- Created by
- Ernst Schwitters 1918–1996
- Recipient
- Edith “Wanty” Thomas 1915–1991
- Title
- Letter from Ernst Schwitters to Edith Thomas (‘Wanty’)
- Date
- 9 December 1947
- Description
- Letter discussing Ernst's wish to travel to England to see his Father, Kurt Schwitters, before his death. There is another handwritten letter on the back of Ernst's letter addressed to 'W' (Wantee) from Ernst's wife, Eve.
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
- Reference
- TGA 9510/3/1/4
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22 December 1948–8 January 1949
Eve Schwitters, recipient: Edith “Wanty” Thomas Photocopy of a letter sent to Edith Thomas (‘Wanty’) from [Ernst Schwitters wife, Eve]
29 May 1948
George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK), recipient: Edith “Wanty” Thomas Letter from Geo. Gatey & Son to Edith Thomas regarding the transport of Schwitters’ work
13 October 1949
George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK), recipient: Edith “Wanty” Thomas Letter from Geo. Gatey & Son to Edith Thomas about the transport of Schwitters’ work
25 October 1949
Kurt Schwitters, recipient: Ernst Schwitters English translation of a letter from Kurt Schwitters to his son, Ernst
22 November 1948
Ernst Schwitters, recipient: Edith “Wanty” Thomas Letter to Edith Thomas (‘Wanty’) from Ernst Schwitters
7 February 1948
Edith “Wanty” Thomas, recipients: Harold Handley, George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK) Letter to Mr Handley at Geo. Gatey & Son from Edith Thomas regarding the transport and sale of Schwitters’ work
29 March 1949
Collection owner: Kurt Schwitters Letter to Edith Thomas from Geo. Gatey & Son with enclosed letter from the Museum of Modern Art about the transport of Schwitters’ collages
21–26 April 1949
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