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Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 18870620 - 19480108

Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:

Yester'n' Today / Kriwet, Ferdinand ; Apollinaire G ; Mallarme S ; Mon F ; Schwitters K ; Nauman B ; Joyce J ; Fahlstrom O ; Gomringer E ; Ulrichs T ; Wolf R ; Schulz CB ; Celan P ; Brock B ; Uecker G., 2011

 Item
Identifier: CC-52513-73641
Scope and Contents

This catalogue depicts copious illustratIons of his works througout his lifetime. It is mentioned that Kriwet wrote his first book, "Rotor," in 1961 as a continuous text without capital letters, stops and commas at age 19 years. This book is analyed on pages 53-55 by Christoph Benjamin Schulz. A 1981 solo exhibition was the last one for 23 years until 2004 when rgw BQ gallery in Cologne showed old and recent works. And until 2011 when the Kunsthalle Dusseldorf held this retrospective. Pages 57-103 depict examples of Kriwet's typewritten poetry beginning at age 14 years with convention poetry and progresssing to concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011

Zigarren / Heimbach, Paul ; Schwitters K., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-36419-38211
Scope and Contents

This work is a concrete poetic adoptation of Kurt Schwitters' Dada poem, Zigazrren. The box was appropriated from "Biddies," a brand of Dutch cigarettes. The work is inscribed to Constantine Post, the dealer from whom the Sackners purchased this piece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992