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  • Notes detailing Schwitters’ works which were taken from Schwitters’ barn and in possession of Edith Thomas

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Notes detailing Schwitters’ works which were taken from Schwitters’ barn and in possession of Edith Thomas

[1959]

List of Schwitters’ pictures taken from his barn

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Date
1959
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Title
Notes detailing Schwitters’ works which were taken from Schwitters’ barn and in possession of Edith Thomas
Date
[1959]
Description
These works by Schwitters include: 'Red wire sculpture'; 'Lofty'; Mother and egg'; 'Chicken and egg'; 'White miniature'; '(The clown)'; 'Stone'; 'Peg sculpture'; 'Painted stone'; 'Painted plaster and wood form' and '(Togetherness)'.
Format
Document - miscellaneous
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
Reference
TGA 9510/3/3/2
Merz

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  • Material relating to Kurt Schwitters compiled by his English companion, Mrs Edith ‘Wantee’ Thomas mostly after the artist’s death in 1948 TGA 9510 (139)
    • Correspondence and documents relating to the Ernst Schwitters v Edith Thomas court case, 1963 TGA 9510/3 (100)
      • Correspondence and documents relating to the Schwitters v Thomas court case TGA 9510/3/3 (32)
        • Notes detailing Schwitters’ works which were taken from Schwitters’ barn and in possession of Edith Thomas TGA 9510/3/3/2
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