Mz 30, 45

Schwitters, Kurt
Mz 30, 45

1930
Collage, paper on paper
8.9 : 7 cm (picture)
16.3 x 12.5 cm (original underlay)
31.2 : 25.7 cm (frame)
Signed, dated and inscribed lower left on the underlay: “Kurt Schwitters 1930 / Mz 30, 45”

Orchard/Schulz 1708 – provisional œuvre no. 1930,95/48

Provenance:
– Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker (1948-1967)
– Georg Svensson, Stockholm (1967)
– Sotheby’s, London (1980)
– Annely Juda Fine Art, London (1980-1981)
– Private collection (1981)
– Christie’s, London (1990)
– Michael Werner Galerie, Cologne (1990)
– Achenbach Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf (1995)
– Brockstedt Galerie, Hamburg (1998)
– Private collection (since 1998) 

Exhibitions:
– Kurt Schwitters. Aphorismer 1918-1947. Collage och relief, Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm, 1965
– Configuration 1910-1940 and Seven Tatin Reconstructions, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 1981
– Kurt Schwitters, Galerie Michael Werner, New York – Bielefeld, 1990
– Kurt Schwitters, Achenbach, Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf, 15 November 1993 to 28 January 1994 (43 works, no catalogue – list no. 6)
– Kurt Schwitters, Galerie Lelong, Zurich, 26 April to 21 June 1994 (23 works, no catalogue – list no. 5)
– Kurt Schwitters. Late Paintings and Collages, Galerie Michael Werner, New York, 10 May to 30 June 1995 (25 works, no catalogue – list no. 11)
– Hans Arp. Kurt Schwitters. Collagen, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, 19 February to 14 March 1998 (10 works, no catalogue – list no. 16)

Literature:
– Exhibition catalogue: Kurt Schwitters. Aphorismer 1918-1947. Collage och relief, Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm, 1965, cat. no. 57
– Auction Sotheby’s London 12/1980, illus. 188a, cat. no. 188a
– Exhibition catalogue: Configuration 1910-1940 and Seven Tatin Reconstructions, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 1981, illus. p. 59, cat. no. 58
– Auction Christie’s London 6/1990, colour illus. 144, cat. no. 144
– Exhibition catalogue: Kurt Schwitters, Galerie Michael Werner, New York – Bielefeld, 1990, colour illus. 10, cat. no. 10

Catalogue raisonné:
Catalogue Raisonné. 1923-1936, vol. 2, Hannover 2003, cat. no. 1708, illus. p. 335

Price on request