The catalogue accompanied exhibitions of the Ströher collection at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and Kunsthalle Bern in 1969. The catalogue and exhibition focus on German and American Pop Art. Alongside works by Gerhard Richter, works by artists Carl Andre, Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Jean Dubuffet, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Blinky Palermo, James Rosenquist, George Segal and Andy Warhol are displayed.
The catalogue contains the texts Die offene Sammlung by Hans Strelow as well as Pop Art oder die Realität als Kunstwerk by Jürgen Wissmann.