Lot Essay
Dr. Karin Orchard and Dr. Isabel Schulz, editors of the Kurt Schwitters catalogue raisonné, will include this work in their forthcoming supplement with the revised title Mz 291. Doktorchen.
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Mz 291. Doktorchen.
Details
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Mz 291. Doktorchen.
signed, dated and titled 'K. Schwitters. 1921. Mz 291. Doktorchen.' (on the artist's mount)
fabric and paper collage on paper affixed to the artist's mount
Collage size (sight): 4¼ x 3¼ in. (10.8 x 8.3 cm.)
Mount size: 8½ x 6 1/8 in. (21.6 x 15.6 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Mz 291. Doktorchen.
signed, dated and titled 'K. Schwitters. 1921. Mz 291. Doktorchen.' (on the artist's mount)
fabric and paper collage on paper affixed to the artist's mount
Collage size (sight): 4¼ x 3¼ in. (10.8 x 8.3 cm.)
Mount size: 8½ x 6 1/8 in. (21.6 x 15.6 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Provenance
Katherine S. Dreier, New York (acquired from the artist, 1947).
The Pinacotheca, New York.
Jack Freilicher, Smithtown, New York (acquired from the above).
Private collection, Smithtown, New York (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 7 February 2002, lot 373.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
The Pinacotheca, New York.
Jack Freilicher, Smithtown, New York (acquired from the above).
Private collection, Smithtown, New York (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 7 February 2002, lot 373.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
K. Orchard and I. Schulz, eds., Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue raisonné, Bonn, 2000, vol. 1, p. 399, no. 835 (titled Mz 241).
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