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Little Dance by Kurt Schwitters

Little Dance

Kurt Schwitters · 1920

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DETAILS
Artist
Kurt Schwitters
Date
1920
Medium
collage
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Drawings
Culture
Germany, 20th century
Credit line
Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
ART MOVEMENTS
Dadaism
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THE ARTIST

Kurt Schwitters

Kurt Schwitters transformed everyday fragments into art, famously coining 'Merz' from a bank's discarded letterhead.

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