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The And-Picture - Kurt Schwitters
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A seminal Dadaist assemblage by Kurt Schwitters, featuring a composition of found objects, paper, and industrial ephemera.
The And-Picture, or Das Undbild, is a primary example of the Merz aesthetic developed by Kurt Schwitters in post-war Hanover. Schwitters utilised discarded materials, including fragments of printed ephemera, wood, and metal, to construct a composition that rejects traditional painterly techniques. The title originates from the prominent inclusion of the German word 'und' (and), which was clipped from a larger advertisement. By isolating this conjunction, Schwitters draws attention to the linguistic and visual potential of everyday refuse.
The composition is organised through a series of geometric planes that intersect across the surface. Schwitters integrates these disparate elements, such as a horseshoe, ticket stubs, and industrial scraps, into a cohesive structure. The work functions as a rejection of the bourgeois art object, instead proposing that meaning can be derived from the detritus of modern urban life. The colour palette is largely dictated by the original state of the found materials, featuring muted ochres, weathered blues, and stark blacks.
This piece reflects the broader Dadaist impulse to dismantle established artistic hierarchies. Rather than creating a representation of a subject, Schwitters constructs a reality from the remnants of the world. The physical depth of the assemblage, created by the layering of paper and the attachment of three-dimensional objects, forces the viewer to engage with the work as a physical entity. It remains a significant study in the use of non-art materials to create a formal, balanced composition. The work is currently held in the collection of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, where it continues to provide insight into the early twentieth-century avant-garde movement.
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The And-Picture - Kurt Schwitters
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Fine Art Poster / A4 (21x29.7 cm) / -
Artist Biography
Kurt Schwitters
Schwitters built an artwork inside his house in Hanover. Starting around 1923, the Merzbau grew outward from a column of collaged objects in his studio until there was barely room to live. He worked on it for sixteen years. Allied bombing destroyed it in 1943. He built a second Merzbau in Lysaker, Norway. The Nazis invaded; he abandoned it. It burned down in 1951. He started a third at Cylinders Farm in the English Lake District. He died in January 1948, leaving it unfinished.
He was born in Hanover in 1887, an only child whose father ran a ladies' clothing shop. He suffered from epilepsy throughout his life. He fled to Norway in 1937, then to Scotland in 1940, where he was classified as an enemy alien and interned in camps including Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man. While interned, he allegedly made small sculptures from leftover oatmeal.
His art, which he called Merz (a fragment of the word Kommerz), used collage, found objects, poetry, sound art, typography, and installation. He worked across Dadaism, Constructivism, and Surrealism, often simultaneously. He was largely neglected by the time he died.
He was born in Hanover in 1887, an only child whose father ran a ladies' clothing shop. He suffered from epilepsy throughout his life. He fled to Norway in 1937, then to Scotland in 1940, where he was classified as an enemy alien and interned in camps including Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man. While interned, he allegedly made small sculptures from leftover oatmeal.
His art, which he called Merz (a fragment of the word Kommerz), used collage, found objects, poetry, sound art, typography, and installation. He worked across Dadaism, Constructivism, and Surrealism, often simultaneously. He was largely neglected by the time he died.
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Artist Biography
Kurt Schwitters
Schwitters built an artwork inside his house in Hanover. Starting around 1923, the Merzbau grew outward from a column of collaged objects in his studio until there was barely room to live. He worked on it for sixteen years. Allied bombing destroyed it in 1943. He built a second Merzbau in Lysaker, Norway. The Nazis invaded; he abandoned it. It burned down in 1951. He started a third at Cylinders Farm in the English Lake District. He died in January 1948, leaving it unfinished.
He was born in Hanover in 1887, an only child whose father ran a ladies' clothing shop. He suffered from epilepsy throughout his life. He fled to Norway in 1937, then to Scotland in 1940, where he was classified as an enemy alien and interned in camps including Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man. While interned, he allegedly made small sculptures from leftover oatmeal.
His art, which he called Merz (a fragment of the word Kommerz), used collage, found objects, poetry, sound art, typography, and installation. He worked across Dadaism, Constructivism, and Surrealism, often simultaneously. He was largely neglected by the time he died.
He was born in Hanover in 1887, an only child whose father ran a ladies' clothing shop. He suffered from epilepsy throughout his life. He fled to Norway in 1937, then to Scotland in 1940, where he was classified as an enemy alien and interned in camps including Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man. While interned, he allegedly made small sculptures from leftover oatmeal.
His art, which he called Merz (a fragment of the word Kommerz), used collage, found objects, poetry, sound art, typography, and installation. He worked across Dadaism, Constructivism, and Surrealism, often simultaneously. He was largely neglected by the time he died.
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