Lot Essay
Harald Landry (1898-1979) was an arts page editor in Berlin and interned with Kurt Schwitters in Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man during World War II.
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Ohne Titel (Porträt Harald Landry)
Details
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Ohne Titel (Porträt Harald Landry)
signed with the initials and dated 'KS40' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21 x 17 7/8 in. (53.5 x 45.3 cm.)
Painted in 1940
Ohne Titel (Porträt Harald Landry)
signed with the initials and dated 'KS40' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21 x 17 7/8 in. (53.5 x 45.3 cm.)
Painted in 1940
Provenance
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker, by descent from the artist.
Anonymous sale, Phillips, London, October 1986, lot 45.
Galerie Kurt Kalb, Vienna.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1990.
Anonymous sale, Phillips, London, October 1986, lot 45.
Galerie Kurt Kalb, Vienna.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1990.
Literature
K. Orchard & I. Schulz, Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 3, 1937-1948, Hanover, 2006, no. 2652 (illustrated p. 255).
Exhibited
Vienna, Hochschule fu¨r angewandte Kunst, Die Moderne oder die U¨berwindung eines Begriffs, June - September 1994.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.