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KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)

Lot 19
14.06.2022 16:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 770904
Lot 19 | KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)
Estimate value
€ 300 000 – 400 000
KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)

Für Tilly

Signé des initiales 'KS' (en bas à gauche); signé, daté et inscrit 'Für Tilly Kurt Schwitters Sommer 1923' (au revers)

Huile et poignée tournante sur panneau

25,7 x 16 x 4,9 cm.

Exécuté en 1923.





Provenance

Mathilda Maria Petronella Brugman, dite Til Brugman, La Haye (acquis auprès de l'artiste en 1923) ;

Marilynn B. et James Alsdorf, Chicago (en 1958) ;

Marlborough Fine Art, Londres (en 1961 et jusqu'en 1973) ;

Acquis avant 1978.



Literature

T. Tzara, 'Kurt Schwitters', in Portfolio, A Quaterly of New Ideas Made Visual, New York, 1964, No. 8, p. 70 (illustré).

F. A. Danieli, 'Kurt Schwitters', in Artforum, New York, mai 1965, vol. III, No. 8, p. 29 (illustré).

W. Schmalenbach, Kurt Schwitters, New York et Londres, 1967, no. 119 (illustré).

J.-L. Gaillemin, 'Architectural Digest visits: Hubert de Givenchy', in Architectural Digest, juin 1978, p. 88 (illustré en couleurs in situ).

J. Elderfield, Kurt Schwitters, New York, 1985, p. 417, no. 210 (illustré).

Die Abstrakten Hannover, Internationale Avantgarde, 1927-1935, cat. exp., Sprengel-Museum Hannover et Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Hanovre et Ludwigshafen-sur-le-Rhin, 1987, p. 118 (illustré).

C. Bouyeure, 'Kurt Schwitters, La chose saisie' in Cimaise, Present Day Art, Arts actuels, Paris, novembre-décembre 1994, vol. 41, No. 233, p. 64 (illustré).

G. Mahn, 'Merz et les autres' in Beaux Arts Magazine, Paris, 1994, p. 54 (illustré en couleurs).

A. Valstar-Verhoff, 'Kurt Schwitters en Theo van Doesburg, Reflecties over hun invloed en nawerking', in Kurt Schwitters in The Nederlands, Merz, De Stijl & Holland Dada, cat. exp., Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Zwolle, 1997, p. 89 (illustré, ill. 36).

C. Blotkamp, 'Liebe Tiltil. Brieven van El Lissitzky en Kurt Schwitters aan Til Brugman, 1923-1926', in Jong Holland, Rotterdam, 1997, No. 4, p. 36, no. 5 (illustré).

J.-L. Gaillemin 'Revisits: Hubert de Givenchy, Remembering the Fashion Designer's Rue Fabert Residence', in Architectural Digest, octobre 2002, p. 280 (illustré en couleurs in situ).

K. Orchard et I. Schulz, éd., Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue Raisonné, 1923-1936, Hanovre, 2003, vol. II, p. 46, no. 1105 (illustré).



Exhibited

Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Collage International - From Picasso to the Present, février-avril 1958, probablement no. 66-38.

Londres, Marlborough Fine Art, Schwitters, mars-avril 1963, p. 26, no. 78 (illustré, p. 60).

Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Kurt Schwitters, octobre-novembre 1963, p. 19, no. 79 (illustré, p. 58).

Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Kurt Schwitters, Schilderijen, collages, sculpturen, tekeningen, janvier-mars 1964, no. 79 (illustré).

New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Mondrian, De Stijl and Their Impact, avril 1964, p. 37, no. 60 (illustré).

Los Angeles, University of California; New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery; Kansas City, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art et Toronto, Art Gallery of Toronto, Kurt Schwitters, Retrospective, mars-octobre 1965, no. 61 (illustré).

Dallas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art et St. Louis, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Kurt Schwitters, A retrospective exhibition, novembre 1965-avril 1966, p. 56, no. 55 (illustré, p. 34).

Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle; Berlin, Akademie der Künste; Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie et Bâle, Kunsthalle, Kurt Schwitters, janvier-septembre 1971, p. 34, no. 115.

Londres, Marlborough Fine Arts; Zurich, Marlborough Galerie AG; New York, Marlborough Fine Arts; Rome, Marlborough Galleria d'Arte et Vienne, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Schweizergarten, Merz = Kurt Schwitters, octobre 1972-décembre 1973, p. 22, no. 26 (illustré, p. 51).

Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Valence, IVAM Centre Julio González et Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble, Kurt Schwitters, novembre 1994-novembre 1995, no. 164 (illustré en couleurs).



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KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)
Für Tilly
Signed with the initials 'KS' (lower left); signed, dated and inscribed 'Für Tilly Kurt Schwitters Sommer 1923' (on the reverse)
Oil and turning handle on panel
10 1⁄8 x 6 1⁄4 x 1 7⁄8 in.
Executed in 1923.
Artist:Kurt Schwitters (1887 - 1948)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Auction house category:Paintings
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