Obituary: Peter Ludwig

From: The Independent - London | Date: July 27, 1996| Author: Frank Whitford | Copyright information

According to your point of view, Peter Ludwig was either the most selfless and discriminating art collector of the late 20th century or a self- aggrandising amasser of objects which he regarded as bargaining counters in a relentless pursuit of honours and distinction in his native Germany and abroad.

His collection was probably the world's largest in private hands. Numerically if not qualitatively speaking, his donations to public institutions were of unparalleled magnitude. So were th...

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