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Galerie Günter Puhze GmbH

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany · founded 1975

Freiburg dealer in Egyptian, Greek and Roman art, opened by Günter Puhze in 1975, publisher of the annual catalogue Kunst der Antike, with occasional Cypriot pieces sold to a Hanau museum.

About

Galerie Günter Puhze in Freiburg im Breisgau publishes an annual catalogue, Kunst der Antike, and according to the gallery it opened in 1975 under Günter Puhze6. The gallery's own history says Puhze studied antiquity from the early 1960s and worked in galleries in Zurich and Freiburg before opening his own12. It specialises in Egyptian, Greek and Roman art, and Puhze is a founding member of the International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art, and the gallery also lists the Deutscher Kunsthandelsverband and CINOA6. Micaela Puhze is also listed as an IADAA member7.

Library records list Kunst der Antike with issues for 2004 to 2009 and date the series to 197910. The gallery says it takes part in major international fairs; it exhibited at BRAFA in 2026, and its fairs page lists Antike in Basel & Tribal Art, held during Art Basel, in June 20276,7,13. The J. Paul Getty Museum bought an ancient lamp in 19839.

Between 1986 and 1995 the Hessisches Puppenmuseum in Hanau acquired Cypriot antiquities from "G. Puhze, KH Freiburg": one stone sculpture, five Late Cypriot and Cypro-Archaic ceramics and five terracottas1. A stock page updated on 5 June 2008 offered a limestone votive head of a youth, 3rd century BC, 17.8 cm high, described as "Ex Cesnola collection" and citing the 1904 Cesnola stone sculpture catalogue, no. 1089, price on request11. On 17 April 2015 a White Painted bowl with tubular spout, dated 1900 to 1600 BC, was acquired at the gallery8.

The Cypriot collection

Cypriot material is a minor strand of a gallery specialising in Egyptian, Greek and Roman art. The current website has no Cypriot category and its search for Zypern returns nothing. An archived 2008 stock page offers a Cypriote limestone votive head 'ex Cesnola collection'; a Cypriot White Painted bowl passed through the gallery in 2015; and a German museum bought eleven Cypriot pieces from it in 1986-1995. Quantity of Cypriot stock in the annual catalogues not established. (2026)

Puhze 2008Puhze 2026cb-gallery 2026Recke 2012

History

  1. 1975
    Gallery opened in Freiburg by Günter Puhze, according to the gallery.

    G. PuhzeIADAA 2026

  2. 1975
    According to the gallery, Günter Puhze studied antiquity from the early 1960s and took part in galleries in Zürich and Freiburg before opening his own gallery.

    G. PuhzePuhze 2010

  3. 1979
    Annual catalogue series 'Kunst der Antike' begins; the gallery says it publishes one catalogue a year.

    G. Puhzearchives 2026

  4. 1983
    Sold an ancient lamp (not Cypriot) to the J. Paul Getty Museum, showing the gallery's museum trade.

    Bussière & Wohl, p. 223

  5. 1986–1995
    Sold Cypriot antiquities to the Hessisches Puppenmuseum, Hanau: 1 stone sculpture, 5 ceramics (LC, CA) and 5 terracottas, source given as 'KH Freiburg, G. Puhze'.

    G. PuhzeRecke 2012, no. 33

  6. 5 June 2008
    Stock page (updated 5 June 2008) offers object 1047, a Cypriote limestone votive head of a youth, 3rd century BC, ex Cesnola collection, citing Cesnola stone sculpture 1904 no. 1089; price on request.

    G. PuhzePuhze 2008

  7. 17 April 2015
    A Cypriot White Painted bowl (c. 1900-1600 BC) was acquired at the gallery by Wolfgang Zoepnek, Dassendorf; later offered by cb-gallery (ref. 2160, shown as sold).

    cb-gallery 2026

  8. 2026
    Exhibitor at BRAFA 2026.

    Masterart 2026

  9. June 2027
    Gallery's fairs page lists Antike in Basel & Tribal Art, during Art Basel, June 2027.

    Puhze 2026

People

3 people

Staff and members · 3

Objects

Sources

  1. 1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.
  2. 2.H.-G. Buchholz, H. Matthäus, K. Walcher (2002). “The royal tombs of Tamassos. State of research and perspectives”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 32, 219-242. Online
  3. 3.V. Karageorghis (1977). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1976”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 101.
  4. 4.V. Karageorghis (1976). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1975”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 100.
  5. 5.M. Recke (2018). Like Herrings in a Barrel: Max Ohnefalsch-Richter.
  6. 6.IADAA (2026). “Galerie Günter Puhze GmbH (member page)”. International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art. Online
  7. 7.Masterart (2026). “Galerie Günter Puhze GmbH, BRAFA 2026 exhibitor profile”. masterart.com. Online
  8. 8.cb-gallery (2026). “Large Cypriot Bowl of the White-Painted Ware (ref. 2160)”. cb-gallery.com. Online
  9. 9.Bussière and Lindros Wohl. Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum. p. 223.
  10. 10.CSUSB archives (2026). “Kunst der Antike: Ancient Art (Galerie Günter Puhze catalogues 2004-2009)”. archivesspace.csusb.edu. Online
  11. 11.Galerie Puhze (2008). “Stone details, object 1047: Cypriote limestone votive head of a youth (stock page, update 5 June 2008)”. galerie-puhze.de via Wayback Machine. Online
  12. 12.Galerie Puhze (2010). “Über uns (about page, update 20 Aug 2010)”. galerie-puhze.de via Wayback Machine. Online
  13. 13.Galerie Günter Puhze (2026). “galerie-puhze.de (home, Objekte, Messen pages)”. galerie-puhze.de. Online
  14. 14.IADAA (2026). “Micaela Puhze (member page)”. iadaa.org. Online