Ann Wolff, Andante, 2005, Mold-melted glass, 50 x 50 x 18 cm

© Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Photo: H.-J. Becker, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Ann Wolff, Porträt

© Ann Wolff Collection, Photo: Pierre Wilén, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Ann Wolff, April, 2008, Mold-melted glass, 58 x 45 x 13 cm

© Ann Wolff Collection, Photo: Pierre Wilén, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Ann Wolff, Doubling (2 parts), 2013, Mold-melted glass, 40 x 40 x 30 cm / Beton, 35 x 33 x 27 cm

© Ann Wolff Collection, Photo: Pierre Wilén, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Ann Wolff, Persona, 2004, Mold-melted glass, 34 x 33 x 23 cm

© Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Photo: H.-J. Becker, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Addition of the Ann Wolff Foundation Berlin

The German-Swedish artist Ann Wolff (b. 1937) is one of the most important representatives of the European studio glass movement. At the request of the elderly artist, the Ann Wolff Foundation Berlin will now be merged into the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung. The handover includes around 160 works by Ann Wolff. Up until recently, the artist had been selecting other significant works as part of the acquisition that she would like to know will be in good hands in the future.

“We are delighted and very grateful for the outstanding sculptures and drawings of this unique studio glass pioneer,” says Dr. Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek, Chairwoman of the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung. “We will continue the successful work of the Ann Wolff Foundation Berlin in the spirit of the artist with selected funding programs and a scientific review. An exhibition on Ann Wolff’s work is being planned.”

Works by Ann Wolff are among the first acquisitions by the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung for its art collection. In 2014, the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung dedicated a separate exhibition to the Lübeck-born artist with her sculptures and drawings. The foundation has since published two publications on Ann Wolff’s work.

“The acquisition is a stroke of luck for us,” adds art historian Aysegül Cihangir from the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, who is currently recording the acquired works by Ann Wolff in the foundation’s own database. “Together with our Erwin Eisch collection, we can now depict the beginnings of international studio glass using important works.” With around 100 sculptures, the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung owns one of the largest contiguous Erwin Eisch collections, which comprehensively represents the various phases of the artist’s work.

The Ann Wolff Foundation Berlin was founded in 2008 by Ann Wolff with the aim of preserving, exhibiting and publishing her artistic work. In addition, dialogues and discussions are to be encouraged so that art is expanded to include a focus on glass. Artists are to be given opportunities to experiment with the material glass and to integrate it into their artistic practice. To this end, the Ann Wolff Foundation Berlin has initiated an artist-in-residence program and made it possible to award prizes. The Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung will be happy to continue and further develop this program.