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Kurt Schwitters

Hanover 1887 – 1948 Ambleside/England

„C 31“. 1946

Collage on paper (Merzzeichnung). 14,2 × 11,2 cm (23,7 × 17,5 cm) (5 ⅝ × 4 ⅜ in. (9 ⅜ × 6 ⅞ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Kurt Schwitters. „C 31“. 1946.

Estimate:

EUR 50,000

 

- 70,000

USD 58,900

 

- 82,400

Sold for:

143,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2017

Small is Beautiful, Thursday, 30.11.2017

Information

Collage on paper (Merzzeichnung). 14,2 × 11,2 cm (23,7 × 17,5 cm) (5 ⅝ × 4 ⅜ in. (9 ⅜ × 6 ⅞ in.)). Signed and titled (faded) beneath the image on the right in pen in ink: Kurt Schwitters C 31. On a fragment of the former cardboard backing two remains of a label of Galerie Tarica, Paris and the David Herbert Gallery, New York. Catalogue raisonné: Catalogue raisonné: Orchard/Schulz 3319.

Katherine Dreier, New York (1947) / The Pinacotheca, New York (1947) / Galerie Tarica, Paris (until 1972) / Private collection, Frankfurt a.M. (since 1972)

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