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Kleines Seemannsheim, 1926

Kurt Schwitters

Information

Artist

Kurt Schwitters

1887
Hannover, Deutschland

1948
Ambleside (Westmoreland), Großbritannien

Work data

Material/Technique

Wood, oil, spoke fragment and metal nailed on cardboard

Dimensions

Image: 70,2 × 55 × 14,5 cm
Frame: 95,5 × 79 × 19,5 cm

Signature

Bez. verso u.l.: "MERZ 1926, 12.", o.r.: "Kurt Schwitters. „Kleines Seemannsheim." "

Accession Number

0219

Catalogue Raisonné

Orchard/Schulz 1352

Acquisition year

1980

Provenance

The work “Kleines Seemannsheim” by Kurt Schwitters remained the property of the artist after its creation in 1926 and went to his son Ernst Schwitters after his death in 1948. From 1960 to 1963, the work was located in Lord’s Gallery, which, according to the catalogue raisonné published by the Sprengel Museum, purchased the work from Ernst Schwitters. In 1963, it returned to Schwitters’ ownership and was given to Marlborough Fine Art on consignment. The Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen purchased the work “Kleines Seemannsheim” from the estate of Kurt Schwitters through Marlborough Fine Art for its holdings in 1980.

Credit line

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf

Exhibitions
  • Unser 20. Jahrhundert - Meisterwerke von Picasso bis Beuys, 14.7.-28.10.2000, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
  • 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
abstrakt Dadaismus Klassische Moderne Material
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