poco poco (Very Little) Artist: Kurt Schwitters (German, 1887–1948)

1947

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Medium

Collage of cut cardboards, fabrics, papers, stamps, and newsprint

Dimensions

image: 19.2 × 15.2 cm (7 9/16 × 6 in.)
sheet: 31.4 × 25.4 cm (12 3/8 × 10 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Brown Baker, B.A. 1935

Accession Number

1991.10.1

Geography

Made in Germany

Culture

German

Period

20th century

Classification

Collages

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, to 1954; Richard Brown Baker, to 1991; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Frauke V. Josenhans et al., Artists in Exile: Expressions of Loss and Hope (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2017).
  • Jennifer Farrell et al., Get There First, Decide Promptly: The Richard Brown Baker Collection of Postwar Art (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 170–71, fig. 1.
  • Sasha M. Newman, ed., Collecting with Richard Brown Baker, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1995), 45, ill.
Object copyright
© Kurt Schwitters / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

abstract (general art genre), collages, popular prints

Subject

advertisements graphic design newspapers newsprint text typefaces words

Marks

No watermark

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