PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF ELLEN R. SUDDRETH, JULIE R. BAKER AND HENRY S. ROSENTHAL
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Collage Black Yellow and Ear
Details
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Collage Black Yellow and Ear
signed, dated, titled and numbered 'Kurt Schwitters 1946 collage black yellow small ear 13a' (on the artist's mount)
watercolor and paper, printed paper and fabric collage on paper laid down on paper
Image size: 5 1/8 x 4 ¼ in. (12.9 x 10.7 cm.)
Mount size: 9 ½ x 7 5/8 in. (24.2 x 19.4 cm.)
Executed in 1946
Collage Black Yellow and Ear
signed, dated, titled and numbered 'Kurt Schwitters 1946 collage black yellow small ear 13a' (on the artist's mount)
watercolor and paper, printed paper and fabric collage on paper laid down on paper
Image size: 5 1/8 x 4 ¼ in. (12.9 x 10.7 cm.)
Mount size: 9 ½ x 7 5/8 in. (24.2 x 19.4 cm.)
Executed in 1946
Provenance
Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, New York (probably acquired from the artist, 1955).
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, 1955.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, 1955.
Literature
K. Orchard and I. Schulz, eds., Kurt Schwitters: Catalogue raisonné, 1937-1948, Ostfildern, 2006, vol. III, p. 562, no. 3355 (illustrated).