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Kurt Schwitters
Untitled (One Hundred Thousand Marks)circa 1925

Not on view
Abstract collage with overlapping geometric shapes in terra-cotta orange, charcoal gray, black, and canary yellow, with a vertical tan paper strip printed with the German text "Einhunderttausend Mark"
Artist or Maker
Kurt Schwitters
Germany, 1887-1948
Title
Untitled (One Hundred Thousand Marks)
Date Made
circa 1925
Medium
Collage on paper
Dimensions
4 3/4 x 3 9/16 in. (12 x 9 cm)
Credit Line
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof
Accession Number
M.2005.70.123
Classification
Collages
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1887-1948). Charlotte Weidler, New York, 1962; [Galerie Chalette, New York, 1963]; Madeleine Lejwa, New York; [Galerie Brusberg, Hannover, 1979]; [Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker and Marlborough International Fine Art, London and Vaduz, 1979-1985]; [Marlborough Gallery, New York]; sold in 1985 to Janice and Henri Lazarof, Los Angeles; given in 2005 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Barron, Stephanie. Envisioning Modernism: The Janice and Henri Lazarof Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2012.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn