- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2013.45
- People
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Kurt Schwitters, German (Hanover, Germany 1887 - 1948 Kendal, England)
- Title
- Untitled (Ministry of Food)
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1946
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/348822
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Collaged paper and textile elements adhered to corrugated cardboard
- Technique
- Collage
- Dimensions
- 24.1 x 20.3 cm (9 1/2 x 8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: On verso, in graphite: Cleaning up // Mehrgut
- inscription: On verso, in red crayon: C 37
- inscription: On recto, inscribed on Ministry of Food label: L. MEHRGUT // DWCB/94/6 // 44 // (illegible writing) Barret // F.O.
- inscription: On recto, center right edge, in graphite: K
- Provenance
- G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, PA, gift; to Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Kuhn (1959-1990), by bequest; to Sally Jane Kuhn (1990-2013), gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard Art Museums, 2013.
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- Orchard and Schulz 3352
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Sally Jane Kuhn in memory of Charles L. Kuhn and Hetty Shuman Kuhn
- Accession Year
- 2013
- Object Number
- 2013.45
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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- Publication History
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Works from Private Collections, exh. cat., Boston University Art Galleries (Boston, MA, 1960), n.p., cat. 80, ill. (b/w)
Karin Orchard and Isabel Schulz, Kurt Schwitters, catalogue raisonné, Hatje Cantz (Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany, 2000), p. 561, fig. 3352, ill.
- Exhibition History
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Works from Private Collections, Boston University Art Galleries, Boston, 04/23/1960 - 05/14/1960
32Q: 1520 Art in Germany Between the Wars (Interwar and Bauhaus), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 05/06/2015
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