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Peter Behrens
[German Designer, 1868-1940]
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Peter Behrens Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Art Institute of Chicago
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Commentary on Dining room furniture
Musée d'Orsay Collection Database, Paris
4 works by Peter Behrens online
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
7 works online when last checked
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
2 works by or related to the artist
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Peter Behrens in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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2 works by Peter Behrens online
The Albertina Graphic Art Databank, Vienna (in German) 
Peter Behrens at the The British Museum, London, UK
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
World Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)
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New York Public Library Digital Gallery
PBase Photo Sharing
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Miscellaneous Sites:
Great Buildings Online
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Peter Behrens 
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Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
The Magazine Antiques
Image 10 in the slideshow is a set ot glasses by Peter Behrens
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
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| Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
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Peter Behrens and a New Architecture for the Twentieth Century
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