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Mz. 252. Colored Squares
Kurt Schwitters (German, 1887–1948)
1921. Cut-and-pasted colored and printed paper with pencil on paper with cardstock border, 10 7/8 x 8 1/4" (27.4 x 21 cm). The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.
649.1967
[Ernst Schwitters, Lysaker / Schwitters estate?]
[Galerie Heinz Berggruen, Paris?]
Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern. By 1959
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Janis, New York. Acquired from Klipstein Kornfeld, 1959 - 1967
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, 1967
Merz 252: Colored Squares (Farbige Quadrate)
Mz 252. Farbige Quadrate
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