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Petra Mandt, the Paintings of Kazimir Malevich in the Ludwig Collection PETRA MANDT The Paintings of Kazimir Malevich in the Ludwig Collection from the Art-Technological Point of View Petra Mandt is Deputy Head of Conservation at the Ludwig Museum in Cologne. Her article was first published as, “Die Gemâlde Kasimir Malewitschs im Bestand der Sammlung Ludwig aus kunst-technologischer Sicht”, in Kasimir Malewitsch und der Suprematismus in der Sammlung Ludwig, Russische Avantgarde im Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 2011. It is an excellent demonstration of the contributions of scientific analysis to works of art. 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