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Ohne Titel (Der Sturm) (recto) - Ohne Titel (Berlin-Friedenau) (verso)

Kurt Schwitters (German, 1887–1948) · 1919

CHF 80,000 hammer

≈ $100,296≈ £74,063≈ €85,591

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Medium
Drawing (pencil) · Works on paper all drawing results →
As published: “Lower left signed by the artist in pencil 'Kurt Schwitters'”
Category
Drawings
Dimensions
23.5 x 19.2 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 285: Works on Paper from the - E.W.K. Collection - Live Auction (285)
Date
September 12, 2025
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
83
Estimate
CHF 100,000 – — (≈ $125,370) (≈ £92,579) (≈ €106,989)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (4)
  • Collection Herwarth Walden, probably a gift from the artist (1919-1941)
  • Estate of Herwarth Walden/Collection Nell Walden, Berlin and Schinznach (1941-1972)
  • Auction Kornfeld & Cie., Bern, 17 June 1972, lot 1144, acquired there by
  • The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection, Bern, with the collector's stamp on the back, Lugt 913b
Exhibitions (5)
  • Venice 1960, La Biennale di Venezia, XXX Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, cat. no. 10
  • Bern 1989, Kunstmuseum, Von Goya bis Tinguely, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen aus einer Privatsammlung [The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection], cat. no. 167
  • Basel 2004, Tinguely Museum, Kurt Schwitters, Merz - ein Gesamtweltbild, cat. no. 10
  • Hanover/Rotterdam 2006/2007, Sprengel Museum/Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Merzgebiete, Kurt Schwitters und seine Freunde, cat. no. 133
  • Hanover/Bern 2011/2012, Sprengel Museum/Kunstmuseum Bern, Anna Blume und ich - Zeichnungen von Kurt Schwitters, cat. no. 104 (Exhibited only in Bern)
Literature (2)
  • Catalogue raisonné: Karin Orchard/Isabel Schulz, Kurt Schwitters, Catalogue raisonné, vol. 1, 1905-1922, Hanover 2000, no. 514.1 (recto) and 514.2 (verso)
  • Sturm-Bilderbuch IV, 1920, Kurt Schwitters, fig. p. 17, the reproduction is trimmed on the left and lower edge compared to the original

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