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Fernspr. Mz 26,53
Details
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Fernspr. Mz 26,53
signed, dated, titled and numbered 'Kurt Schwitters 1926 Fernspr. Mz 26,53' (on the mount)
collage on board mounted on paper
Board: 8½ x 6.5/8 in. (21.6 x 16.8 cm.)
Mount: 16¼ x 11¾ in. (41.2 x 29.8 cm.)
Executed in 1926
Fernspr. Mz 26,53
signed, dated, titled and numbered 'Kurt Schwitters 1926 Fernspr. Mz 26,53' (on the mount)
collage on board mounted on paper
Board: 8½ x 6.5/8 in. (21.6 x 16.8 cm.)
Mount: 16¼ x 11¾ in. (41.2 x 29.8 cm.)
Executed in 1926
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York.
Professor O. Mller-Widmann, Basel.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Sir Edward and Lady Nika Hulton, London.
Fischer Fine Art Limited, London.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1985, lot 148.
Professor O. Mller-Widmann, Basel.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Sir Edward and Lady Nika Hulton, London.
Fischer Fine Art Limited, London.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1985, lot 148.
Literature
J. Collins, Techniques of Modern Artists, London, 1983, p. 13 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Schwitters: Collage, Painting, Relief & Sculpture, 1952, no. 32.
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft; Bern, Kunsthalle, and Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Schwitters, February-March 1956, p. 42, no. 135.
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, Collages and Reliefs 1910-1945, 1981-1982, p. 57, no. 57 (illustrated).
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft; Bern, Kunsthalle, and Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Schwitters, February-March 1956, p. 42, no. 135.
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, Collages and Reliefs 1910-1945, 1981-1982, p. 57, no. 57 (illustrated).
Sale room notice
Please note the following dimensions for the mount: 16¼ x 11¾ in. (41.2 x 29.8 cm.).