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Kurt Schwitters
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description
- Kurt Schwitters
- Wie es euch gefällt (As you like it)
- Signed Kurt Schwitters and dated 1946 (lower right); inscribed c 73 8 inch As you like it (along lower edge) and 5 inch (center of right, left and upper edges)
- Collage, oil and paper mounted on paper
- 17 1/4 by 13 in.
- 43.8 by 33 cm
Provenance
Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker (inherited from the artist in 1948)
Sale: Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern, June, 1959, lot 772
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired in 1962)
Acquired from the above in 1963 and thence by descent
Literature
Norbert Lynton, The Story of Modern Art, Oxford, 1980, illustrated fig. 126
Karin Orchard & Isabel Schulz, Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue Raisonné, 1937-1948, vol. III, Hanover, 2006, no. 3345, illustrated p. 559
Karin Orchard & Isabel Schulz, Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue Raisonné, 1937-1948, vol. III, Hanover, 2006, no. 3345, illustrated p. 559
Condition
Collage elements are affixed to the inside of a large brown mailing envelope (please see illustration of verso in the catalogue). Surface has some undulations to it inherent to the artist's process. Some minor stable lifting to a few of the elements, particularly to plaid printed sheet at center of the top quadrant and the brown paper above that. Extreme left edge has some folding. Some of the paper elements are slightly time darkened, otherwise fine. Work is in very good condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Fig. 1 The reverse of the present work.