Merzz. 19 | Yale University Art Gallery

1920

Medium: Collage
Dimensions: sheet: 15 15/16 × 11 1/4 in. (40.5 × 28.5 cm)
image: 7 5/16 × 5 7/8 in. (18.5 × 15 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Collection Société Anonyme
Accession Number: 1941.681
Geography: Made in Germany
Culture: German
Period: 20th century
Classification: Collages
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Provenance

Bought from Der Sturm, Berlin, 1922.

Bibliography

Frauke V. Josenhans et al., Artists in Exile: Expressions of Loss and Hope (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2017), 146, fig. 3

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

abstract (general art genre), collages, popular prints

graphic design newspapers newsprint text typefaces words

Inscribed in graphite LL: "Merzz. 19."

Signed in graphite LR: "K. Schwitters, 1920"

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