[untitled (collage composé)]
| catalogue number: | hdv 1959.012.15 |
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| date created: | 1959 |
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| classification: | works on paper |
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| work type: | collage |
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| medium: | gouache, newspaper and paper collage on gray paper on board |
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| dimensions: | 29.7 × 21 cm |
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| signature and inscriptions: | signed 'her'/'herman de vries' and dated '1 juli 1959' on the front (graphite pencil) |
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| current repository: | unknown |
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| collecting history: | sold on behalf of the Kurt Schwitters Merz Barn Fundraising Campaign by Sotheby's London, October 16, 2009 |
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| comment: | donation by herman de vries in 2009 to Ian Hunter and Celia Larner, of the Littoral Arts Trust, for an auction to enable the reconstruction of Kurt Schwitters Merzbarn in the Lake District. The Elterwater Merz Barn was Schwitters' third such art experiment but the only surviving example after his Merzbau in Hannover and another near Oslo were destroyed |
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| rights & reproduction: | herman de vries |
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