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The Collection
MASI’s collection features over 14,000 artworks from the late 15th century to the present day, focusing primarily on artists associated with the region and the museum’s exhibitions, not only works by Ticino artists, but also by Swiss or international artists who have had meaningful connections with Italian-speaking Switzerland.
MASI is committed to developing this important cultural legacy through new acquisitions and donations.
The artworks belonging to the State Collection of Canton Ticino and the Collection of the City of Lugano were entrusted to MASI upon its foundation in 2015, with the objective of promoting them through exhibitions and loans to important national and international museums and exhibits – in addition to protecting them through conservation and restoration.
- Giovanni Giacometti, Sera sull'Alpe, 1906, MASI Lugano. Swiss Confederation deposit, Federal Office of Culture, Bern
- Max Bill, Strahlung aus Durchdringung (Radiation from Penetration), 1966-1969, MASI, Lugano. Collezione Cantone Ticino. Donation UBS
- Balthasar Burkhard, Bernina, 2003, MASI, Lugano. Collezione Cantone Ticino
- Nicolas Party, Sunset, 2017, MASI, Lugano. Associazione ProMuseo deposit
- Paolo Troubetzkoy, Dopo il ballo (La signora Auernheimer), 1897, MASI Lugano. Collezione Città di Lugano
- Camille Pissarro, Paysage à l'Hermitage, Pontoise, 1875, MASI, Lugano. Collezione Cantone Ticino. Carla Milich-Fassbind donation
- Hermann Scherer, Selbstbildnis in Tessiner Landschaft, 1926, MASI, Lugano. Collezione Cantone Ticino
- Thomas Struth, Stanze di Raffaello II, Roma 1990, 1990-1993, MASI, Lugano. Collezione Cantone Ticino
- Filippo Franzoni, Saleggi di Isolino, 1895-1900 ca., MASI, Lugano. Collezione Città di Lugano. Guglielmo Franzoni, Locarno, donation
- Rondinone Ugo, Tusche (Ink),1993, MASI, Lugano. Fondo Carlo Cotti della Città di Lugano
- Ferdinand Hodler, Anbetung II, 1893-1894, MASI, Lugano. Kunsthaus Zürich deposit, Gottfried Keller Foundation, Federal Office of Culture UFC, Bern
- Pier Francesco Mola, San Gerolamo penitente nel deserto, 1650 ca., MASI, Lugano. Gottfried Keller Foundation deposit, Federal Office of Culture UFC, Bern
- Fritz Glarner, Relational Painting. Tondo n.3, MASI, Lugano. Collezione Cantone Ticino. Louise Glarner bound
- Henri Florence, Composition abstraite (Abstract Composition), 1928/1974, MASI, Lugano. Collezione Cantone Ticino
- Meret Oppenheim, Besonnte Felder, 1945, MASI Lugano. Collezione Cantone Ticino. UBS Donation
- Antonio Ciseri, L'esule, 1860-1870, MASI, Lugano. Collezione Città di Lugano
- Markus Raetz, Kopflose Mühle, 1993-2002, MASI, Lugano. Associazione ProMuseo deposit
- Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Géométrique et ondoyant, 1941, MASI, Lugano. Collezione Cantone Ticino
- Achille Funi, L'architetto Mario Chiattone, 1924, MASI, Lugano. Collezione Città di Lugano. Chiattone donation
- Umberto Boccioni, Campagna lombarda o Sinfonia campestre, 1908, MASI, Lugano. Collezione Città di Lugano. Chiattone donation
- Wolfgang Laib, Untitled, 1991-1999, MASI, Lugano. Associazione ProMuseo deposit
- Luigi Rossi, Il canto dell'aurora, 1910-1912, MASI Lugano. Collezione Città di Lugano
Online collection
https://www.e-mca.ti.ch/lugano/eMuseumPlus
Provenance research on the works of art in MASI Lugano
What is provenance research and what principles is it based on?
The aim of provenance research is to trace the ownership history of works of art, i.e. the transfers of ownership that have taken place from their creation to their arrival in the Museum’s collection.
This type of investigation has become ...
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