Ketterer

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• Meßberg 1

  Hamburg

  Germany   20095

  Telephone : 00 49 40 37 49 61 0

  Fax : 00 49 40 37 49 61 66

  Website : http://www.kettererkunst.de

  Email : infohamburg@kettererkunst.de

• Fasanenstr. 70

  Berlin

  Germany   10719

  Telephone : 49 30 88 67 53 63

  Fax : 49 30 88 67 53 43

  Website : http://www.kettererkunst.de

  Email : infoberlin@kettererkunst.de

• HVB Forum

  Kardinal-Faulhaber-Str.1

  Munich

  Germany   80333

  Website : http://www.kettererkunst.de

• Joseph-Wild-Str. 18

  81829 Munich,

  Germany   81829

  Website : http://www.kettererkunst.de

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• 
  New to the business but zealous in his desire to become
  an art dealer, Roman Norbert Ketterer established his
  auction house, the "Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett" in 1946.
  His brother Wolfgang, nine years his younger, who had
  recently returned from an American prisoner of war
  internment camp, threw his support into the new
  enterprise in December
  of that year.
  
  
  
  The first auction catalogue, complete with hand drawings
  and prints by Max Slevogt, was published in September
  1946. It contained 183 entries, with a print run of 500
  copies. Despite the difficulties of the postwar period, the
  auction was a tremendous success. A gap in the market
  had opened between the most basic essentials and the
  longing for the beautiful.
  
  
  
  Though the house is still primarily devoted to auctions,
  Ketterer Kunst also enjoys playing host to special events.
  The auction house acts as an interface and organizes the
  various competencies of its partners to the greatest potential.
  In this way, Robert Ketterer was able to win
  the Technical University of Munich to lecture on "Art and
  Counterfeiting". His goal was to provide more background
  information on art themes, not only to his clients, but also
  to the clients of the partners, Arabella Sheraton and
  American Express.
  
  
  
  Besides the occasional benefit auction, exhibitions with
  special thematic emphasis are frequently
  organized. Several have been of particular note, such as the
  exhibitions of Expressionist works, such as those by Ernst
  Ludwig Kirchner, to whom House Ketterer has always
  been closely connected, and Tom Wesselmann’s traveling
  exhibition featuring his contemporary art.
  
  
  
  Ketterer Kunst maintains representatives in New York and Tokyo.