Design and Art from the Schellmann Collection

Jörg Schellmann is an institution in Munich. He opened his first gallery (Kunstladen) in 1969. From the very beginning, he was passionate about publishing limited editions of prints, objects and installations in order to make the works of internationally renowned artists accessible to a wider audience. Schellmann worked with Joseph Beuys, Christo, Donald Judd, Andy Warhol and many others. He became known as the publisher of Joseph Beuys' 'Multiples', Andy Warhol's prints and the editions by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Donald Judd and most recently Thomas Ruff.

Jörg Schellmann emerged as a furniture designer in 2009. After producing artist furniture designs by Joseph Beuys, Liam Gillick and Gerhard Merz, he began to realize his own design ideas in the field of furniture design. Jörg Schellmann's designs are characterized by the influence of industrial furniture. At the same time, they show the influence of minimalist and conceptual art trends - concepts that he dealt with intensively in his role as a publisher and gallery owner. Some of Schellmann's designs have been produced by Moroso, e15, Thonet and Weishaupt Design and can be found in museum design collections such as the Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum in Munich, the Vitra Design Museum and the MAK in Vienna.

Numerous prototypes designed by Jörg Schellmann as well as furniture edited in small series will be auctioned at Quittenbaum Art Auctions. This offering is complemented by prints by internationally sought-after artists such as Sol LeWitt, Donald Judd and Daniel Buren from limited editions that Jörg Schellmann has published as a publisher and that relate to his furniture.

Jörg Schellmann has selected the art works personally so that the art editions enter into an exciting dialog with his minimalistically elegant furniture designs.