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ID number: BIRBI-2002.3 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Schwitters, Kurt (1887-1948) Title / Object name: Merz V Object type: Print
Place made: Berlin Culture: German Date made: 1923 Materials: Lithograph Measurements: Paper: 550 x 445 mm; mount: 810 x 610 mm Provenance: Purchased from Frederick Mulder at the London Print Fair, May 2002
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This print is a combination of abstract, geometric forms and is one of a series of six works called 'Merz Mappe'. Freshly printed fragments of paper, discarded from the printing process, were applied to a lithographic stone to create this image. Influenced by the Dada art movement, Schwitters started his own project, which he named ‘Merz’, feeling that he needed a new noun for a new kind of art.
Inscriptions / Translations: Inscriptions, sale stamps & c.: signed in pencil, title 'Merz', and with a dedication '10.4p1924 fur J.J.P. Oud, Rotterdam'
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