Untitled from Merz 3

1923

Kurt Schwitters

Associated Names
Kurt Schwitters

Artist, German, 1887 - 1948

The image shows a collection of rectangles, squares, and lines arranged in a seemingly random pattern. The composition includes solid black shapes, grayscale gradients, and patterns like checkered designs, interspersed with smaller colored squares in shades of red and brown. In the upper right corner, a series of line shapes resemble electrical poles.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black collaged with orange and light brown papers on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Adeline and Sidney R. Yates

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 55.4 x 44.4 cm (21 13/16 x 17 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.53.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Rose Freed Gallery, NY); purchased 1963 by Adeline and Sidney Yates; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 32.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: K. Schwitters 2/1; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 4

Wikidata ID

Q75396293

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