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Sibylle Bergemann, Das Denkmal [Le Monument], Gummlin, Usedom, mai 1984 © Succession Sibylle Bergemann

4 September, 2025

Upcoming exhibtion at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson: Sibylle Bergemann – The Monument

From 1975 to 1986, German photographer Sibylle Bergemann documented the creation of the Marx and Engels monument in East Berlin. The project, conceived in the aftermath of World War II and the founding of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was ultimately entrusted in 1973 to the sculptor Ludwig Engelhardt, who allied himself with several other artists.

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