Collection
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The museum collection holds almost 90,000 objects (current on 25 February 2010), collected since 1874. With important clusters and cores focusing on De Stijl, Bauhaus, Pop Art and CoBrA and, more recently, Neo-Impressionism, the collection represents virtually every significant movement in art and design of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Stedelijk also has a comprehensive collection of drawings and paintings by Kazimir Malevich. Key pieces by Post-Impressionists Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh exemplify art from the late 19th century. The collection is sub-divided into the following disciplines:
- Painting 4,395
- Sculpture 1,654
- Installation 211
- Moving image and sound 622
- Prints and drawings 19,678
- Posters 19,322
- Photography 10,880
- Graphic design 19,450
- Industrial design 5,322
- Artist books 4,253
- Lucebert archive 122
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