstätten Dresden-Hellerau (1923)
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Dirk Rose
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Andrea Zittel, Planar composition in wood #1, Planar composition in wood #2 (2019)
© Andrea Zittel, Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Dirk Rose
Station 9: Mies as a landscape architect
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Haus Esters, grounds
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Dirk Rose
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Haus Lange, view of the grounds, during construction
Joachim C. Heitmann, Krefeld © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
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Haus Esters, view from the southwest, 1930
Christiane Lange, Krefeld
Photo: Berliner Bildbericht / Wilhelm Niemann
Station 10: Richard Serra, Elevations for Mies
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Haus Esters, grounds
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Richard Serra, Terminal (1977), Bochum, Germany
City of Bochum
Photo: Stadt Bochum
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Richard Serra, Terminal (1977), Bochum, Germany
City of Bochum
Photo: Stadt Bochum
Station 11: Pathway system
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Haus Esters, grounds
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Kunstmuseen Krefeld
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Haus Esters, grounds, during construction
Joachim C. Heitmann, Krefeld © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
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Haus Esters, grounds, during construction
Joachim C. Heitmann, Krefeld© VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
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Haus Lange Haus Esters, grounds layout
City of Krefeld
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Haus Lange Haus Esters, Aerial photograph, 1930
City of Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Station 12: Richard Long, Turf Circle
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Richard Long, Turf Circle (1969)
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty (1970), Corinne, USA
© Robert Smithson
Photo: Soren Harward
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Christo, Exhibition: Wrapped Floors, Wrapped Walk Ways, Haus Lange 1971
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Shunk-Kender
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Haus-Rucker-Co, Exhibition: COVER – Überleben in verschmutzter Umwelt (Survival in a Polluted Environment), Haus Lange 1971
© Haus-Rucker-Co
Photo: Manfred Vollmer
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Haus-Rucker-Co, Exhibition: COVER – Überleben in verschmutzter Umwelt (Survival in a Polluted Environment), Haus Lange 1971
© Haus-Rucker-Co
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Jasmina Cibic, Exhibition: The Spirit of Our Needs, Haus Esters 2017
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Volker Döhne
Station 13: Berto Lardera, Epoca eroica
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Berto Lardera, Epoca eroica (1949–50)
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Volker Döhne
Station 14: Mies and Schinkel
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Haus Lange, southern front
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Dirk Rose
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Haus Lange, southern front
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Dirk Rose
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Neuer Pavillon (New Pavilion) Chalottenburg (1824 -25), Berlin, Germany
Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg, SPSG
Photo: Jörg P. Anders
Station 15: Narrow supporting pillar
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Haus Lange, terrace staircase
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Haus Esters, terrace
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Dirk Rose
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Haus Esters, terrace
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Haus Lange, terrace roof, renovation 1998 – 2000
Reymann Architekten, Krefeld
Photo: Patrick Hoefer
Station 16: Concealed steel supports
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Haus Lange, courtyard
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Haus Esters under construction
Jochen C. Heitmann, Krefeld
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Haus Lange, exposed supports above a window, Haus Lange, renovation 1998 – 2000
Reymann Architekten, Krefeld
Photo: Patrick Hoefer
Station 17: form doesn’t follow function
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Haus Lange, driveway
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Dirk Rose
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Le Corbusier, Villa Savoy (1928 – 31), Poissy, France
Valueyou, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Valueyou
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Hans Scharoun, Haus Schminke (1932 – 33), Löbau, Germany
© Michael Sander
Michael Sander
Station 18: Choice of materials
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Haus Lange, entrance door
Kuntsmuseen Krefeld
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Villa Tugendhat (1928 – 30), Brno, Czech Republic
Villa Tugendhat, Brünn, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Dave Zedlicky
Station 19: Hermann Lange as an art collector
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Haus Lange, living hall
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Dirk Rose
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Lilly Reich (1885 – 1947)
Bauhaus Archive – Berlin
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Rudolf Bertig, computer reconstruction of the furniture design plan by Lilly Reich and Mies van der Rohe for the Haus Lange living hall, Krefeld, 2006
Rudolf Bertig, Aachen, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
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Haus Lange, living hall, 1930
Christiane Lange, Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Berliner Bildbericht / Wilhelm Niemann
Station 20: Mies as a furniture designer
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Haus Lange, dining room
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Haus Lange, dining room
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Dirk Rose
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, small table with a drawer, draft probably from 1928
Christiane Lange, Krefeld © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Ivan Baschang
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, dining room furniture, Haus Lange, drafts probably from 1925/26/28, Exhibition: Christiane Lange, Furniture and Rooms for Hermann Lange, Haus Lange 2007
Christiane Lange, Robbrecht en Daem architecten, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, Christiane Lange, Robbrecht en Daem architecten
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Haus Wolf (1925 – 27), Guben, Germany
Christiane Lange, Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Arthur Köster
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Haus Esters, dining room, 1931
Jochen C. Heitmann, Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Station 21: Modern furnishings
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Display case (1929)
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Dirk Rose
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Haus Lange, Ms. Lange's salon, 1930
Christiane Lange, Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021, Christiane Lange
Photo: Berliner Bildbericht / Wilhelm Niemann
Station 22: Retractable windows
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Haus Lange, living room
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Dirk Rose
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Haus Lange, basement room with retractable window system
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Stephanie Zimmermann
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Haus Lange, retractable window
Photo: Kunstmuseen Krefeld
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Haus Lange, retractable window
Photo: Kunstmuseen Krefeld
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Haus Lange, retractable window
Photo: Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Station 23: Window issues
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Haus Lange, Mr. Lange's study with a view into the living room
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Haus Lange, Mr. Lange's study with a view into the living room
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Volker Döhne
Station 24: Yves Klein – Le Vide
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Yves Klein installs Le Vide (The Void), Haus Lange (1961)
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Bernward Wember
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Haus Lange, living hall, 1930
Christiane Lange, Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Berliner Bildbericht (Wilhelm Niemann)
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Yves Klein, Le Vide (1963)
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Volker Döhne
Station 25: Down to the last detail
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Haus Lange, kitchen
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Volker Döhne
Station 26: Elmgreen & Dragset, Die Zugezogenen
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Elmgreen & Dragset, Darkroom (2017)
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Elmgreen & Dragset, Exhibition: Die Zugezogenen, Haus Lange 2017
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Volker Döhne
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Haus Lange, master bedroom
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Volker Döhne
Station 27: Ship motifs
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Haus Lange, upper floor, hallway to the children's rooms
Kunstmuseen Krefeld, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Photo: Dirk Rose