In the preparation of an exhibition as extensive as this one, I have been indebted
to many people, not all of whom can be mentioned by name. I wish especially, however,
to express my gratitude to the following: The Government of the German Federal Repu-
blic for its sponsorship of the exhibition, its grant of funds to cover the costs of shipping
and the insuring of all German loans, and its subsidizing of part of the cost of the
publication of this book; the Matthew T. Mellon Foundation for a generous grant for this
publication; the lenders to the exhibition, whose names appear on page 5 ; Morton D.
May, for his enthusiastic and generous support of the exhibition and book; the directors
and curators of American museums, too numerous to list, who graciously advised
me of twentieth-century German works in their respective cities; Dr. Bruno Werner,
Cultural Counselor to the German Embassy, Washington, D. C., and Dr. Kurt Martin for
their great help in working out details of organization; Dr. Leopold Reidemeister, Director
of the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, and Dr. Will Grohmann for their kindness in
introducing me to many private collections in Germany and for their advice in general;
for valuable advice in the selection of the exhibition: Dr. W. R. Valentiner, Director, The
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, and Charles L. Kuhn, Curator, Busch-Reisinger
Museum of Germanic Culture, Harvard University; for assistance in the preparation
of the English text on painting and sculpture: Miss Greta Daniel, Associate Curator of
Design, Department of Architecture and Design, Museum of Modern Art; Sam Hunter,
Associate Curator of the Department of Painting and Sculpture, and Professor H. W.
Janson, Chairman of the Department of Fine Arts, Washington Square College, New York
University; Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon for her exceptional services in the organization of the
exhibition; Mrs. Dorothy Simmons and Mrs. Jane Sabersky Isaacson for the index; Miss
Frances Pernas, who has seen this book through the press; Charles Oscar, who designed
it; and finally, Mrs. Marianne Flack, who has been responsible for the cataloguing of
the exhibition and for all the details of correspondence in connection with it.

ANDREW CARNDUFF RITCHIE
Director of the Exhibition

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