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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"

Kurt Schwitters, Untitled (One Hundred Thousand Marks), circa 1925, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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