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Surrealist Masterworks from the Collection Hersaint

In a worldwide first, the Fondation Beyeler will present Surrealist masterworks from the Collection Hersaint. The exhibition will feature around 50 key works by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, Dorothea Tanning and many more. The works reflect major themes of Surrealism such as dreams, the unconscious, metamorphoses or the forest as a site of mystery. The collection was established by the banker Claude Hersaint, who purchased his first painting by Max Ernst at the age of only 17. His lifelong passion for led him to assemble one of the most significant collections of Surrealist art. Paintings from the Hersaint Collection will be displayed in dialogue with works from the Fondation Beyeler.

The exhibition is made possible by the support of Claude Hersaint’s daughter Evangéline Hersaint and her wife Laetitia Hersaint-Lair.