ID 908437
Lot 557 | KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)
Estimate value
£ 18 000 – 25 000
Ohne Titel (Bild mit schiefer Ebene)
signed with initials and dated 'KS 39' (lower left)
oil on panel on board
10 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (26.8 x 21.9 cm.)
Painted in 1939
Provenance
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker, by descent from the artist in 1948, until 1986.
Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, by whom acquired from the above in 1986; sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 21 June 2002, lot 164.
Galerie Art Focus, Zurich, in 2002, until 2003.
Annemarie Verna Galerie, Zurich.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.
Literature
J. Nestegard, Kurt Schwitters i Norge, part I, dis., University of Oslo, 1993, p. 216 (illustrated part III, fig. 181).
K. Orchard & I. Schulz, Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, 1937-1948, Ostfildern, 2006, no. 2494, p. 172 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Ubu Gallery, Kurt Schwitters, Collages, Paintings, Drawings, Objects, Ephemera, April - May 2003, no. 35 (illustrated).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | Kurt Schwitters (1887 - 1948) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Expressionism, Modern art, Dadaism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Kurt Schwitters (1887 - 1948) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Expressionism, Modern art, Dadaism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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