Live Auction 7601Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Lot 237 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION 

Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)

Vierecke

Closed25 June 2008

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GBP 22,500

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Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Vierecke
signed 'K.Schwitters' (lower left on the artist's mount)
wash, Spritztechnik and collage on thin card laid down on the artist's mount
image: 5½ x 4¼ in (14 x 10.7 cm.)
mount: 9 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. (24.9 x 16.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1922

Jan Tschichold, Basel, possibly by 1930 till 1947, on loan from the artist.
Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach, Basel, by 1947 till 1954, on loan from the above.
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker, by descent from the artist (Oeuvre Nr.: 1923/26,1229).
Galerie Berggruen, Paris, by 1954.
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, by 1978.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1993.