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Ohne Titel (Kleines Merzbild mit Papierblume)
Details
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Ohne Titel (Kleines Merzbild mit Papierblume)
signed with the initials and dated 'K.S. 38' (lower right on the mount)
assemblage, oil, paper, plaster and metal on wood
10¾ x 7¾ in. (27.2 x 19.6 cm.)
Executed in 1938
Ohne Titel (Kleines Merzbild mit Papierblume)
signed with the initials and dated 'K.S. 38' (lower right on the mount)
assemblage, oil, paper, plaster and metal on wood
10¾ x 7¾ in. (27.2 x 19.6 cm.)
Executed in 1938
Provenance
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker, by descent from the artist, and until circa 1956.
Georges Mathieu, Paris, by whom acquired from the above.
Natalie and Léon Seroussi, Paris, by whom acquired from the above, circa 1989.
Private collection, by 2001.
Georges Mathieu, Paris, by whom acquired from the above.
Natalie and Léon Seroussi, Paris, by whom acquired from the above, circa 1989.
Private collection, by 2001.
Literature
F. Monnin, Le collage, art du vingtième siècle, Paris, 1993 (illustrated p. 73).
K. Orchard & I. Schulz (ed.), Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, 1937-1948, Bonn, 2000, no. 2332, p. 117 (illustrated).
K. Orchard & I. Schulz (ed.), Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, 1937-1948, Bonn, 2000, no. 2332, p. 117 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Kurt Schwitters, Feruary - March 1956, no. 67.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Kurt Schwitters, June 1956, no. 60.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Kurt Schwitters, October - November 1956, no. 96; this exhibition later travelled to Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, November - December 1956.
Paris, Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Reliefs, 1989 (illustrated).
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Kurt Schwitters, November 1994 - February 1995, p. 380 (illustrated p. 283); this exhibition later travelled to Valencia, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, April- June 1995, and Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble, September - November 1995.
Dunkerque, FRAC Nord - Pas de Calais, On n'a pas fini de parler de Dada!, December 1997 - March 1998 (illustrated p. 9).
Basel, Museum Tinguely, Kurt Schwitters. Merz - ein Gesamtweltbild, May - August 2004, no. 132 (illustrated p. 105).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Kurt Schwitters, June 1956, no. 60.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Kurt Schwitters, October - November 1956, no. 96; this exhibition later travelled to Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, November - December 1956.
Paris, Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Reliefs, 1989 (illustrated).
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Kurt Schwitters, November 1994 - February 1995, p. 380 (illustrated p. 283); this exhibition later travelled to Valencia, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, April- June 1995, and Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble, September - November 1995.
Dunkerque, FRAC Nord - Pas de Calais, On n'a pas fini de parler de Dada!, December 1997 - March 1998 (illustrated p. 9).
Basel, Museum Tinguely, Kurt Schwitters. Merz - ein Gesamtweltbild, May - August 2004, no. 132 (illustrated p. 105).
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