ID 717852
Lot 474 | KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
Ohne Titel (Mit Stahlträgerkonstruktion)
signed with initials and dated 'KS 43' (lower left)
wood and printed paper collage on board laid down on card
6 1⁄8 x 4 3⁄4 in. (15.5 x 11.8 cm.)
Executed in 1943
Provenance
Ernst Schwitters, the artist's son, Lysaker.
The Lord's Gallery, London, on commission from the above, in 1958.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in 1961.
Literature
K. Orchard & I. Schulz, eds., Kurt Schwitters, catalogue raisonné, vol. III, 1937-1948, Ostfildern, 2006, no. 3041, p. 421 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, The Lord's Gallery, Kurt Schwitters, October - November 1958, no. 53 (titled 'Girders').
Cambridge, The Arts Council, Kurt Schwitters, November - December 1959, no. 79; this exhibition later travelled to Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Coventry, Herbert Temporary Art Gallery and Glasgow University Print Room.
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| Artist: | Kurt Schwitters (1887 - 1948) |
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| Applied technique: | Collage |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Wood, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Dadaism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Artist: | Kurt Schwitters (1887 - 1948) |
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| Applied technique: | Collage |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Wood, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Dadaism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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