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Mz 240 Spitzen
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KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)
Mz 240 Spitzen
signed, dated and numbered 'Mz 240 K. Schwitters. 1921. Spitzen' (on the artist’s mount); inscribed 'Mz 240. 500' (on the reverse)
fabric and paper collage on paper in artist's mount
Image: 5 7⁄8 x 4 ¾ in. (15 x 12.1 cm.)
Mount: 8 1⁄8 x 6 1⁄8 in. (20.5 x 15.6 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Mz 240 Spitzen
signed, dated and numbered 'Mz 240 K. Schwitters. 1921. Spitzen' (on the artist’s mount); inscribed 'Mz 240. 500' (on the reverse)
fabric and paper collage on paper in artist's mount
Image: 5 7⁄8 x 4 ¾ in. (15 x 12.1 cm.)
Mount: 8 1⁄8 x 6 1⁄8 in. (20.5 x 15.6 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Provenance
Kate T. and Dr. Ernst Steinitz, Hanover and Los Angeles (probably acquired from the artist, until at least 1971).
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne (by 1978).
Private collection, Berlin.
Graphisches Kabinett, Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen (by 1988).
Private collection, Munich; sale, Villa Grisebach, Berlin, 1 June 1990, lot 54.
Private collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale); sale, Sotheby's, London, 18 October 2000, lot 248.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne (by 1978).
Private collection, Berlin.
Graphisches Kabinett, Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen (by 1988).
Private collection, Munich; sale, Villa Grisebach, Berlin, 1 June 1990, lot 54.
Private collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale); sale, Sotheby's, London, 18 October 2000, lot 248.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
W. Schmalenbach, Kurt Schwitters, New York, 1967, p. 366, no. 50 (illustrated; with incorrect ownership).
K. Orchard and I. Schulz, Kurt Schwitters: Catalogue raisonné,1905-1922, Hanover, 2000, vol. I, p. 398, no. 834 (illustrated).
K. Orchard and I. Schulz, Kurt Schwitters: Catalogue raisonné,1905-1922, Hanover, 2000, vol. I, p. 398, no. 834 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, April 1959-February 1960 (on loan).
Pasadena Art Museum, Kurt Schwitters, June-July 1962, no. 79.
Los Angeles, University of California Art Galleries; New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery; Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Toronto Art Gallery, Kurt Schwitters: Retrospective, March-October 1965, no. 47, p. 22.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; San Francisco Museum of Art and St. Louis, City Art Museum, Kurt Schwitters: A Retrospective Exhibition, November 1965-April 1966, p. 56, no. 44.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Kate Steinitz Collection, August - September 1969 (dated 1920).
Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle; Berlin, Akademie der Künste; Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie; Basel, Kunsthalle and Hamburg, Kunstverein, Kurt Schwitters, January-November 1971, p. 33, no. 66.
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Zu Gast bei Kate Steinitz, November 1977-February 1978.
Bremen, Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Kurt Schwitters, Der Künstler von MERZ, October-December 1989, no. 9 (illustrated; with incorrect provenance).
New York, Michael Werner Gallery, Kurt Schwitters, October-November 1990, no. 5 (illustrated).
Dusseldorf, Achenbach Kunsthandel, Kurt Schwitters, November 1993-January 1994.
Zurich, Galerie Lelong, Kurt Schwitters, April-June 1994.
Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, The Age of Modernism: Art in the 20th Century, May-July 1997, no. 234 (illustrated; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
Miami Art Museum, Between Art and Life: Selections from the Collection, November 2003-April 2004.
Pasadena Art Museum, Kurt Schwitters, June-July 1962, no. 79.
Los Angeles, University of California Art Galleries; New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery; Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Toronto Art Gallery, Kurt Schwitters: Retrospective, March-October 1965, no. 47, p. 22.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; San Francisco Museum of Art and St. Louis, City Art Museum, Kurt Schwitters: A Retrospective Exhibition, November 1965-April 1966, p. 56, no. 44.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Kate Steinitz Collection, August - September 1969 (dated 1920).
Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle; Berlin, Akademie der Künste; Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie; Basel, Kunsthalle and Hamburg, Kunstverein, Kurt Schwitters, January-November 1971, p. 33, no. 66.
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Zu Gast bei Kate Steinitz, November 1977-February 1978.
Bremen, Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Kurt Schwitters, Der Künstler von MERZ, October-December 1989, no. 9 (illustrated; with incorrect provenance).
New York, Michael Werner Gallery, Kurt Schwitters, October-November 1990, no. 5 (illustrated).
Dusseldorf, Achenbach Kunsthandel, Kurt Schwitters, November 1993-January 1994.
Zurich, Galerie Lelong, Kurt Schwitters, April-June 1994.
Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, The Age of Modernism: Art in the 20th Century, May-July 1997, no. 234 (illustrated; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
Miami Art Museum, Between Art and Life: Selections from the Collection, November 2003-April 2004.
Presentado por
Jakob Angner
Associate Vice President, Specialist, Head of Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale