Impressionist & Modern Art
Impressionist & Modern Art
The World of Jean Stein
Kurt Schwitters
Ohne Titel (Das Schachbild) (Untitled (The Chess Picture))
Lot Closed
June 16, 04:51 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The World of Jean Stein
Kurt Schwitters
1887 - 1948
Ohne Titel (Das Schachbild) (Untitled (The Chess Picture))
Signed with the initials KS and dated 41 (lower right)
Collage, oil, paper and wood on plywood
11 ½ by 9 ½ in. (29.2 by 24.1 cm)
Framed: 20 by 15 ⅞ in. (50.8 by 40.3 cm)
Executed in 1941.
Estate of the artist
Ernst Schwitters (the artist's son; by descent from the above)
Lord's Gallery, London (on commission from 1958-66)
Marlborough Fine Art, London & Marlborough International Fine Art, Vaduz (on commission from 1971-85)
Acquired from the above in 1985
Ernst Schwitters (the artist's son; by descent from the above)
Lord's Gallery, London (on commission from 1958-66)
Marlborough Fine Art, London & Marlborough International Fine Art, Vaduz (on commission from 1971-85)
Acquired from the above in 1985
Karin Orchard & Isabel Schulz, Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, Hanover, 2003, no. 2769, illustrated p. 294