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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
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May 6, 2015 | Sotheby's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale | 307 | $****** - ****** | OHNE TITEL (BILD MIT ROTEM GUMMIBALL) (UNTITLED (RED-RUBBER-BALL PICTURE)) |
Works on Paper
59.3 x 49.1 cm (23.35 x 19.33 in)
collage, oil, rubber, wood, ceramic, stone, glass and nails on board
Signed with the initials KS and dated 42 (lower right); signed Kurt Schwitters, dated 30.12.1942 and inscribed pinxit 39 Westmoreland Road London SW13 (on the reverse)
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker (by descent from the artist in 1948)
Marlborough Gallery, London & Vaduz (acquired in 1963)
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne (acquired in 1980)
Tate Gallery, London (acquired in 1985)
Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Karuizawa (possibly acquired in 1991)
Acquired by the present owner in 2011
Sao Paulo, VI Bienal de São Paulo & Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Kurt Schwitters, 1961, no. 70
Stockholm, Konstsalongen Samlaren, Kurt MERZ Schwitters, 1887-1948, Retrospektivt, 1962, no. 164, illustrated in the catalogue
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Kölnischer Kunstverein, Kurt Schwitters, 1887-1948, 1963, no. 237, illustrated in the catalogue
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Kurt Schwitters, 1887-1948, Schilderijen, collages, sculpturen, tekeningen, 1964, no. 237, illustrated in the catalogue
Mailand, Galeria Toninelli Arte Moderna, Schwitters. Mostra retrospettiva, 1964, no. 97, illustrated in the catalogue
Dusseldorf, Stadtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Kurt Schwitters, 1971, no. 232
London, Marlborough Fine Art & New York, Marlborough Gallery, Kurt Schwitters, 1972, no. 71, illustrated in the catalogue
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Meisterwerke der Moderne, 1981, no. 172, illustrated in color in the catalogue
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Kurt Schwitters in Exile: The Late Work 1937-1948, 1981, no. 62, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Meisterwerke der Moderne, 1982, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Kurt Schwitters, 1982, no. 138, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, Kurt Schwitters, 1983, no. 148, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Kurt Schwitters, Die Späten Werke, 1985, no. 44, illustrated in color in the catalogue
New York, Museum of Modern Art; London, Tate Gallery & traveling, Kurt Schwitters, 1985-86, no. 78, illustrated in the catalogue
Hanover, Sprengel Museum & traveling, Kurt Schwitters 1887-1948, Austellungen zum 99, Geburstag, 1986-87, no. 115, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Tokyo, Asahi Shimbun, Arts & Publicité, 1991, no. 167, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Kurt Schwitters, 1994, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Valencia, IVAM Centre Julio González, Kurt Schwitters, 1995, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Dian Pouw, "Kurt Schwitters in Hanover," in Un Vrij Nederland, Hanover, 1986, illustrated p. 27
John Elderfield, Kurt Schwitters, Dusseldorf, 1987, illustrated in color p. 42
Thomas Bertram, Chronik 1942. Tag für Tag in Wort und Bild, Dortmund, 1991, illustrated in color p. 160
Jean-Christophe Bailly, Kurt Schwitters, Paris, 1993, illustrated p. 117
Lucio Cabutti,"Informatico vulcanico rivoluzionario Kurt Schwitters," in Arte, Cahier 272, April, 1996, illustrated p. 96
Karin Orchard & Isabel Schulz, Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue Raisonné 1937-1948, vol. III, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2000, no. 2894, illustrated in color p. 340
