Kurt Schwitters - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Friday, March 8, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Walter Dux, London (gifted by the artist by 1957)
    Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (by 1959)
    Clive L. DuVall, Fairfax, Virginia
    Ann Curtiss Scoville (bequest from the above in 2002)
    Christie's, New York, 5 May 2010, lot 227
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, 75 Collages by Kurt Schwitters, 2 February - 7 March 1959, no. 63, p. 63 (titled Number 3)
    New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, 50 Collages by Schwitters, 2 April - 5 May 1962, no. 40
    Pasadena Art Museum; Manchester, The Currier Gallery; Washington, The Phillips Collection; Minneapolis, University of Minnesota; Louisville, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Kurt Schwitters 14 April 1962 - 7 March 1963, no. 57

  • Literature

    Karin Orchard, Isabel Schulz (eds.), Catalogue raisonné Kurt Schwitters, Band 3 1937-1948, Ostfildern, 2006, no. 2709, pp. 274, 758 (illustrated, p. 274)

178

Ohne Titel (COMMERCIAL ST.)

pencil and paint on paper and cardboard, paper and fabric collage on paper
21.3 x 17.3 cm (8 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
Executed circa 1940-1945.

Estimate
£50,000 - 70,000 

Contact Specialist

Simon Tovey
Specialist, Associate Director, Head of Day Sale
+44 7502 428 688
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 8 March 2024