Switzerland's Galerie Beyeler, the precursor to today's renowned Beyeler Foundation, had its beginnings 60 years ago. Since that time, approximately 16,000 artworks--including paintings, sculptures and works on paper, but not including prints and editions--have passed through B?umleingasse 9, the Basel address where Ernst and Hildy Beyeler first took over an antiquarian bookstore in 1945, converting it into a gallery in 1947. From this overwhelming...