Lot 8
  • 8

Max Burchartz

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Description

  • Max Burchartz
  • Composition (for Tristan Tzara)
  • Dated Juli 22 and signed Burchartz (lower right); inscribed Tristan Tzara in herzlichkeit (lower left) 


  • Gouache on paper 
  • 13 3/4 by 11 3/4 in.
  • 34.9 by 29.8 cm

Provenance

Tristan Tzara, Paris (acquired from the artist)
Private Collection, Paris
Acquired from the above

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper. Edges of sheet are deckled. There is some craquelure throughout and pin dot losses mostly associated with the creases running along the right edge. There is a backing strip along the top edge of the sheet from which the work is affixed to a mat. There are a few pin dot foxmarks outside of the image area and some small stains throughout. Work is in fairly good condition.
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