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Merz 3 Portfolio: Plate 1 by Kurt Schwitters

Merz 3 Portfolio: Plate 1

Kurt Schwitters · 1923

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DETAILS
Artist
Kurt Schwitters
Date
1923
Medium
lithograph
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
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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