{"id":33011,"date":"2026-09-23T15:41:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/?page_id=33011"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:31:06","slug":"accepting-an-artistic-estate-is-a-big-responsibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/accepting-an-artistic-estate-is-a-big-responsibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Kathrin Distelkamp im Interview: \u201eDie \u00dcbernahme eines k\u00fcnstlerischen Nachlasses bedeutet eine gro\u00dfe Verantwortung\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern header-text toggle-optional-copy show-optional-copy' data-pattern='ho\/header-grosse-headline-bild-volle-breite-option-text'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight header-space header-height-read-only'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-10'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-3\">\n\t<swup-back>Back<\/swup-back>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-10 margin-top-3'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\n<h1 class='ho-sd-h1' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Anna Kathrin Distelkamp: \u201cAccepting an artistic estate is a big responsibility\u201d<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 margin-top-5'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_vwnktv\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 33662,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking05-c-Konrad-Langer-300x200.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":200,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":9807},\"large\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking05-c-Konrad-Langer-1024x683.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":78536},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking05-c-Konrad-Langer-768x512.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":512,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":47509},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking05-c-Konrad-Langer-1536x1024.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":157658},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking05-c-Konrad-Langer-2048x1365.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1365,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":261032},\"small\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking05-c-Konrad-Langer-440x293.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":293,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":18271},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking05-c-Konrad-Langer-580x387.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":387,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":29446},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking05-c-Konrad-Langer-720x480.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":480,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":42373},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking05-c-Konrad-Langer-1280x853.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":853,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":115063},\"full\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking05-c-Konrad-Langer-1920x1280.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":232414},\"xxl\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking05-c-Konrad-Langer-4048x2699.jpg\",\"width\":4048,\"height\":2699,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":891315},\"original\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking05-c-Konrad-Langer.jpg\",\"width\":5890,\"height\":3927}},\n\"alt\" : \"A person in a striped shirt and orange vest is looking at maps on a wall.\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : {\"x\":0.5,\"y\":0.5},\n\"background\" : true,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container  height-container-mobile\" style=\"padding-bottom:52%; 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Maier\u201c, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Foto: Konrad Langer<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-text'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-md-offset-6 margin-top-5 col-xs-10 col-xs-offset-2 padding-bottom-6'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>In this interview, we ask the attorney and university lecturer Anna Kathrin Distelkamp why accepting an inheritance is such a responsibility, how museums should handle legacies and bequests, and how best to make arrangements for one\u2019s own estate during one\u2019s lifetime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Anna, nehmen wir an, du erbst einen k\u00fcnstlerischen Nachlass. Welche rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen musst du beachten, bevor du ihn bearbeitest?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>Anna, let\u2019s suppose you inherited an artistic estate. What legal requirements would you have to consider before you could process it? <br><br>There\u2019s no easy answer to that because circumstances can be very different. The first thing you\u2019d have to clarify is what exactly comprises the \u201cartistic estate\u201d. In our fictitious case, I\u2019d venture that the following would be included in the artistic estate: the property and the (joint) copyrights to works and writings as well as miscellaneous archived documents, such as photos of the works and possibly a database. Then we\u2019d have to ask the following questions: Does an inventory exist in which all the works are listed? Where are the works now which the testator had in their possession? Are they located, e.g. in a studio or a museum or in other collections? Are the provenances of the individual pieces clarified? What type of written documents belong to the artistic estate?<br><br>In the next step, I\u2019d determine whether there are other persons who have rights to the whole estate or to individual works and items. That brings up an array of new questions like: Am I the sole legatee or are there other legatees who also have a say? Are there so-called \u201centitled beneficiaries\u201d who are legally entitled to payment of their portion of the estate? What contractual agreements to the rights to the works and writings remain in effect after the artist\u2019s death? These could include, for example, (permanent) loan agreements, licensing agreements etc. And then there\u2019s the question of who owns the rights to the written documents, the remaining archived documents, the database etc. On top of that, I\u2019d naturally have to submit an inheritance tax declaration.<br><br><strong>That is quite a lot to think about. The Bauhaus-Archiv unexpectedly inherited the private and artistic estate of Jak R. Maier. Do different inheritance laws apply to museums than to private persons?<\/strong><br><br>Generally speaking, the same regulations apply to museums as to private persons. However, there are a number of specific matters which have to be considered. For example, museums are often non-profit organisations and\/or public institutions. They operate in accordance with ICOM standards because they are legally obliged to maintain and expand their collections on behalf of the public. Museums must also take special care to clarify provenances. German museums with public archives are subject to archive-related regulations set by their respective federal states. If the museum did not inherit the corresponding copyrights, libraries, archives and commemorative institutions can exploit specific copyright restrictions so that they can continue using those works.