Kurt Schwitters Merz Picture 32 A. The Cherry Picture (Merzbild 32 A. Das Kirschbild) 1921
- Medium
- Cut-and-pasted colored and printed paper, cloth, wood, metal, cork, oil, pencil, and ink on board
- Dimensions
- 36 1/8 x 27 3/4" (91.8 x 70.5 cm)
- Credit
- Mr. and Mrs. A. Atwater Kent, Jr. Fund
- Object number
- 27.1954
- Copyright
- © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Kurt Schwitters has 165 works online.
- There are 18,039 drawings online.
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The Art of Assemblage
Oct 4–Nov 12, 1961
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The Art of Assemblage
Oct 4–Nov 12, 1961
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Ways of Looking
Jul 28–Nov 1, 1971
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Kurt Schwitters
Jul 31–Sep 10, 1972
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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
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Kurt Schwitters
Jun 10–Oct 1, 1985
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Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Nov 3, 1988–Feb 28, 1989
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Collecting in Depth: Drawings by Grosz, Schwitters, Ernst, and Klee
May 13–Jul 20, 1999
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Painting &
Sculpture II Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
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Painting &
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
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Dada
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
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Dada
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Pipe, Glass, Bottle of Rum: The Art of Appropriation
Jul 30–Nov 10, 2008
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Pipe, Glass, Bottle of Rum: The Art of Appropriation
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Pipe, Glass, Bottle of Rum: The Art of Appropriation
Jul 30–Nov 10, 2008
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Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented
Dec 13, 2020–Apr 10, 2021
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Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented
Dec 13, 2020–Apr 10, 2021
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Hjalmar Gabrielson, Göteborg, Sweden. Purchased from Schwitters, by 1922 [1923]
Brita (Gretzer) Holmquist, New York. Inherited from her grandfather, Hjalmar Gabrielson
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Mrs. Brita Holmquist, 1954
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