LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pencil and collage on paper

Measurements:

11.42 in. (29.00 cm.) (height) by 8.66 in. (22.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with the artist's initials KS and dated 22 (lower right); dated 2.6.22 and dedicated für Willy Hänschke (lower left); titled (upper left)

Exhibited:

Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, . Kurt Schwitters , 1978, no. 16, illustrated in the catalogue. Duigsburg, Wilhelm-Lehmbruch-Museum; Hannover, Kunstverein Hannover & Wilhelmshaven, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, . Verboten - Verfolgt. Kunstdiktatur im 3. Reich, 1983, no. 159, illustrated in the catalogue (titled . Anna Blume/Das Bolschewismus ). Hanover, Sprengel Museum Hannover, . Kurt Schwitters , 1986-87, no. 52, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature:

Die Abstrakten Hannover - Internationale Avantgarde 1927-1935 (exhibition catalogue), Sprengel Museum Hannover & Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen (Rhein), Hannover, 1987, illustrated p. 110. Karin Orchard & Isabel Schulz,. Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue Raisonné 1905-1922 , Ostfildern-Ruit, 2000, vol. I, no. 1080, illustrated p. 518

Provenance:

Willy Hänschke, Berlin (a gift from the artist in 1922). Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne (acquired by 1978). Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1980