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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 14, 2021 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Art Works on Paper Sale | 404 | $****** - ****** | Für Jan Tschichold |
Works on Paper
30.5 x 23.8 cm (12 x 9.38 in)
printed paper collage on paper
Edith and Jan Tschichold, Basel (gift from the artist, 1936).
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (acquired from the above, 1952).
G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh (acquired from the above).
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above, 1961).
Paul Hänggi, Basel (acquired from the above).
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above, 1963).
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker and Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (jointly acquired from the above, 1963).
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York (on consignment from the above, 1967).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, 1967.
(probably) Kunsthalle Basel, Konstruktivisten, January-February 1937, p. 16, no. 96.
Kunstmuseum Bern, Kurt Schwitters aus schweizerischem Privatbesitz, February-April 1945.
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery and The Arts Club of Chicago, Collage, Painting, Relief and Sculpture by Schwitters, October-December 1952, no. 41 (titled Pelikanol).
Paris, Galerie Berggruen et Cie., Kurt Schwitters: Collages, April-May 1954 (illustrated, titled Pelikanol).
Kunsthaus Zürich, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf and Haags Gemeentemuseum, Thompson Pittsburgh: Aus einer amerikanischen Privatsammlung, October 1960-November 1961, no. 228 (titled Pelikanol).
London, Marborough Fine Art, Ltd., Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Kölnischer Kunstverein, Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen and Rome, Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Kurt Schwitters, March 1963-May 1964, no. 157 (titled GNE).
W. Schmalenbach, Kurt Schwitters, Cologne, 1967, p. 363 (illustrated, fig. 96, dated 1930 and titled Ohne Titel [GNE]).
J. Nestegard, Kurt Schwitters i Norge, Varen, 1993 (illustrated, fig. 24).
K. Orchard and I. Schulz, eds., Kurt Schwitters: Catalogue raisonné, 1923-1936, Ostfildern, 2003, vol. II, p. 345, no. 1734 (illustrated).
