Live Auction 18341Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Lot 135

Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)

sssssssseinem Freunde Roland Peppenrose [Penrose]

Closed6 February 2020

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Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
sssssssseinem Freunde Roland Peppenrose [Penrose]
signed, dated and inscribed 'uffff (Pfiff) von Kurt Schwitters 5.9.1940' (lower centre) and inscribed 'sssssssseinem Freunde Roland Peppenrose' (upper centre)
pencil on card
2 7/8 x 5 ¾ in. (7.3 x 14.6 cm.)
Drawn on 5 September 1940

Roland Penrose, London & Farley Farm, East Sussex, a gift from the artist in 1940.
The Mayor Gallery, London.
Dr Arthur Brandt, New York, by whom acquired from the above in 1996; his sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 24 March 2018, lot 337.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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This work is executed on the reverse of a cigarette packet.