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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
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Oct 25, 2022 | Sotheby's | Paris | Modernités | 4 | $****** - ****** | Quadratisches Bild (Komposition) |
paintings
55.2 x 55.1 cm (21.73 x 21.69 in)
relief, oil and wood on wooden panel
signed with the initials KS and dated 37 (lower left); signed Kurt Schwitters , dated 1937 , titled quadratisches Bild and inscribed 500 Kr (on the reverse) signé signé Kurt Schwi et inscrit 500 Kr (au dos)
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker (the artist's son)
Marlborough International Fine Art, London/ Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York (1962-1978)
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne (1978-1979)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1979 (on the advice of Harald Szeemann)
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Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker (fils de l'artiste)
Marlborough International Fine Art, Londres/ Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York (1962-1978)
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne (1978-1979)
Acquis auprès du précédent par le propriétaire actuel en 1979 (par l'intermédiaire de Harald Szeemann)
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Schwitters , 1963, no. 184, illustrated in the catalogue p. 82
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Kölnischen Kunstverein, Kurt Schwitters, 1887-1948, 1963, no. 185, illustrated in the catalogue p. 78
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Kurt Schwitters, 1887-1948, schilderijen, collages, sculpturen, tekeningen , 1964, no. 185, illustrated in the catalogue np.
Los Angeles, UCLA; New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery; Kansas City, The Nelson-Atkins Musem of Art & Toronto, Art Gallery, Kurt Schwitters, Retrospective , 1965, no. 138, illustrated in the New York catalogue p. 69
Dallas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; San Francisco, Museum of Art & St. Louis, City Art Museum, Kurt Schwitters, A Retrospective Exhibition, 1965-66, no. 129
Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle; Berlin, Akademie der Künste; Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie; Basel, Kunsthalle & Hamburg, Kustverein, Kurt Schwitters , 1971
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Kurt Schwitters , 1978, no. 57, illustrated in the catalogue p. 120
Zurich, Kunsthaus; Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle und Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts & Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Der Hang zum Gesamtkunstwerk , 1983-84
Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, "... und nicht die leiseste Spur einer Vorschrift", Positionen unabhängiger Kunst in Europa um 1937 , 1987-88, no. 84, illustrated on the cover of the catalogue & p. 166
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Valencia, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez & Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble, Kurt Schwitters, 1994-95, illustrated in the Paris catalogue p. 275; illustrated in the Valencia catalogue p. 345
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Londres, Marlborough Fine Art, Schwitters , 1963, no. 184, reproduit dans le catalogue p. 82
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Kölnischen Kunstverein, Kurt Schwitters, 1887-1948, 1963, no. 185, reproduit dans le catalogue p. 78
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Kurt Schwitters, 1887-1948, schilderijen, collages, sculpturen, tekeningen , 1964, no. 185, reproduit dans le catalogue np.
Los Angeles, UCLA; New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery; Kansas City, The Nelson-Atkins Musem of Art & Toronto, Art Gallery, Kurt Schwitters, Retrospective , 1965, no. 138, reproduit dans le catalogue de New York p. 69
Dallas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; San Francisco, Museum of Art & St. Louis, City Art Museum, Kurt Schwitters, A Retrospective Exhibition, 1965-66, no. 129
Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle; Berlin, Akademie der Künste; Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie; Bâle, Kunsthalle & Hambourg, Kustverein, Kurt Schwitters , 1971
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Kurt Schwitters , 1978, no. 57, reproduit dans le catalogue p. 120
Zurich, Kunsthaus; Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle und Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Vienne, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts & Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Der Hang zum Gesamtkunstwerk , 1983-84
Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, "... und nicht die leiseste Spur einer Vorschrift", Positionen unabhängiger Kunst in Europa um 1937 , 1987-88, no. 84, reproduit en couverture du catalogue & p. 166
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Valence, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez & Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble, Kurt Schwitters, 1994-95, reproduit dans le catalogue de Paris p. 275; reproduit dans le catalogue de Valence p. 345
Werner Schmalenbach, Kurt Schwitters , Munich, 1984, no. 135, illustrated p. 367
Andreas Hüneke, "Zum 100.Gerburstag von Kurt Schwitters", inBildende Kunst , vol. 6, 1987, pp. 277-279, illustrated p. 278
Michael Erlhoff & Klaus Stadtmüller, Kurt Schwitters Almanach No. 9 , Hanover, 1990, mentioned p. 38
Karin Orchard & Isabel Schulz, Kurt Schwitters. Catalogue raisonné, Volume 3, 1937-1948, Ostfildern, 2006, no. 2115, illustrated p. 42
Megan R. Luke, "An Art History of Intensive Intentions", inHarald Szeemann: Museum of Obsessions (exhibition catalogue), Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute (travelling exhibition also passing through Bern, Düsseldorf & Turin), 2018-19, mentioned in the Los Angeles catalogue pp. 195-196
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Werner Schmalenbach, Kurt Schwitters , Munich, 1984, no. 135, reproduit p. 367
Andreas Hüneke, "Zum 100.Gerburstag von Kurt Schwitters", in Bildende Kunst , vol. 6, 1987, pp. 277-279, reproduit p. 278
Michael Erlhoff & Klaus Stadtmüller, Kurt Schwitters Almanach No. 9 , Hanovre, 1990, mentionné p. 38
Karin Orchard & Isabel Schulz, Kurt Schwitters. Catalogue raisonné, Volume 3, 1937-1948, Ostfildern, 2006, no. 2115, reproduit p. 42
Megan R. Luke, "An Art History of Intensive Intentions", in Harald Szeemann: Museum of Obsessions (catalogue d'exposition), Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute (exposition itinérante passant aussi par Berne, Düsseldorf & Turin), 2018-19, mentionné dans le catalogue de Los Angeles pp. 195-196
Property from a Private Swiss Collection
Kurt Schwitters
1887 - 1948
Quadratisches Bild (Komposition)
signed with the initials KS and dated 37 (lower left); signed Kurt Schwitters , dated 1937 , titled quadratisches Bild and inscribed 500 Kr (on the reverse)
relief, oil and wood on wooden panel
55,2 x 55,1 cm; 21¾ x 21¾ in.
Executed in 1937.
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Provenant d'une Collection Particulière Suisse
Kurt Schwitters
1887 - 1948
Quadratisches Bild (Komposition)
signé des initiales KS et daté 37 (en bas à gauche); signé Kurt Schwitters , daté 1937 , titré quadratisches Bild et inscrit 500 Kr (au dos)
relief, huile et bois sur panneau en bois
55,2 x 55,1 cm; 21¾ x 21¾ in.
Exécuté en 1937.
