Mz 26 61. Sprengel.
Details
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Mz 26 61. Sprengel.
signed, dated and inscribed 'Kurt Schwitters, 26. Mz 26, 61. Sprengel.' (on the artist's mount)
collage on card laid down on the artist's mount
Image: 3 7/8 x 4 in. (9.9 x 10 cm.)
Artist's mount: 10 x 7¾ in. (25.3 x 19.7 cm.)
Executed in 1926
Mz 26 61. Sprengel.
signed, dated and inscribed 'Kurt Schwitters, 26. Mz 26, 61. Sprengel.' (on the artist's mount)
collage on card laid down on the artist's mount
Image: 3 7/8 x 4 in. (9.9 x 10 cm.)
Artist's mount: 10 x 7¾ in. (25.3 x 19.7 cm.)
Executed in 1926
Provenance
Walter Kern, Zurich & Davos, by whom acquired directly from the artist. Acquired in the early 1970s and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
K. Orchard & I. Schulz (ed.), Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1923-1936, Hanover, 2003, no. 1430 (illustrated p. 205).
Exhibited
Wiesbaden, Nassauischer Kunstverein im Neuen Museum, Grosse Merzausstellung 1927, March 1927, no. 148; this exhibition later travelled to Bochum, Städtische Gemäldegalerie and Barmen, Ruhmeshalle.
Hanover, Sprengel Museum, Aller Anfang ist Merz. Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute, August - November 2000, no. 102 (illustrated p. 111); this exhibition later travelled to Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen and Munich, Haus der Kunst.
Hanover, Sprengel Museum, Aller Anfang ist Merz. Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute, August - November 2000, no. 102 (illustrated p. 111); this exhibition later travelled to Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen and Munich, Haus der Kunst.
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