Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Ohne titel (Schuhsohle)
signed with initials and dated 'KS 47' (lower left)
leather sole, gauze and paper assemblage on paper
10 ¼ x 8 1/8 in. (26.2 x 21.7 cm.)
Executed in 1947
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Ohne titel (Schuhsohle)
signed with initials and dated 'KS 47' (lower left)
leather sole, gauze and paper assemblage on paper
10 ¼ x 8 1/8 in. (26.2 x 21.7 cm.)
Executed in 1947
Estate of the artist. Edith Thomas, London (by descent from the above). Hanover Gallery, London (acquired from the above, 1955). Irvin Shapiro, New York (acquired from the above, 1958). Galerie Tarica, Paris. Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, circa 1970.
K. Orchard and I. Schulz, eds., Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue Raisonné, 1937-1948, Bonn, 2006, vol. 3, p. 617, no. 3517 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Centre Julio González and Musée de Grenoble, Kurt Schwitters, November 1994-November 1995, p. 382 (Valencia, p. 445; titled Collage 2 and with incorrect dimensions).
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