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Lot 152
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Ohne Titel (Katarinahissen, klein)
Closed25 June 2014
Price Realised
GBP 110,500
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Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Ohne Titel (Katarinahissen, klein)
signed 'Kurt Schwitters' (on the artist's mount)
paper collage on paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 5 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (13.9 x 11.6 cm.)
artist's mount: 11 x 9 5/8 in. (28 x 24.5 cm.)
Executed in 1936
Ohne Titel (Katarinahissen, klein)
signed 'Kurt Schwitters' (on the artist's mount)
paper collage on paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 5 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (13.9 x 11.6 cm.)
artist's mount: 11 x 9 5/8 in. (28 x 24.5 cm.)
Executed in 1936
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Ohne Titel (Katarinahissen, klein)
signed 'Kurt Schwitters' (on the artist's mount)
paper collage on paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 5 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (13.9 x 11.6 cm.)
artist's mount: 11 x 9 5/8 in. (28 x 24.5 cm.)
Executed in 1936
Ohne Titel (Katarinahissen, klein)
signed 'Kurt Schwitters' (on the artist's mount)
paper collage on paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 5 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (13.9 x 11.6 cm.)
artist's mount: 11 x 9 5/8 in. (28 x 24.5 cm.)
Executed in 1936
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker, by descent from the artist's estate.
with Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern, by 1956.
with Charlotte Weidler, New York.
G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, USA, from 1956 to 1961.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Paul Häggi, Basel, from 1961 to 1963.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1963.
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker & Marlborough Fine Art, London.
Private collection, England, by whom acquired from the above in 1972; sale, Christie's, London, 26 June 1996, lot 259.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
with Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern, by 1956.
with Charlotte Weidler, New York.
G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, USA, from 1956 to 1961.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Paul Häggi, Basel, from 1961 to 1963.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1963.
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker & Marlborough Fine Art, London.
Private collection, England, by whom acquired from the above in 1972; sale, Christie's, London, 26 June 1996, lot 259.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
K. Orchard & I. Schulz, Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue raisonné, vol. 2, 1923-1936, Hanover, 2003, no. 2058 (illustrated p. 493).
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Thompson Pittsburgh, Aus einer amerikanischen Privatsammlung, October - November 1960, no. 235; this exhibition later travelled to Duesseldorf, Kunstmuseum and The Hague, Gemeente Museum.
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Kurt Schwitters, March - April 1963, no. 176.
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Kurt Schwitters, October - November 1963, no. 178.
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Kurt Schwitters, Schilderijen, collages, sculpturen, tekeningen, January - March 1964, no. 178.
Los Angeles, UCLA Art Galleries, Kurt Schwitters, Retrospective, March - April 1965, no. 123; this exhibition later travelled to Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco, Museum of Art and St. Louis, City Art Museum.
New York, Marlborough-Gerson, Kurt Schwitters, Retrospective, May - June 1965, no. 132.
Duesseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, Kurt Schwitters, January - March 1971, no. 198; this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie and Basel, Kunsthalle.
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Kurt Schwitters, October 1972, no. 59 (illustrated p. 71); this exhibition later travelled to Zurich and New York.
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Kurt Schwitters, March - April 1963, no. 176.
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Kurt Schwitters, October - November 1963, no. 178.
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Kurt Schwitters, Schilderijen, collages, sculpturen, tekeningen, January - March 1964, no. 178.
Los Angeles, UCLA Art Galleries, Kurt Schwitters, Retrospective, March - April 1965, no. 123; this exhibition later travelled to Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco, Museum of Art and St. Louis, City Art Museum.
New York, Marlborough-Gerson, Kurt Schwitters, Retrospective, May - June 1965, no. 132.
Duesseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, Kurt Schwitters, January - March 1971, no. 198; this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie and Basel, Kunsthalle.
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Kurt Schwitters, October 1972, no. 59 (illustrated p. 71); this exhibition later travelled to Zurich and New York.
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