Ernst Schwitters

Photograph of Kurt Schwitters stepping out of a boat at the foot of a glacier

1935

Ernst Schwitters, ‘Photograph of Kurt Schwitters stepping out of a boat at the foot of a glacier’ 1935 — © DACS 2020

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Created by: Ernst Schwitters 1918–1996
Title: Photograph of Kurt Schwitters stepping out of a boat at the foot of a glacier
Date: 1935
Medium: Black and white print
Dimensions: 140 × 97 mm
Description: Photo: Ernst Schwitters.
Format: Photograph - print
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
Reference: TGA 9510/5/5

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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 stepping out of a boat at the foot of a glacier TGA 9510/5/5

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