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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
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Nov 14, 2023 | Sotheby's | Cologne | Modern & Contemporary Auction | 10 | $****** - ****** | Good | Bild der guten Hoffnung |
paintings
65.7 x 55 cm (25.87 x 21.65 in)
oil, wood and plaster relief
signed with the initials KS and dated 40 (lower right); signed K. Schwitters , dated 1940 and titled (on the reverse)
The artist
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker (by descent from the above)
Marlborough Fine Art, London (1963-1977)
Susanne Steiner, Forch, Switzerland
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1989
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Der Künstler
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker (durch Erbschaft vom Obengenannten)
Marlborough Fine Art, London (1963-1977)
Susanne Steiner, Forch, Schweiz
Vom Obengenannten durch den derzeitigen Eigentümer 1989 erworben
Stockholm, Konstsalongen Samlaren im Konstnärshuset; Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst und Kunstforeningen; London, Marlborough Fine Art; Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum und Kölnischer Kunstverein & Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Kurt MERZ Schwitters. Retrospektivt , 1962-64, no. 154 (Stockholm), no. 224 (Cologne & Rotterdam)
Edinburgh, New 57 Gallery, Kurt Schwitters , 1976, no. C
Oxford, The Museum of Modern Art, Kurt Schwitters. Merzbilder , 1976
New York, Galerie Michael Werner, Kurt Schwitters , 1990, no. 18, illustrated
Krems, Kunsthalle, Chaos, Wahnsinnn. Permutationen der zeitgenössischen Kunst , 1996, p. 191
Vienna, Kunstforum, Schwitters , 2002, no. 99, p. 167, illustrated
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Stockholm, Konstsalongen Samlaren im Konstnärshuset; Kopenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst und Kunstforeningen; London, Marlborough Fine Art, Köln, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum und Kölnischer Kunstverein & Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Kurt MERZ Schwitters. Retrospektivt , 1962-64, Nr. 154 (Stockholm), Nr. 224 (Köln & Rotterdam)
Edinburgh, New 57 Gallery, Kurt Schwitters , 1976, Nr. C
Oxford, The Museum of Modern Art, Kurt Schwitters. Merzbilder , 1976
New York, Galerie Michael Werner, Kurt Schwitters , 1990, Nr. 18, abgebildet
Krems, Kunsthalle, Chaos, Wahnsinnn. Permutationen der zeitgenössischen Kunst , 1996, S. 191
Wien, Kunstforum, Schwitters , 2002, Nr. 99, S. 167, abgebildet
Karin Orchard and Isabel Schulz, Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue raisonné 1937-1948, vol. III, Hanover 2003, no. 2622, p. 246, illustrated
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Karin Orchard and Isabel Schulz, Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue raisonné 1937-1948, Bd. III, Hannover 2003, Nr. 2622, S. 246 abgebildet
Figuration to Abstraction: Expressions of the 20th Century - Property from a Distinguished Collection, Europe
Kurt Schwitters
1887 - 1948
Bild der guten Hoffnung (The picture of good hope)
signed with the initials KS and dated 40 (lower right); signed K. Schwitters , dated 1940 and titled (on the reverse)
oil, wood and plaster relief
65.7 by 55 cm.
25¾ by 21⅝ in.
Executed in 1940.
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Figuration to Abstraction: Expressions of the 20th Century - Aus einer herausragenden Sammlung, Europa
Kurt Schwitters
1887 - 1948
Bild der guten Hoffnung
signiert mit den Initalen KS und datiert 40 (unten rechts); signiert K. Schwitters , datiert 1940 und betitelt (auf der Rückseite)
Öl, Holz und Gipsrelief
65.7 x 55 cm.
25¾ x 21⅝ in.
Entstanden 1940.
