In Tate Britain
In Tate Britain
Biography
Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters (20 June 1887 – 8 January 1948) was a German artist who was born in Hanover, Germany.
Schwitters worked in several genres and media, including dadaism, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography, and what came to be known as installation art. He is most famous for his collages, called Merz Pictures.
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Read full Wikipedia entryArtworks
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Kurt Schwitters White Miniature
1945–7 -
Kurt Schwitters Opened by Customs
1937–8 -
Kurt Schwitters (Relief in Relief)
c.1942–5 -
Kurt Schwitters Picture of Spatial Growths - Picture with Two Small Dogs
1920–39 -
Kurt Schwitters Untitled (Ochre)
c.1945–7 -
Kurt Schwitters Table Salt
1922 -
Kurt Schwitters Magic
c.1936–40 -
Kurt Schwitters Untitled (The Clown)
c.1945–7
Artist as subject
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Unknown person(s) Untitled
1946 -
Kurt Schwitters, recipient: Ernst Schwitters English translation of a letter from Kurt Schwitters to his son, Ernst
22 November 1948 -
Margaret Miller, Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA) Untitled
8 February 1949 -
Unknown person(s), recipient: Freeman & Son Untitled
15 October 1958 -
Ernst Schwitters, recipient: Edith “Wanty” Thomas Untitled
12 February 1949 -
Sidney Janis Gallery Invitation to a preview of Schwitters’ exhibition at the Sidney Janis Gallery, 1952
1952 -
Unknown person(s) Printed image of ‘Das Herz geht zur Mühle’ by Kurt Schwitters
[1982] -
Ernst Schwitters Photograph of [Kurt Schwitters’ mother?]
[1930s] -
Unknown person(s) List of members for Artists Cafe at Hutchinson Internment Camp
December 1940
Film and audio
Features
Sketches, letters, etc.
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Unknown person(s) Printed image of ‘Das Herz geht zur Mühle’ by Kurt Schwitters
[1982] -
Margaret Miller, Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA), recipient: George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK) Letter from the Museum of Modern Art to Geo. Gatey & Son about Ernst Schwitters’ wishes for his father’s collages
24 February 1949
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