Patrons
The Foundation has received generous donations from institutions and Friends for major acquisitions and for the purchase of the display cabinets for the new museum.
Acquisitions:
Marcel Proust: corrected proofs of Du côté de chez Swann (Swann’s Way) (Christie’s, 7 June 2000, lot 73). (Monique Nordmann, Jean Bonna, Bodmer family trust and Alfred de Schultess.)
Beethoven: Allegretto of quartet in B minor (Sotheby’s, the Pencarrow Collection of Autographs, 8 December 1999, lot 189). (Gaspard Bodmer.)
Rainer Maria Rilke: Correspondence with Baladine, first editions. (Yves and Inez Oltramare Foundation, Leenaards Foundation.)
Paul Eluard: La Barre d’appui, with handwritten note to Marcel Duchamp by Eluard and Picasso. (Pierre Darier.)
Display cabinets for the new museum:
Hans Wilsdorf Foundation: sections 9 and 10 (‘From European Romanticism to the Modern Era’)
Pictet & Cie Banquiers: section 3 (‘The Bible and Christianity’)
Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie: section 8 (‘Ancient science, modern science’)
Jean Bonna: section 6 (‘Shakespeare. The classical period’)
Family of Daniel Bodmer, in his memory: section 7 (‘The Enlightenment. Goethe’)
Display cabinets for the temporary exhibition hall:
Hans Wilsdorf Foundation
Audio-visual equipment for the projection room and introductory film. Participation in the creation of the website:
La Loterie romande
Landscaped garden behind the south house:
Conrad and Florence Bodmer
Acquisition of a sculpture by Yves Dana placed at the entrance of the museum:
Yves and Inez Oltramare Foundation
Private support for the exhibition La médicine ancienne, du corps aux étoiles:
Mr and Mrs Nessim Renée Gaon
The seven lanterns inaugurated at the same time as the exhibition Soljenitsyne, le courage d’écrire and the acquisition of original works by the Situationist International:
Serge and Margherita de Pahlen
Since the museum opened, the Foundation is particularly indebted to:
The Hans Wilsdorf Foundation for their important annual support for major temporary exhibits
The Loterie romande whose contributions have helped to digitalize manuscripts, restore papyri, and provide publications, layout designs and media communication for temporary exhibits
The Lombard Odier Group for their support as a key partner when the museum was first created
The Bank Julius Baer for their support in organizing temporary exhibits
Wegelin & Co. Private Bankers for their support
Other institutions have supported individual projects:
The Leenaards Foundation: publications
The Coromandel Foundation: acquisitions
The Neva Foundation: facilitated two major exhibitions on Russian literature
The Jan Michalski Foundation and Totsa S.A. also provide occasional support.
Regular and increasing grants from the Canton of Geneva and the town of Cologny have ensured the day-to-day running of the Martin Bodmer Foundation.
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