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Kurt Schwitters
Untitled (Relief with Hourglass Shape)1939

Not on view
Small abstract oil painting on a white canvas ground, with a sky-blue curved band, a large salmon-pink circle divided by geometric wedges of blue and charcoal, and a red monogram dated 59
Artist or Maker
Kurt Schwitters
Germany, 1887-1948
Title
Untitled (Relief with Hourglass Shape)
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1939
Medium
Oil and wood
Dimensions
7 5/16 x 5 13/16 in. (18.5 x 14.7 cm)
Credit Line
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof
Accession Number
M.2005.70.124
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1887-1948); in 1948 by inheritance to his son Ernst Schwitters, (1918-1996), Lysaker; [Marlborough Fine Art, London and Vaduz, 1963-1985]; 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.
  • Orchard, Karin, and Isabel Schulz, eds. Catalogue raisonné: Kurt Schwitters. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2006.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn