Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
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Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)

Ohne titel (Kork-Butterbrot)

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Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)
Ohne titel (Kork-Butterbrot)
cork and wood assemblage and oil on plywood
14 3/8 x 13 1/8 in. (36.6 x 33.3 cm.)
Executed in 1937-1940
Provenance
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker, Norway (son of the artist).
Galleria Schwarz, Milan (acquired from the above, 1961).
Roberto Crippa, Milan (1967).
Chiara and Roberto Crippa, Jr., Milan (by descent from the above).
Galleria Schwarz, Milan (acquired from the above).
Galerie Tarica, Paris (aquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, circa 1972.
Literature
W. Schmalenbach, "Kurt Schwitters," Art International, vol. IV, no. 7, 1960, p. 61 (illustrated).
W. Schmalenbach, Kurt Schwitters, Cologne, 1967, p. 397 (illustrated, pl. 135).
K. Stadtmüller, ed., Schwitters in Norwegen, Arbeiten, Dokumente, Ansichten, Hannover, 1997, p. 18 (illustrated).
K. Orchard and I. Schulz, eds., Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue Raisonné, 1937-1948, Bonn, 2006, vol. 3, p. 41, no. 2113 (illustrated).
K. Orchard, ed., Schwitters in Norway, exh. cat., Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden, 2009, p. 102 (illustrated in color, p. 103).
Exhibited
London, Lord's Gallery, Kurt Schwitters, October-November 1958, no. 36.
Cambridge Arts Council Gallery; Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery; Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery; Leicester Museum and Art Gallery; Coventry, Herbert Temporary Art Gallery and Glasgow University Print Room, Kurt Schwitters, November 1959-May 1960, no. 44.
Milan, Galleria Schwarz, Schwitters, Mostra personale, November 1961 (illustrated).

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