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Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Lot 760 PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED AUSTRIAN COLLECTOR

Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)

Ohne Titel (Porträt eines jungen Mannes mit Rollkragen) (recto); Ohne Titel (Porträt eines Unbekannten) (verso)

Closed26 June 2015

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Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Ohne Titel (Porträt eines jungen Mannes mit Rollkragen) (recto); Ohne Titel (Porträt eines Unbekannten) (verso)
signed with the initials and dated (lower right; cut off)
oil on board
19 7/8 x 16 1/2 in. (50.4 x 42 cm.)
Painted 1940-1943

Edith 'Wantee' Thomas, London, by descent from the artist until 1986.
Anonymous sale, Phillips, London, October 1986.
Galerie Kurt Kalb, Vienna.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1990.

Specialist note

It has been suggested that the portrait on the reverse depicts Oskar Kokoschka.