Schwitters
Kurt Schwitters (b.1887, Hanover; d.1948, Ambleside, GB)
aka "" (o-umlaut)

Reference: Taschen "Dadaism" by Dietmar Elger (ed, by our dear friend
Uta Grosenick)  ISBN 3-8228-2946-3

Quotes

"you know exactly as i do what art is: it is nothing more than a rhythm.
but if that is so, i shan't bother myself with imitation or the soul, but 
purely and simply produce rhythms with whatever takes my fancy:
tramways, oil paints, wooden block -- yes now you're gawping like
a blockhead".

Important works

"the pig sneezeds to the heart" (1919; pencil and watercolour on paper;
25.9x20.5cm)

"utntitled (may 191)" (c.1919; collage, 21.6x17.3cm)

"merz picture 29a. picture with flywheel" (1920; assemblage, 
85.87x106.8cm (picture), 93x113.5x17cm (original frame))

"opened by the postal department for inspection"  ??exact-title???



Chronology