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KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)

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ID 717832
Lot 473 | KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)
KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)

Für Jan Tschichold

signed and inscribed 'Kurt Schwitters für Jan Tschichold. III. 1936' (on a label affixed to the mount)

printed paper collage on paper

12 x 9 3⁄8 in. (30.2 x 23.6 cm.)

Executed circa 1930







Provenance

Edith & Jan Tschichold, Basel, a gift from the artist in 1936.

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, by whom acquired from the above in 1952.

G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh.

Galerie Beyeler, Basel, by whom acquired from the above in 1961.

Paul Hänggi, Basel.

Galerie Beyeler, Basel, by whom acquired from the above in 1963.

Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker & Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London, jointly acquired from the above in 1963.

Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York, on consignment from the above in 1967.

Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in 1967.





Literature

W. Schmalenbach, Kurt Schwitters, Cologne, 1967, no. 96, p. 363 (illustrated; dated '1930' and titled 'Untitled [GNE]').

J. Nestegard, Kurt Schwitters i Norge, Varen, 1993 (illustrated fig. 24).

K. Orchard & I. Schulz, eds., Kurt Schwitters, catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1923-1936, Ostfildern, 2003, no. 1734, p. 345 (illustrated).





Exhibited

Basel, Kunsthalle, Konstruktivisten, January - February 1937 (poss. no. 96).

Bern, Kunstmuseum, Kurt Schwitters aus schweizerischem Privatbesitz, February - April 1945.

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Collage, Painting, Relief and Sculpture by Schwitters, October - November 1952, no. 41 (dated '1936' and titled 'Pelikanol'); this exhibition later travelled to The Arts Club of Chicago, November - December 1952.

Paris, Galerie Berggruen et Cie., Kurt Schwitters, Collages, April - May 1954 (illustrated; dated '1936' and titled 'Pelikanol').

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Thompson Pittsburgh, Aus einer amerikanischen Privatsammlung, October 1960 - November 1960, no. 228 (titled 'Pelikanol'); this exhibition later travelled to Dusseldorf, Kunstmuseum and The Hague, Gemeentemuseum.

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Schwitters, March - April 1963, no. 154, p. 29 (titled 'GNE'); this exhibition later travelled Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Kölnischer Kunstverein; Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen and Rome, Marlborough Galleria d'Arte.





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Artist:Kurt Schwitters (1887 - 1948)
Applied technique:Collage
Medium:Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
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