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Aerated VIII

A work made of collage composed of cut, torn, and pasted paper elements, and nailed wood element, with photograph, oil paint and graphite on cream wove paper laid down on canvas adhered to a strainer.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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  • A work made of collage composed of cut, torn, and pasted paper elements, and nailed wood element, with photograph, oil paint and graphite on cream wove paper laid down on canvas adhered to a strainer.

Date:

1942

Artist:

Kurt Schwitters
German, 1887-1948

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Kurt Schwitters

Title

Aerated VIII

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1942

Medium

Collage composed of cut, torn, and pasted paper elements, and nailed wood element, with photograph, oil paint and graphite on cream wove paper laid down on canvas adhered to a strainer

Inscriptions

Signed lower center: "Kurt Schwitters, 1942 Aerated VIII"

Dimensions

50.7 × 40.2 cm (20 × 15 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Robert A. Waller Fund

Reference Number

1959.19

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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