- Created by
- Ernst Schwitters 1918–1996
- Recipient
- Kurt Schwitters 1887–1948
- Title
- Letter from Ernst Schwitters to his father, Kurt Schwitters
- Date
- 10 December 1947
- Description
- Letter discussing Kurt Schwitters' funding from the Museum of Modern Art, his travel plans, his health and his naturalization in Britain.
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
- Reference
- TGA 9510/3/1/5
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