<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/text-zitat'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-md-offset-3 col-xs-12'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure class='wp-block-ho-quote '>\n\t\t\t<blockquote>\u201cMuseums must also take special care to clarify provenances.\u201d<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption>Anna Kathrin Distelkamp<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Lorem ipsum<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'><strong>What do you recommend to museums which inherit artistic estates? <\/strong><br><br>Museums should carefully consider whether it is more prudent to accept an inheritance or to turn it down. Accepting an artistic estate is a big responsibility and no one benefits from an estate \u201cwasting away\u201d unopened in a warehouse just because the museum has no capacity to process it. If the legal circumstances are unresolved, it can be difficult to work with it. Sometimes it\u2019s better to cooperate with a private testamentary executor than to accept the entire estate. The best scenario is when a museum concludes an agreement with all the stakeholders \u2013 the artist, future legatees and the institution \u2013 which stipulates which part of the estate should be bequeathed to the museum following the artist\u2019s death.<br><br><strong>In the case of the Maier estate, at what point would we get you involved and why?<\/strong><br><br>It would be best to have me there even before the inheritance is accepted, for example, at the handover or at the initial inspection. That way I could assess whether the institution can even assume ownership of the estate. Of course, the Bauhaus-Archiv has already accepted the inheritance. So now my job would be about clarifying the rights to the holdings. For an institution like the Bauhaus-Archiv, I think it make sense to accept estates like that of Jak R. Maier\u2019s in their entirety. In so doing, the Bauhaus-Archiv has assumed responsibility for all the written assets, the photos and archival documents. We can probably learn a lot about Maier\u2019s surroundings, other artists and works based on these archived documents. The exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/visit\/exhibitions\/unpacking-jak-r-maier-en\/\" data-type=\"exhibition\" data-id=\"23967\">Unpacking Jak R. Maier<\/a> as a way of processing the acquired estate demonstrates productive engagement with the holdings which gets down to the nitty-gritty.<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/medien-bild-zwei-bilder-gross-gross'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-11 mobile-margin-bottom-5'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 33664,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking14-c-Konrad-Langer-200x300.jpg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":15787},\"large\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking14-c-Konrad-Langer-683x1024.jpg\",\"width\":683,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":118683},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking14-c-Konrad-Langer-768x1152.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":1152,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":144260},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking14-c-Konrad-Langer-1024x1536.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1536,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":234754},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking14-c-Konrad-Langer-1365x2048.jpg\",\"width\":1365,\"height\":2048,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":382777},\"small\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking14-c-Konrad-Langer-293x440.jpg\",\"width\":293,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":29379},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking14-c-Konrad-Langer-387x580.jpg\",\"width\":387,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":46505},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking14-c-Konrad-Langer-480x720.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":65877},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking14-c-Konrad-Langer-853x1280.jpg\",\"width\":853,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":172884},\"full\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking14-c-Konrad-Langer-1280x1920.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1920,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":342238},\"xxl\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking14-c-Konrad-Langer-2699x4048.jpg\",\"width\":2699,\"height\":4048,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":1305426},\"original\":{\"file\":\"bauhausarchiv_unpacking14-c-Konrad-Langer.jpg\",\"width\":4458,\"height\":6687}},\n\"alt\" : \"A regal display in a modern room, filled with various materials and tools, backlit for better visibility.\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:150%; 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As different as these cases may be, there are certain questions that always crop up in the art and cultural field, as well as the areas of education, research and science.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/medien-bild-links'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-10'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 33714,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_Foto_unbekannt-300x192.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":192,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":8311},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_Foto_unbekannt-1024x655.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":655,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":63602},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_Foto_unbekannt-768x491.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":491,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":37587},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_Foto_unbekannt-1536x982.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":982,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":139934},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_Foto_unbekannt-2048x1310.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1310,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":251088},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_Foto_unbekannt-440x281.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":281,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":14737},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_Foto_unbekannt-580x371.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":371,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":23379},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_Foto_unbekannt-720x460.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":460,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":33574},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_Foto_unbekannt-1280x819.