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sssssssseinem Freunde Roland Peppenrose [Penrose]
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Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
sssssssseinem Freunde Roland Peppenrose [Penrose]
signed, dated and inscribed 'uffff (Pfiff) von Kurt Schwitters 5.9.1940' (lower centre) and inscribed 'sssssssseinem Freunde Roland Peppenrose' (upper centre)
pencil on card
2 7/8 x 5 ¾ in. (7.3 x 14.6 cm.)
Drawn on 5 September 1940
sssssssseinem Freunde Roland Peppenrose [Penrose]
signed, dated and inscribed 'uffff (Pfiff) von Kurt Schwitters 5.9.1940' (lower centre) and inscribed 'sssssssseinem Freunde Roland Peppenrose' (upper centre)
pencil on card
2 7/8 x 5 ¾ in. (7.3 x 14.6 cm.)
Drawn on 5 September 1940
Provenance
Roland Penrose, London & Farley Farm, East Sussex, a gift from the artist in 1940.
The Mayor Gallery, London.
Dr Arthur Brandt, New York, by whom acquired from the above in 1996; his sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 24 March 2018, lot 337.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
The Mayor Gallery, London.
Dr Arthur Brandt, New York, by whom acquired from the above in 1996; his sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 24 March 2018, lot 337.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
R. Penrose, Scrap Book 1900-1981, London, 1981, no. 318, p.131 (illustrated).
Exh. cat., Kurt Schwitters, Paris, 1994, p. 297 (illustrated).
Exh. cat., Kurt Schwitters, Valencia, 1995, p. 318 (illustrated).
K. Orchard & I. Schulz eds., Kurt Schwitters: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. III, 1937-1948, Hannover, 2006, no. 2716, p. 276 (illustrated).
Exh. cat., Kurt Schwitters, Paris, 1994, p. 297 (illustrated).
Exh. cat., Kurt Schwitters, Valencia, 1995, p. 318 (illustrated).
K. Orchard & I. Schulz eds., Kurt Schwitters: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. III, 1937-1948, Hannover, 2006, no. 2716, p. 276 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Edinburgh, City Art Centre, Worlds in a Box, May - July 1994, no. 122 (illustrated p. 80); this exhibition later travelled to Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, July - September 1994; Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, October - November 1994; and London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, December 1994 - February 1995.
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This work is executed on the reverse of a cigarette packet.