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Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)

Lot 111
31.03.2022 15:00UTC +01:00
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ID 736576
Lot 111 | Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
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Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)

Ohne Titel (Die Handlung spielt in Theben)

signé 'Kurt Schwitters' (en bas à gauche, sur le montage de l'artiste)

collage et crayon de couleurs sur papier marouflé sur papier fort

feuille: 16.3 x 20 cm.

montage de l'artiste: 22.2 x 25.6 cm.

Exécuté en 1922



signed 'Kurt Schwitters' (lower left, on the artist’s mount)

collage and coloured crayon on paper laid down on card

sheet: 6 7⁄8 x 7 7⁄8 in.

artist's mount: 8 3⁄4 x 10 1⁄4 in.

Executed in 1922







Provenance

Charlotte Weidler, New York (en 1962).

Acquis auprès de celle-ci par la famille du propriétaire actuel vers 1978.





Literature

S. Frigerio, 'Importance de Kurt Schwitters' in Aujourd'hui, Paris, 1964, No. 47, p. 17 (illustré).

J. Elderfield, 'The Early Work of Kurt Schwitters' in Art Forum, New York, novembre 1971, vol. X, No. 3, p. 61 (illustré).

M. Erlhoff, K. Stadtmüller et S. Guckel, Kurt Schwitters Almanach, Hanovre, 1984, No.3 (illustré en frontispice).

J. Elderfield, Kurt Schwitters, Düsseldorf, 1987, no. 81 (illustré).

D. Dietrich, The Collages of Kurt Schwitters, Tradition and Innovation, Cambridge, 1995, no. 75 (illustré).

D. Dietrich, 'Les Habits neufs de la tradition, Schwitters, les femmes et les collages' in Les Cahiers du Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, 1995, No. 51, no. 1 (illustré).

K. Behm, Die fru¨hen Nachkriegszeichnungen von Kurt Schwitters (1918-1923), Thèse, Marbourg, 1997, no. 92 (illustré).

I. Ewig, Kurt Schwitters, Oxymore ou l'art de la contradiction, Thèse, Paris, 2000, no. 447 (illustré).

K. Orchard et I. Schulz, éds., Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue Raisonné, 1905-1922, Ostfildern, 2000, vol. I, p. 502, no. 1038 (illustré).





Exhibited

San Antonio, Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum; Pasadena, Pasadena Art Museum; Manchester, The Currier Gallery of Art; Washington, The Phillips Collection; Minneapolis, University of Minnesota et Louisville, J. B. Speed Art Museum, Kurt Schwitters, avril 1962-mars 1963, no. 7 (illustré).

New York, Galerie Chalette, Kurt Schwitters, octobre-novembre 1963, no. 6 (illustré).

Düsseldorf, Galerie Vömel, 20 Werke von Kurt Schwitters, mars 1971, no. 2 (illustré).

New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Londres, The Tate Gallery et Hanovre, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Kurt Schwitters, novembre 1985-avril 1986, no. 84 (New York; illustré); 89 (Londres) et 126 (Hanovre; illustré).





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