Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale Including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso
Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale Including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso
Property from a Private German Collection
Kurt Schwitters
Ohne Titel (Skulptur aus der Merz Barn, Elterwater 1) (Untitled (Sculpture from the Merz Barn, Elterwater 1))
Lot Closed
March 26, 12:06 PM GMT
Estimate
350,000 - 450,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private German Collection
Kurt Schwitters
1887 - 1948
Ohne Titel (Skulptur aus der Merz Barn, Elterwater 1)
(Untitled (Sculpture from the Merz Barn, Elterwater 1))
stone, bamboo, plaster and nails
Height (not including base): 76.2cm., 30in.
Height (including base): 82cm., 32¼in.
Executed in 1947, this work is unique.
Harry Pierce, Elterwater (by descent from the artist in 1948 and until at least 1964)
Private Collection, Port-la-Nouvelle (acquired by 1969)
Private Collection
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1982
John Elderfield, 'Kurt Schwitters’ Last Merzbau', in Artforum, October 1969, illustrated p. 60
Werner Schmalenbach, Kurt Schwitters, London, 1970, no. 167, illustrated in a photograph of the Merz Barn n.p.
Friedhelm Lach, Der Merz Künstler Kurt Schwitters, Cologne, 1971, illustrated in a photograph of the Merz Barn n.p.
Karin Orchard & Isabel Schulz (eds.), Kurt Schwitters. Catalogue raisonné, 1937-1948, Hanover, 2006, vol. 3, no. 3660, illustrated p. 670
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Meisterwerke der Moderne / Masterpieces of the Moderns, 1982, n.n., illustrated in colour and in a photograph of the Merz Barn in the catalogue
Zurich, Kunsthaus; Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle und Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen & Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Der Hang zum Gesamtkunstwerk. Europäische Utopien seit 1800, 1983, n.n., illustrated in the booklet accompanying the catalogue (with incorrect measurements in Dusseldorf catalogue)
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Kurt Schwitters, 1985, no. 319, illustrated in a photograph of the Merz Barn in the catalogue
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Kurt Schwitters. Die späten Werke, 1985, no. 98, illustrated in the catalogue (with incorrect measurements)
London, Tate Gallery, Kurt Schwitters, 1985-86, no. 214, illustrated and in a photograph of the Merz Barn in the catalogue
Hanover, Sprengel Museum, Kurt Schwitters, 1986, no. 288, illustrated and in a photograph of the Merz Barn in the catalogue
Vienna, Kunstforum, Schwitters, 2002, no. 153, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Basel, Museum Tinguely, Kurt Schwitters. Merz – a Total Vision of the World, 2004, no. 142, illustrated in colour and in a photograph of the Merz Barn in the catalogue
London, Tate Britain & Hanover, Sprengel Museum, Schwitters in Britain, 2013, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue