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Miró, Monet, Matisse - The Nahmad Collection' in Zurich

Zurich's Kunsthaus museum on Friday opened the first ever public exhibition from a private collection including works by Monet, Matisse, Modigliano, Miró and Picasso. The exhibition, which runs through January 15, 2012, includes 109 paintings taken from the collection of the Nahmad family, Monaco-based international art dealers.

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Max Ernst, 'Loplop,' 1932Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm The Nahmad Collection ©2011 ProLitteris, Zurich
René Magritte 'La saucisse casquée,' 1929Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm The Nahmad Collection ©2011 ProLitteris, Zurich
Henri Matisse, 'Portrait au manteau bleu,' 1935Oil on canvas, 91.3 x 59.8 cm The Nahmad Collection ©2011 Succession H. Matisse / ProLitteris, Zürich
Pablo Picasso, 'Le petit pierrot aux fleurs (Portrait of the artist's son, Paulo, as Harlequin),' 1923/24Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 73.6 cm The Nahmad Collection ©2011 ProLitteris, Zurich
Claude Monet, 'Le Palais Contarini,' 1908Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm ©The Nahmad Collection
Amedeo Modigliani, 'Paul Guillaume,' 1916Oil on board laid down on cradled panel, 53 x 37 cm ©The Nahmad Collection
Fernand Léger, 'Nature morte,' 1927Oil on canvas, 130.2 x 88.9 cm The Nahmad Collection ©2011 ProLitteris, Zurich
Joan Miró, 'Soirée snob chez la princesse,' 1944Pastel and gouache on paper, 31.4 x 51.4 cm The Nahmad Collection ©Successió Miró / 2011 ProLitteris, Zurich
Wassily Kandinsky, 'Studie zu "Improvisation 3",' 1909Oil and gouache on cardboard in the artist’s painted frame, 44.5 x 64.7 cm The Nahmad Collection ©2011 ProLitteris, Zurich
Kazimir Malevich, 'Suprematist Composition,' 1916Oil on canvas, 88.5 x 71 cm ©The Nahmad Collection