MERZ 458 WRIEDT, Kurt Schwitters

1887 - 1948

Kurt Schwitters

Signed K. Schwitters, dated 1922 and dedicated für Dr. Glaser (lower right); titled (on the artist's mount)
Collage on paper mounted on card
Sheet: 6 7/8 by 5 5/8 in.; 17.5 by 14.3 cm
Mount: 10 3/4 by 8 1/4 in.; 27.3 by 21 cm
Executed in 1922.

Provenance:
Dr. Fritz Glaser, Dresden (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection, Europe (by descent from the above and sold: Roman Norbert Ketterer, Stuttgart, November 20, 1959, lot 109)
Private Collection, Europe
Sale: Christie's, London, June 29, 2000, lot 602
Claude Berri, Paris (acquired at the above sale)
Thence by descent