Ohne Titel (Mit schwarzen Flecken)

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Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Ohne Titel (Mit schwarzen Flecken)
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'KS 47' (lower
right)
paper collage on paper laid down on board
image: 4 ½ x 3 5/8in. (11.5 x 9cm.)
board: 11 ¼ x 8 ¾in. (28.6 x 22cm.)
Executed in 1947

Provenance

Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker (by descent).
Bo Ivan Peterson, Stockholm.
Private Collection (acquired from the above).
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Literature

K. Orchard & I. Schulz, Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue Raisonné 1937-1948, vol. III, Hannover 2006, p. 607 no. 3488 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Stockholm, Konstsalongen Samlaren, Kurt Schwitters: "Aphorismer" 1918-1947. Collage ochrelief, 1965, no. 95.
Stockholm, Konstsalongen Samlaren, Kurt Schwitters i svensk ägo, 1967, no. 59.

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Lot Essay

'The artist creates through the choice, distribution and metamorphosis of the materials. The metamorphosis of materials can be produced by their distribution over the picture surface. This can be reinforced by dividing, deforming, overlapping, or painting over’
KURT SCHWITTERS

‘At the end of 1918 I realized that all values only exist in relationship to each other and that restriction to a single material is one-sided and small-minded’
KURT SCHWITTERS

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