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Häuser und Bäume in Sellin
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Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Häuser und Bäume in Sellin
signed, dated and inscribed 'Kurt Schwitters 1923. Häuser und Bäume in Sellin.' (lower left on the artist's mount)
collage with card, paper and wood on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 7 3/8 x 4 7/8 in. (18.7 x 12.3 cm.)
mount: 12½ x 8 5/8 in. (31.7 x 22.1 cm.)
Executed in 1923
Häuser und Bäume in Sellin
signed, dated and inscribed 'Kurt Schwitters 1923. Häuser und Bäume in Sellin.' (lower left on the artist's mount)
collage with card, paper and wood on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 7 3/8 x 4 7/8 in. (18.7 x 12.3 cm.)
mount: 12½ x 8 5/8 in. (31.7 x 22.1 cm.)
Executed in 1923
Provenance
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker, by descent from the artist, possibly until 1980 (Oeuvre-Nr.: 1923, 1154 U).
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, by 1980.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1980.
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, by 1980.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1980.
Literature
K. Orchard & I. Schulz (eds.), Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1923-1936, Hanover, 2003, no. 1145 (illustrated p. 60).
Exhibited
Paris, Grand Palais FIAC, Galerie Gmurzynska, Kurt Schwitters, October 1980, no. 12 (illustrated p. 66).
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