Edith “Wanty” Thomas

Photograph of a student beside Schwitters’ Merzbarn wall, Cylinders, Cumbria

1963

Edith “Wanty” Thomas, ‘Photograph of a student beside Schwitters’ Merzbarn wall, Cylinders, Cumbria’ 1963 — © The estate of Edith ‘Wantee’ Thomas

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Created by: Edith “Wanty” Thomas 1915–1991
Title: Photograph of a student beside Schwitters’ Merzbarn wall, Cylinders, Cumbria
Date: 1963
Medium: Black and white print
Dimensions: 80 × 122 mm
Format: Photograph - print
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
Reference: TGA 9510/5/19

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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 a student beside Schwitters' Merzbarn wall, Cylinders, Cumbria TGA 9510/5/19

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