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Portfolio Copy A numbered n°16 / 1 313 13 lithographs of sophisticated women Printed signatures of Hilla Rebay Format 44x62cm Hildegard Anna Augusta Elisabeth Freiin Rebay von Ehrenwiesen, known as Baroness Hilla von Rebay or simply Hilla Rebay, was the co-founder of the Museum of Non-Objective Painting/ Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. "Hilla Rebay was a prolific artist who was academically trained in portrait and figure painting. However, since Rebay spent most of her career building the Museum for Non-Objective Painting, the precursor to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. There are documents in the Guggenheim Library's Special Collection that span Rebay's artistic career, including two copies, like this one, of Hilla Rebay: Privatdruck der Bilder Mappe I 1-13, an oversized portfolio of her works on paper. The volume includes 13 intricate and vivid collages of female figures, dancers, and exotic characters made from sinuous pieces of cut paper. The works in this portfolio were featured in the Guggenheim's 2005 exhibition Art of Tomorrow: Hilla Rebay and Solomon R. Guggenheim.