Lot 336
  • 336

KURT SCHWITTERS | Anna Blume. Hanover, Paul Steegemann, 1919

Estimate
700 - 1,000 EUR
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Description

  • Kurt Schwitters
  • Anna Blume. Hanover, Paul Steegemann, 1919
  • dedicated Lieber Herr Besan, Einen schönen Gruss , und mögen Sie Freude am Lesen haben. (Dear Mr. Besan, greetings and happy reading) and signed Kurt Schwitters (on the title page)
  • book
  • 22,2 x 14,3 cm; 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.

Provenance

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 15, 2004, lot 319
Acquired at the above sale by Dr. Arthur Brandt

Exhibited

Ithaca, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, A Private Eye: Dada, Surrealism and More from the Brandt Collection, 2006, illustrated in the catalogue p. 126

Condition

Paper yellowed and soft cover lightly discolored as normal. Spine a bit worn.
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Catalogue Note

This book is the original edition of the first book of Kurt Schwitters.