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Kurt Schwitters

Hanover 1887 – 1948 Ambleside/England

”Merzzeichnung 48 (Windmühle)”. 1920

Collage, coloured pencil, watercolour on paper. 10,7 × 8,4 cm (16 × 12,5 cm) (4 ¼ × 3 ¼ in. (6 ¼ × 4 ⅞ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Kurt Schwitters. ”Merzzeichnung 48 (Windmühle)”. 1920.

Estimate:

EUR 50,000

 

- 70,000

USD 56,200

 

- 78,700

Sold for:

69,850 EUR (incl. premium)

Summer Auctions 2025

Selected Works, Thursday, 05.06.2025

Information

Collage, coloured pencil, watercolour on paper. 10,7 × 8,4 cm (16 × 12,5 cm) (4 ¼ × 3 ¼ in. (6 ¼ × 4 ⅞ in.)). On the original mat titled in pencil lower left: Merzzeichnung 48 (Windmühle). Catalogue raisonné: Orchard/Schulz 630. Framed

Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker (1948–1972) / Private Collection, Germany (acquired 1972 at Marlborough Fine Art, London)

Kurt Schwitters. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1956, cat. no. 177 / Kurt Schwitters. Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1956, cat. no. 110 / Kurt Schwitters. Lüttich, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 1956 / Kurt Schwitters 1887–1948. Tokio, Minami Gallery, 1960 cat. no. 18 / Kurt Schwitters. Ulm, Ulmer Museum, 1961 (no catalogue, exhibition list N. 6) / Kurt Schwitters. London, Marlborough Fine Art; Zurich, Marlborough Galerie; New York, Marlborough Gallery; Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, 1972/73, cat. no. 19, ill. p. 44

Isabelle Eswig: Kurt Schwitters. Oxymore ou l’art de la contradiction. Unpublished Typoskript, Diss., Unversität Sorbonne, Paris, 2000, ill. 389

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