Merz oil
Oil Painting
1939 (painted)
1939 (painted)
| Artist/Maker |
Brushmarks in oil on a section of newspaper.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Merz oil (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on newspaper |
| Brief description | Oil painting on newspaper entitled 'Merzoil' by Kurt Schwitters. German School, 1939. |
| Physical description | Brushmarks in oil on a section of newspaper. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'K. Schwitters 1939' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower left) |
| Object history | This painting was in the Schwitters exhibitions of the Lords Gallery in 1958 (No.70) and of the Arts Council in 1959 (No.50). It belongs to the group of "i" drawings, a term used by Schwitters to describe a certain type of picture in which the composition was ready made. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | P.2-1966 |
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| Record created | May 29, 2007 |
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