Lot 428 : Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)

Kurt Schwitters - 1887-1948

Auction Location: United Kingdom - 2005
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Artist or Maker:

Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)

Title:

Ohne Title (Kurt Schwi)

Description:

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: 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (21 x 16 cm.)
mount: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 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.

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).

Published:

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).

Notes:

Dr Karin Orchard from the Kurt Schwitters Archiv im Sprengel Museum Hannover has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which is registered in the Kurt Schwitters Archives (no. 06830959) and which will be included in the forthcoming third volume of the Schwitters catalogue raisonné.

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