Sammlung Marx
40 Werke
Editor(s) | Nationalgalerie Berlin, Nina Schallenberg |
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Author(s) | Anna-Catharine Gebbers, Christian Weikop, David Feher, Eugen Blume, Graham Bader, Ina Dinter, Joachim Jäger, Julia Korsukéwitz, Katharina Schweinsberg, Maja Naef, Maren Polte, Martin Engler, Meta Marina Beeck, Mirjam Levandowsky, Nina Schallenberg, Ricarda Bergmann, Ricardo Montez, Sabine Schütz, Thiery Greub, Tobias Vogt, Udo Kittelmann |
Design | e o t, berlin |
Size | ca. 16,5 x 22 cm |
Pages | 192 |
Illustrations | 185 |
Cover | Hardcover |
Language(s) | German |
ISBN |
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