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":819,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":97553},\"full\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_Foto_unbekannt-1920x1228.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1228,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":219985},\"xxl\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_Foto_unbekannt-4048x2589.jpg\",\"width\":4048,\"height\":2589,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":1040197},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_Foto_unbekannt.jpg\",\"width\":8862,\"height\":5667}},\n\"alt\" : \"A bird examines a small hole in a wall, surrounded by a book page layout.\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:63.947190250508%; 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Maier, Vogel vor einem Plakat mit Buchstaben, 1970\u20131990<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, Fotograf*in: unbekannt<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Lorem ipsum<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'><strong>You head the degree programme CAS \u201cWorks and Estate Management\u201d at the University of the Arts (HKB) in Berne together with the art historian Friederike Hauffe. Why do you differentiate between works and the estate?<\/strong><br><br>Yes, the two-semester degree programme takes place every year. It\u2019s our fourth time teaching it, and the final examinations are coming up. In this programme, we talk about \u201cworks\u201d management by artists and collectors while they\u2019re still alive, or by the collecting institutions. But we also discuss the management of estates after the artists or collectors have passed away, or planning arrangements for the estate while they are alive. We consider the works or the estate as comprising artistic pieces, writings and other sources.<br><br>Regardless of whether these are managed during one\u2019s lifetime or posthumously, we encounter similar questions. There are similar areas in which decisions have to be made, for example, on positioning and contextualising works, involving stakeholders and cooperation partners, conducting inventories and creating databases, producing a collection catalogue, a catalogue raisonn\u00e9 or collection overview, the choice of legal form, dealing with the art market and much more. I enjoy sharing my many years of experience in legal counselling in this field through this degree programme.<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/medien-bild'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-10 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 32941,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-e1790238599329-300x216.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":216,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":8177},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-e1790238599329-1024x738.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":738,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":46486},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-e1790238599329-768x554.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":554,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":29337},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-e1790238599329-1536x1107.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1107,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":97956},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-e1790238599329-2048x1476.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1476,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":176904},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-e1790238599329-440x317.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":317,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":13254},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-e1790238599329-580x418.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":418,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":19555},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-e1790238599329-720x519.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":519,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":26616},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-e1790238599329-1280x923.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":923,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":69147},\"full\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-e1790238599329-1920x1384.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1384,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":154802},\"xxl\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-e1790238599329-4048x2918.jpg\",\"width\":4048,\"height\":2918,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":814711},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Modell-im-Raum-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-e1790238599329.jpg\",\"width\":6720,\"height\":4844}},\n\"alt\" : \"Simple artistic metal object on a wooden base, against a blurred black-and-white background.\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:72.083333333333%; 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Maier, Modell im Raum, 1950\u20132010<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, Fotograf*in: unbekannt<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Lorem ipsum<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'><strong>Jak R. Maier\u2019s artistic estate comprised 17 moving boxes. Inside them, we found numerous photo albums documenting his artworks. We\u2019ve selected a photo from the estate \u2013 what spontaneously comes to mind when you see it?<\/strong><br><br>Does the Bauhaus-Archiv know who the photographer was? This piece reminds me of works by the French artist Henri Matisse, of his silhouettes, arranged here as a three-dimensional object.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern show-optional-copy' data-pattern='ho\/text-infobox'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-5'>\n\n<div  class='color-bg-highlight color-fg-highlight color-bg-fg-revsersed'>\n\n<div  class='margin-right-2 padding-top-2 padding-bottom-2 margin-left-2'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-rem-max-width cf-gutter-1 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-10 col-xs-10 col-md-offset-1 col-xs-offset-1'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-4 text-align-center margin-top-4'>\t<p class='ho-sd-metadata'>Anna Kathrin Distelkamp is an attorney and university lecturer. She has specialised in art law since 2013, and specifically in artistic estates, collection estates and art bequests. Together with her colleague Friederike Hauffe, she heads the degree programme CAS \u201cWorks and Estate Management\u201d (University of the Arts (HKB)) in Berne, as well as the annual intensive course \u201cArt | Work | Estate\u201d. Her current research project at the HKB addresses decision-making processes when selecting artistic estates. In 2016 she conducted the symposium \u201cManagement of Artists\u2019 Estates\u201d together with the auction house Van Ham. Anna Kathrin Distelkamp also teaches courses on museum law for the degree programme \u201cMuseum Management and Communication\u201d at the HTW Berlin. 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