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Beyond Boundaries: Avant-Garde Masterworks from a European Collection
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Like a Wave
Details
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Like a Wave
signed, dated and titled 'Kurt Schwitters 1947 Like a Wave' (on the artist's mount)
photo and paper collage on card laid down on card
Image size: 8 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. (20.5 x 16.8 cm.)
Mount size: 12 ¼ x 10 3/8 in. (31.3 x 26.4 cm.)
Executed in 1947
Like a Wave
signed, dated and titled 'Kurt Schwitters 1947 Like a Wave' (on the artist's mount)
photo and paper collage on card laid down on card
Image size: 8 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. (20.5 x 16.8 cm.)
Mount size: 12 ¼ x 10 3/8 in. (31.3 x 26.4 cm.)
Executed in 1947
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Edith Thomas, London (by descent from the above and until 1964).
Hanover Gallery, London.
Galerie Tarica, Paris (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, circa 1970.
Edith Thomas, London (by descent from the above and until 1964).
Hanover Gallery, London.
Galerie Tarica, Paris (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, circa 1970.
Literature
I. Ewig, "Le Bourgeois de Hanovre," Beaux Arts Magazine, 1994, p. 16 (illustrated in color).
K. Orchard and I. Schulz, eds., Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue Raisonné, 1937-1948, Bonn, 2006, vol. 3, p. 653, no. 3621 (illustrated).
K. Orchard and I. Schulz, eds., Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue Raisonné, 1937-1948, Bonn, 2006, vol. 3, p. 653, no. 3621 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Kendal, Abbott Hall Art Gallery, Kurt Schwitters in the Lake District, October-November 1964, no. 17.
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