Lot Essay
Professor Dr. Werner Schmalenbach and Dr. Karin Orchard have confirmed the authenticity of this collage, which is recorded as Diskus-Nr.06825081 in the Kurt Schwitters Archive.
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THE PROPERTY OF A FAMILY TRUST
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Untitled (Last Birds and Flowers)
Details
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Untitled (Last Birds and Flowers)
collage on paper laid down on board
6¾ x 5 5/8 in. (17.2 x 14.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1946
Untitled (Last Birds and Flowers)
collage on paper laid down on board
6¾ x 5 5/8 in. (17.2 x 14.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1946
Provenance
Galería Conkright, Caracas.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 18 May 1983, lot 190. Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago.
Acquired by the present owner in 1985.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 18 May 1983, lot 190. Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago.
Acquired by the present owner in 1985.
Exhibited
London, London Gallery (E.L.T. Mesens), An Hommage to Kurt Schwitters, 1950, no. 4.
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Arte Aléman en Venezuela, June-August 1979.
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Dada and Surrealism in Chicago Collections, December 1984-January 1985, n.n. (illustrated, p. 213).
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Arte Aléman en Venezuela, June-August 1979.
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Dada and Surrealism in Chicago Collections, December 1984-January 1985, n.n. (illustrated, p. 213).