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    Mz 169 Formen im Raum., 1920

    Kurt Schwitters

    Information

    Artist

    Kurt Schwitters

    1887
    Hannover, Deutschland

    1948
    Ambleside (Westmoreland), Großbritannien

    Work data

    Material/Technique

    Net and paper on cardboard, original passepartout

    Dimensions

    Image: 18 × 14.3 cm
    Frame: 53.5 × 43.5 × 2.5 cm

    Signature

    Bez. a.d. Passepartout u.l.: "Mz 169", u.r.: "K. Schwitters. 1920. Formen im Raum."

    Accession Number

    0161

    Catalogue Raisonné

    Orchard/Schulz 704

    Acquisition year

    1965

    Provenance

    Little is known about the whereabouts of the collage “Mz 169 Formen im Raum.” by Kurt Schwitters after its creation in 1920. The work did not reappear on the art market until 1952, when it was purchased at an auction of the Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett by Heinz Berggruen, owner of Galerie Berggruen & Cie. The Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen purchased the collage “Mz 169 Formen im Raum” from Berggruen & Cie. through the Contemporary Art Establishment for its holdings in 1965.

    Between 2009 and 2012, several freelance provenance researchers examined the origins (provenance) of all works in the collection of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen as part of a comprehensive research project funded by the German Lost Art Foundation. The focus was on all works created before 1945. For the painting “Mz 169 Formen im Raum.,” the ownership history during the National Socialist period (1933–1945) could not be fully clarified. For this reason, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen commissioned a more in-depth investigation into the history of this work in 2025.

    If you have any questions or information regarding this work, please contact us:
    Dr. Vivien Trommer
    Head of Collection
    trommer@kunstsammlung.de

    Credit line

    Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf

    Exhibitions
    • Kurt Schwitters, 21.11.1994-19.2.1995, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
    • Aller Anfang ist MERZ - Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute, 19.8.-4.11.2000, Sprengel Museum Hannover
    • Aller Anfang ist MERZ - Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute, 22.2.-12.5.2001, Haus der Kunst, München
    • Aller Anfang ist MERZ - Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute, 24.11.2000-17.2.2001, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
    • Silent Revolution - Eine neue Sammlungspräsentation, 26.2.-12.6.2010, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, K21 Ständehaus, Düsseldorf
    Tags
    abstract Dadaism Modern Art material words
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