ID 717896
Lot 472 | KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
i 29 Wilhelm Haspe
signed and dated 'Kurt Schwitters. 1926.' (on the artist's mount)
paper and printed paper collage on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 4 1⁄8 x 5 1⁄4 in. (10.5 x 13.4 cm.)
artist's mount: 7 1⁄2 x 7 3⁄4 in. (19 x 19.7 cm.)
Executed in 1926
Provenance
Ernst Schwitters, the artist's son, Lysaker.
The Lord's Gallery, London, on commission from the above.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in 1959.
Literature
K. Orchard & I. Schulz, eds., Kurt Schwitters, catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1923-1936, Ostfildern, 2003, no. 1480, p. 223 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Wiesbaden, Nassauischer Kunstverein im Neuen Museum, Grosse Merz Ausstellung, March 1927, no. 65; this exhibition later travelled to Bochum, Städtischer Gemäldegalerie and Wuppertal, Ruhmeshalle.
London, The Lord's Gallery, Kurt Schwitters, October - November 1958, no. 73 (titled 'Wilhelm').
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| Artist: | Kurt Schwitters (1887 - 1948) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Artist: | Kurt Schwitters (1887 - 1948) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
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