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Kurt Schwitters — VisualArtsDB

Kurt Schwitters

Hannover, Deutschland · b. 1887 — d. 1948

Painting & Sculpture Drawings & Prints Architecture & Design avant-garde

Kurt Schwitters German, 1887-1948

Timeline

Born 1887 — Died 1948

1910s

Drawing A2: Hansi

Z 105 Portals of Houses

Z 105 Portals of Houses

Cover for Der Sturm (The Storm) 10, no. 4

Revolving

+5

1920s

Merz 22

Plate (folio 2) from Die Kathedrale (Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42)

Die Kathedrale (Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42)

Merz 39. Russian Picture

+133

1930s

Stationery payment allotment from the State Welfare Office (Stadtisches Wohlfartsamt)

Advertising brochure for subscriptions to the Opera House and Playhouse of the Hannover Municipal Theaters (Städtische Bühnen Hannover)

Die neue Gestaltung in der Typographie, Werbe-Gestaltung

MZ 30,17

MZ 30,17

+27

1940s

Untitled

Untitled

Untitled

Untitled (Arrival for the Dance)

Untitled (Arrival for the Dance)

Letter to Naum Gabo

+11

Works

193 artworks

Poster for the exhibition Dammerstock Housing Estate: The Functional Dwelling (Dammerstock-Siedlung: Die Gebrauchswohnung)

, 1929

Stationery invoice for Hermann Bahlsen’s Cookie factory (Keks-Fabrik), Hannover

, 1929

29/8

, 1929

NWG (ring neue Werbegestalter) letterhead

, 1929

Catalogue for the exhibition Dammerstock Housing Estate: The Functional Dwelling (Dammerstock-Siedlung: Die Gebrauchswohnung)

, 1929

Stationery questionnaire for the State Tuberculosis Hospital, Sanitorium Heidehaus (Städtisches Tuberkulosekrankenhaus Heilstätte Heidehaus)

, 1929

Hahn Werbedruck

, 1929

Stationery invoice for Hermann Bahlsen’s Cookie factory (Keks-Fabrik), Hannover

, 1929

Die Abstrakten Hannover letterhead

, 1929

Notice for display in streetcar, for Üstra (Überlandwerke und Strassenbahnen Hannover AG) (Notice reads, "Distracted conductors might not see you there. Assuming you're honest, you'll pay them your fare.")

, 1929

Notice for display in streetcar, for Üstra (Überlandwerke und Strassenbahnen Hannover AG) (Notice reads, "Your ticket, though it's used and spent. Do keep it safe, untorn, unrent.")

, 1929

Notice for display in streetcar, for Üstra (Überlandwerke und Strassenbahnen Hannover AG) (Notice reads, "Inform us of your route and where you want to go. And then pay us please use small change, once we know.")

, 1929

Newsletter for the Hannover Municipal Theaters Opera House (Städtische Bühnen Hannover, Opernhaus)

, 1929

Stationery envelope for the State Tuberculosis Hospital, Sanitorium Heidehaus (Städtisches Tuberkulosekrankenhaus Heilstätte Heidehaus)

, 1929

Advertisement for Leibniz Cookies (Leibniz-Keks), Hermann Bahlsen’s Cookie factory (Keks-Fabrik), Hannover

, 1929

Notice for display in streetcar, for Üstra (Überlandwerke und Strassenbahnen Hannover AG) (Notice reads "Your right hand on the right-hand handle. That's how you get on when the whistle blows. And when you're leaving, here's the trick: Your left hand on the left-hand handle goes.")

, 1929

Advertisement for Leibniz Cookies (Leibniz-Keks), Hermann Bahlsen’s Cookie factory (Keks-Fabrik), Hannover

, 1929

Stationery invoice for Hermann Bahlsen’s Cookie factory (Keks-Fabrik), Hannover

, 1929

Brochure for Celle People’s Furniture (Celler Volks-Möbel), Hannover

, 1929

Städtisches Fürsorgeamt Karlsruhe

, 1929

Poster for the 97th Great Art Exhibition (97. Grosse Kunstausstellung), Künstlerhaus, Hannover

, 1929

29/32

, 1929

Stationery envelope for the exhibition Dammerstock Housing Estate: The Functional Dwelling (Dammerstock-Siedlung: Die Gebrauchswohnung)

, 1929

Brochure with map of the exhibition Dammerstock Housing Estate: The Functional Dwelling (Dammerstock-Siedlung, Die Gebrauchswohnung)

, 1929

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