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Pocket guide.

11 works from the collection. Three short lines each: what you can see, nothing more. Scroll down, one work at a time.

All 11 works
  1. Ferdinand Hodler, Lied aus der Ferne
  2. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Alpaufzug
  3. Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Gelbe Form
  4. Max Liebermann, Atelier des Künstlers
  5. Camille Corot, Odalisque
  6. Andy Warhol, Campbell's Condensed Tomato Soup
  7. Unknown painters, Russia, Icons from the Gürtler gift
  8. Roman Signer, Fahrrad mit gelbem Band
  9. Roman Signer, Aktion mit einer Zündschnur
  10. Pipilotti Rist, T.V.-Lüster
  11. Barbara Signer and Michael Bodenmann, El Gato Muerto

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A woman in a long blue dress stands with arms spread wide in front of green hills and a meadow of blue flowers.

Arms spread open wide,
a woman in a deep blue dress.
A song from far hills.

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Ferdinand HodlerLied aus der Ferne1906

Oil on canvas. Acquired 1906.

An Alpine village with houses and a white tower; cattle and goats climb a green mountain path under jagged peaks.

Cows climb the green slope
past red roofs and a white tower.
Summer starts up high.

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Ernst Ludwig KirchnerAlpaufzug1918/19

Oil on canvas. Acquired 1955.

A single curving yellow form rises from the lower edge of a white ground.

One yellow shape climbs
up from the edge of the white.
Calm, sure, on its own.

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Sophie Taeuber-ArpGelbe Form1935

Oil on canvas. Gift of Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach, 1966.

A large studio under a curved glass roof, walls hung with pictures, two women in black reading on a sofa.

Light through a glass roof.
Two women in black, reading.
The paints wait for him.

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Max LiebermannAtelier des Künstlers1902

Oil on canvas. Acquired by the Ernst Schürpf-Stiftung, 1951.

A woman in a red headscarf reclines on cushions, her head resting on her hand, a water pipe beside her.

Resting on cushions,
head in her hand, red headscarf.
She looks far away.

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Camille CorotOdalisque1871/1873

Oil on canvas. Owned together with Kunstmuseum Basel.

A red and white Campbell's tomato soup can, painted plainly on a light ground.

A red and white can,
painted in oil, small and plain.
Lunch becomes a sign.

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Andy WarholCampbell's Condensed Tomato Soup1962

Oil on canvas, 30 × 23 cm. Gift of Erna and Curt Burgauer, 1987. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / ProLitteris, Zurich

Two Russian icons on a red background: one painted with many small figures on gold, the other covered by ornate metal.

Two small golden boards.
Saints crowd in, painted by hand.
One wears a metal veil.

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Unknown painters, RussiaIcons from the Gürtler gift16th century and later

Gift of the Gürtler collection, 2013. Foto: Sebastian Stadler

A racing bicycle trailing long yellow ribbons across the tiled floor of a hall with pink marble columns.

A bicycle stands.
Yellow ribbon streams behind
through the marble hall.

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Roman SignerFahrrad mit gelbem Band1982/1999

Bicycle and bird-scaring tape. Gift of Konrad Bitterli and Romy Lipp, 2023.

A heap of coiled fuse cord on a parquet floor, and two plain wooden tables, one marked by a burn.

A heap of fuse cord,
two plain tables, one scorched black.
The fire has passed through.

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Roman SignerAktion mit einer Zündschnur1989

Tables and rolls of fuse cord. Deposit of the Swiss Confederation, Federal Office of Culture, 1990.

An oval chandelier hung with glass crystals and small television screens showing eyes, between pink marble columns.

Crystal drops and screens,
a chandelier made of light.
Eyes look down at you.

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Pipilotti RistT.V.-Lüster1993

Six-channel video installation. Permanent loan of the Swiss Confederation, Federal Office of Culture.

Inside a small bar: a long counter, shelves of bottles, walls covered with pictures and memorabilia, a jukebox, warm light.

Bottles, pictures, light.
A bar for fewer than twelve.
Now it is art too.

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Barbara Signer and Michael BodenmannEl Gato Muerto2020

Bar furniture, bottles, memorabilia and works by other artists. Acquired 2025; open from 7 November 2026. Foto: Anna-Tina Eberhard