Ernst Schwitters

Photograph of [Kurt Schwitters’ mother?]

[1930s]

Ernst Schwitters, ‘Photograph of [Kurt Schwitters’ mother?]’ [1930s] — © DACS 2019

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Created by: Ernst Schwitters 1918–1996
Title: Photograph of [Kurt Schwitters’ mother?]
Date: [1930s]
Medium: Black and white print
Dimensions: 198 x 128 mm
Format: Photograph - print
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
Reference: TGA 9510/5/11

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Archive context

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)

Photographs relating to Kurt Schwitters TGA 9510/5 (17)

Photograph of [Kurt Schwitters' mother?] TGA 9510/5/11

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