Lot Essay
This collage is listed in the Kurt Schwitters Archives as no. 1368 and will be included in the forthcoming Schwitters catalogue raisonné under preparation by the Sprengel Museum, Hannover.
Details
KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)
Eers
signed and dated bottom left on the mount 'Kurt Schwitters 1947' and titled bottom right 'eers'--collage on paper mounted by the artist on board
Image size: 6¾ x 5½ in. (17 x 14 cm.)
Mount size: 11¾ x 9¾ in. (30 x 24 cm.)
Executed in 1947
Eers
signed and dated bottom left on the mount 'Kurt Schwitters 1947' and titled bottom right 'eers'--collage on paper mounted by the artist on board
Image size: 6¾ x 5½ in. (17 x 14 cm.)
Mount size: 11¾ x 9¾ in. (30 x 24 cm.)
Executed in 1947
Provenance
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Richard and Dorothy Rogers, New York
Gift from the above to Mrs. Ralph F. Colin in Dec. 1954
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Richard and Dorothy Rogers, New York
Gift from the above to Mrs. Ralph F. Colin in Dec. 1954
Exhibited
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., The Colin Collection, April-May, 1960, no. 64 (illustrated)