57 Collages Kurt Schwitters
by Schwitters, Kurt [Designer unknown]
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
Illustrated poster with exhibition title and informational texts boldly silkscreened in red ink across a photolithographic facsimile of The New York Times classified ads page W27, dated September 9, 1956, executed on actual newsprint. Exhibition checklist printed on verso.Approx. 22.5 x 15 in.Edition size unknown.
Our source for this item tells us it was professionally de-acidified and laid down on ultrathin Japanese mulberry paper using a light application of archival grade, starch-based adhesives. The item is in very good condition overall with insignificant loss of material at the original folds. An notoriously fragile and therefore uncommon poster for the important Schwitters exhibition. Ref. Swann Sale 2346, lot 147 ; MoMA 876.1979. This copy comes to us from the collection of dealer Jean Noel Herlin.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arthur Fournier Fine & Rare (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 159
- Title
- 57 Collages Kurt Schwitters
- Author
- Schwitters, Kurt [Designer unknown]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sidney Janis Gallery
- Place of Publication
- New York City
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- Approx. 22.5 x 15 in.
Terms of Sale
Arthur Fournier Fine & Rare
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...