Kurt Schwitters
Ohne Titel (Thirlmere)
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November 6, 03:21 PM GMT
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40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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28,000 GBP
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Kurt Schwitters
1887-1948
Ohne Titel (Thirlmere)
signed with the initials KS and dated 44 (lower right)
oil on board
38.5 by 42 cm. 15⅛ by 16½ in.
Framed: 63.4 by 65 cm. 25 by 25⅝ in.
Executed in 1944.
Edith Thomas, London (acquired from the artist and at least until 1982)
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich
Phillips, London, 26 June 1989, lot 51 (consigned by the above)
Ernst Schwitters and Marlborough International Fine Art, Vaduz (acquired from the above)
Estate of Kurt Schwitters and Marlborough International Fine Art, Vaduz
Acquired from the above in 1997 by the present owner
Zurich, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Albers, Appel, Arp (u.a.), Eroeffnungsausstellung, 1962, no. 42, pl. 42
London, Hanover Gallery, Contrasts, 1967, no. 57, pl. 57, illustrated
Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle; Berlin, Akademie der Kuenste; Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart; Basel, Kunsthalle and Hamburg, Kunstverein, Kurt Schwitters, 1971, no. 244
Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kurt Schwitters in England, 1982, no. 37 (as Thurlemere)
Werner Schmalenbach, Kurt Schwitters, Cologne, 1967, no. 60, illustrated
Karin Orchard and Isabel Schulz, eds., Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume III, 1937-1948, Hannover, 2000, no. 3071, p. 431, illustrated
Barbara Crossley, The Triumph of Kurt Schwitters, Ambleside, 2005, p. 58, illustrated in colour
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