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Kurt Schwitters
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 EUR
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Description
- Kurt Schwitters
- Onhe Titel (DUVERGER) Untitled (DUVERGER)
- signed Kurt Schwitters and dated 1947 (lower left on the mount)
- collage, corrugated paper, cardboard and paper mounted on paper
- collage: 26.4 x 20.7 cm; 10 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.; mount: 29.2 x 23.8 cm; 11 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.
Provenance
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker (artist's son, until 1967)
Galerie Samlaren, Stockholm
Gunnar Löfström, Uppsala, 1967
Sale: Christie's, London, June 1976, lot 143 (possibly)
Galerie Claude Givaudan, Ghent and Paris (from 1977 to 1981)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (from 1981 to 1985)
Sale: Phillips, New York, November 11, 1985, lot 145
Acquired at the above sale by Dr. Arthur Brandt
Galerie Samlaren, Stockholm
Gunnar Löfström, Uppsala, 1967
Sale: Christie's, London, June 1976, lot 143 (possibly)
Galerie Claude Givaudan, Ghent and Paris (from 1977 to 1981)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (from 1981 to 1985)
Sale: Phillips, New York, November 11, 1985, lot 145
Acquired at the above sale by Dr. Arthur Brandt
Exhibited
Stockholm, Samlaren im Konstnärshuset (travelling exhibition in Denmark, in England, in Germany, in the Netherlands and in Italy), Kurt MERZ Schwitters 1887-1948, Retrospektivt, 1962-64, no. 200
Hanover, Sprengel Museum Hannover; Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen; Munich, Haus der Kunst, Aller Anfang ist Merz, Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute, 2000-01, no. 215, illustrated in the catalogue p. 215
Basel, Museum Tinguely, Kurt Schwitters, Merz - ein Gesamtwelbild, 2004, no. 143, illustrated p. 198
Ithaca, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, A Private Eye: Dada, Surrealism and More from the Brandt Collection, 2006, illustrated in the catalogue p. 139
Hanover, Sprengel Museum Hannover; Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen; Munich, Haus der Kunst, Aller Anfang ist Merz, Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute, 2000-01, no. 215, illustrated in the catalogue p. 215
Basel, Museum Tinguely, Kurt Schwitters, Merz - ein Gesamtwelbild, 2004, no. 143, illustrated p. 198
Ithaca, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, A Private Eye: Dada, Surrealism and More from the Brandt Collection, 2006, illustrated in the catalogue p. 139
Literature
Karin Orchard & Isabel Schulz (ed.), Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue raisonné, Band 3 1937-1948, Hanover, 2006, no. 3509, illustrated p. 614
Condition
Executed on card and mounted on card which is laid down on paper and floating in its mount. Collage elements are stable. The sheet is undulating, consistent with application of collage elements. The mount is slightly time-stained and there are spots of surface dust around the edges as well as some flattened creases. There is a small scuff and relating nick to the right part of the upper edge. The varnish is dry and flaking in the lower right corner. There are some paper remnants and medium losses in the right half of the composition as recorded in the catalogue raisonné. This work is in good condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."