id: 138684
accession number: 1963.1
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.1
updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:59.313000
Little Dance, 1920. Kurt Schwitters (German, 1887–1948). Collage; sheet: 13.1 x 10.4 cm (5 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.); mounted: 23 x 17 cm (9 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1963.1
title: Little Dance
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creation date: 1920
creation date earliest: 1920
creation date latest: 1920
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creditline: Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
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culture: Germany, 20th century
technique: collage
department: Drawings
collection: DR - German
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Kurt Schwitters (German, 1887–1948) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 13.1 x 10.4 cm (5 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.); Mounted: 23 x 17 cm (9 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
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description: paper?, laid down on cardboard
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inscription: SECONDARY SUPPORT, signed, lower right, in graphite: Kurt Schwitters 1920 ; by artist, lower left, in graphite: Mz. 65. / Kleiner Tanz. ; lower left, in graphite: 1967 ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, by artist, in top half: Kurt Schwitters / Hannover / [Waldmansustr?] 5II [II in superscript] ; upper left, in graphite: VI [underlined] 3 ; across center, in graphite: H__34201/VdMERZ/ ; upper right, in graphite: [paritally erased, illegible] ; lower right, in graphite: [partially erased, illegible] / [partially erased, illegible] ; lower right, in graphite: OUTSIDE O[N] / BACK / Janis
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1963)
opening date: 1963-11-27T05:00:00
Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
title: Space and Modern Art
opening date: 1966-06-09T04:00:00
Space and Modern Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9-September 25, 1966).
title: Kurt Schwitters and Related Developments
opening date: 1973-03-09T05:00:00
Kurt Schwitters and Related Developments. La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA (organizer) (March 9-May 6, 1973).
title: Cross Section: Graphic Art in Germany after the First World War
opening date: 1989-10-10T04:00:00
Cross Section: Graphic Art in Germany after the First World War. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 10, 1989-January 7, 1990).
title: Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988
opening date: 1991-04-02T05:00:00
Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).
title: The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-06-09T00:00:00
The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
title: Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints
opening date: 2015-01-25T00:00:00
Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
[Sidney Janis Gallery, New York]
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Sims, Lowery Stokes. The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
page number: no. 61, p. 119, color repr. p. 63.
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Henning, Edward B. The Spirit of Surrealism. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1979.
page number: Mentioned: p. 20-21, 196; Reproduced: p. 21, no. 11
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History & Education, CMA, 1969.
page number: Mentioned: p. 4
url: https://archive.org/details/20thCenturyArtCMA/page/n5
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