Oil on panel. Monogrammed and dated in the lower left. 60.5 x 50.5 cm. . [EH]. - Kurt Schwitters radically reinvents art while retaining a poetic touch. - Exciting arrangement of lines and surfaces, with brushstrokes that clearly emphasize the materiality of the paint. - The artist's son marked the reverse with the provisional catalog number “334.” - The work has been displayed at international exhibitions. - Kurt Schwitters attempts to solve artistic problems through various formal variations. LITERATURE: Karin Orchard, Isabel Schulz, Kurt Schwitters. Catalogue raisonné, published by the Sprengel Museum, Hanover, vol. 3: 1937-1948, Ostfildern 2006, catalog no. 2495, illustrated in color on p. 194. - Jutta Nestegart, Kurt Schwitters i Norge. Unpublished typescript; master's thesis, Varen 1993, ill. 183.
Kurt Schwitters, Lord's Gallery, London, Oct./Nov. 1958, cat. no. 13. Kurt Schwitters 1887-1948, Cambridge Arts Council Gallery, Cambridge (with a label on the reverse) / Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea / Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield / Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester / Herbert Temporary Art Gallery, Coventry / Glasgow University Print Room, Glasgow, 1959/60, cat. no. 51. Dada und Konstruktivismus, The Seibu Museum of Art Tokyo / Seibu Tsukashin Hall, Amagasaki (Osaka) / The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, 1988/89, cat. no. V.9, (no. 91) illustrated in color on p. 140. Dadá y constructivismo, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, no. (illustrated on p. 170). Kurt Schwitters, Galerie Michael Werner, October 4-November 17, 1990, cat. no. 17 with illustration 17- Kurt Schwitters, Galerie Lelong, Zurich, April 26-June 21, 1994
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker (1946, inherited from the artist). Lord's Gallery, London (1958-1989 on commission). Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, and Galerie Harald Schweiger & Schulze, Vienna, 1989-1990. Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, 1990- before 2005 (with a label on the reverse). German collection (since 2005)
In good condition. A hairline crack in the lower part of the figure 8. The work is characterized by slightly translucent yet textured brushstrokes. The condition report was compiled in daylight and with the aid of a UV light source to the best of our knowledge and belief. [EH]
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Oil on panel. Monogrammed and dated in the lower left. 60.5 x 50.5 cm. . [EH]. - Kurt Schwitters radically reinvents art while retaining a poetic touch. - Exciting arrangement of lines and surfaces, with brushstrokes that clearly emphasize the materiality of the paint. - The artist's son marked the reverse with the provisional catalog number “334.” - The work has been displayed at international exhibitions. - Kurt Schwitters attempts to solve artistic problems through various formal variations. LITERATURE: Karin Orchard, Isabel Schulz, Kurt Schwitters. Catalogue raisonné, published by the Sprengel Museum, Hanover, vol. 3: 1937-1948, Ostfildern 2006, catalog no. 2495, illustrated in color on p. 194. - Jutta Nestegart, Kurt Schwitters i Norge. Unpublished typescript; master's thesis, Varen 1993, ill. 183.
Kurt Schwitters, Lord's Gallery, London, Oct./Nov. 1958, cat. no. 13. Kurt Schwitters 1887-1948, Cambridge Arts Council Gallery, Cambridge (with a label on the reverse) / Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea / Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield / Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester / Herbert Temporary Art Gallery, Coventry / Glasgow University Print Room, Glasgow, 1959/60, cat. no. 51. Dada und Konstruktivismus, The Seibu Museum of Art Tokyo / Seibu Tsukashin Hall, Amagasaki (Osaka) / The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, 1988/89, cat. no. V.9, (no. 91) illustrated in color on p. 140. Dadá y constructivismo, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, no. (illustrated on p. 170). Kurt Schwitters, Galerie Michael Werner, October 4-November 17, 1990, cat. no. 17 with illustration 17- Kurt Schwitters, Galerie Lelong, Zurich, April 26-June 21, 1994
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker (1946, inherited from the artist). Lord's Gallery, London (1958-1989 on commission). Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, and Galerie Harald Schweiger & Schulze, Vienna, 1989-1990. Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, 1990- before 2005 (with a label on the reverse). German collection (since 2005)
In good condition. A hairline crack in the lower part of the figure 8. The work is characterized by slightly translucent yet textured brushstrokes. The condition report was compiled in daylight and with the aid of a UV light source to the best of our knowledge and belief. [EH]
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