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65 - Kurt Schwitters. Invitation to the Tivoli [...] for the first major Merz Matinee. Promotional flyer. Letterpress print on purple paper. [Hanover] 1923. 12.4 × 20.7 cm.

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€3,400 - 5,000

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Kurt Schwitters. Invitation to the Tivoli [...] for the first major Merz Matinee. Promotional flyer. Letterpress print on purple paper. [Hanover] 1923. 12.4 × 20.7 cm. Announcement time: approx. 12:37 p.m. (schedule subject to change) Invitation card designed by Schwitters himself, printed on the front on a lilac background. Signed by Schwitters in pencil on the back. – In addition to the event details and admission prices, it also includes information about the program: “KURT SCHWITTERS speaks 12345678910 rinncecketeBBhenzekrrMü. From behind as well as from the front, you are A-N-N-A. RAOUL HAUSMANN dances Typsi. WangWang, Raynbows, and debates the laws of sound as SOUL MARGARINE.” – Recommends reading the magazines “Merz,” “G,” and “No one should end the old year without Dadaist comfort.” - On the left, an illustration of a Merz painting; on the right, the illustration “Untertaille” and the prompt “Get your ticket immediately, as the hall is very small.” - Hot off the press. - Acquired from the estate of Marianne Brandt and has been in a private collection ever since. Schelle/Haldenwanger/Heine 14 b (illustration without the right-hand margin strip). - Documentation Library II, 84: “Very rare” English description: Promotional flyer. Letterpress print on purple paper. [Hanover] 1923. 12.4 × 20.7 cm. Invitation card designed by Schwitters himself, printed on the front on a purple background. Signed by Schwitters in pencil on the reverse. - Recommends reading the magazines “Merz,” “G,” and “Niemand soll ohne dadaistischen Trost das alte Jahr beschließen” (transl: “No one should end the old year without Dadaist comfort.”) - On the left, an illustration of a Merz picture; on the right, the illustration “Untertaille” and the prompt “Get your ticket immediately, as the hall is very small.” - Hot off the press. - Acquired from the estate of Marianne Brandt and has been in a private collection ever since.

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Auction details

Auction 34: Art & Books - Special Catalog: 20th-Century Artist's Books / Renker Collection, Part 2
Saturday, November 21
12:00 PM
86 A Osterbekstraße
22083 Hamburg, Germany

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Christian Hesse Auktionen +49 4 06 94 54 247 mail@hesse-auktionen.de
On Drouot for 4 years avec More than 1,000 lots published

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