Details
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Ohne Title (Kurt Schwi)
signed and inscribed 'M Kurt Schwitters' (on the artist's mount); inscribed with the archive number '1939/40' and inscribed '51' by Ernst Schwitters (on the backboard)
collage on paper
image: 8¼ x 6¼ in. (21 x 16 cm.)
mount: 10½ x 8¼ in. (26.8 x 21 cm.)
Executed circa 1939-1940
Provenance
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker, the son of the artist, by descent.
Konstsalongen Samlaren, Agnes Widlund, Stockholm, 1962-1966.
Georg Svensson, Stockholm, 1966.
Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm, until 1992.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 14 October 1992, lot 55.
Galleria Blu, Milan.
Literature
J. Nestegard, Kurt Schwitters i Norge, Varen, 1993, fig. 184.
K. Stadtmüller, Schwitters in Norwegen, Arbeiten, Dokumente, Ansichten, Hanover, 1997 (illustrated p. 47).
E. Pontiggia, Quarant'anni in Blu, Milan, 1997, p. 54 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Stockholm, Konstnärshuset, Kurt Merz Schwitters 1887-1948 Retrospektivt, 1962, no. 153.
Stockholm, Gallery Samlaren, Verk av Schwitters i svensk ägo, October - November 1967, no. 47.
Milan, Galleria Blu, Kurt Schwitters, 1996, no. 16 (illustrated in the catalogue).
Milan, P.A.C., Kurt Schwitters - collages dipinti e sculture 1914-1947, October 2001 - January 2002, no. 132 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 113).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
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