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Lot 198 : KURT SCHWITTERS 1887-1948 OHNE TITEL (RHEIN 50%) (UNTITLED, RHINE 50%)

Kurt Schwitters - 1887-1948  

Auction Location: United Kingdom - 2005
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Description:

Executed in 1919.

signed KS. and dated 19. on the artist's mount (lower left)

collage and black crayon on card laid down on the artist's mount

PROVENANCE

Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker (the artist's son, 1948-1967)
Private Collection, Avesta (from 1967)
Acquired by the present owner circa 1975
EXHIBITED

Stockholm, Konstsalongen Samlaren, Kurt Schwitters, 'Aphorismer' 1918-1947, 1965, no. 9
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Dada, 1966, no. 79
Stockholm, Konstsalongen Samlaren, Kurt Schwitters i svensk ägo, 1967, no. 5
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES

Karin Orchard & Isabel Schulz, Kurt Schwitters Catalogue raisonné, 1905-1922, Hanover, 2000, vol. I, no. 503, illustrated p. 239

Dimensions:

image size: 7.5 by 9.5cm., 2 7/8 by 3 3/4 in.

mount size: 13 by 16cm., 5 1/8 by 6 1/4 in.


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