KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)

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ID 908437
Lot 557 | KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)
KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)

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).



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