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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
Photographs relating to Kurt Schwitters
Photograph of a student beside Schwitters’ Merzbarn wall, Cylinders, Cumbria

Edith “Wanty” Thomas

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

1963

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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