Artworks · Kurt Schwitters

Merz Werbezentrale stationery envelope

1924 · Letterpress

9 1/4 × 11 5/8" (23.5 × 29.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Merz Drawing

1924 · Cut-and-pasted colored and printed papers and button on paper

13 1/4 × 9 1/2" (33.7 × 24.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Page 97 from Merz 11, Typoreklame

1924 · Letterpress

11 3/4 x 8 3/4" (29.8 x 22.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Die Märchen des 20. Jahrhunderts

1924 · Letterpress

2 7/8 x 3 15/16" (7.3 x 10 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Die Märchen vom Paradies" von Kurt Schwitters und Käte Steinitz

1924 · Letterpress

5 3/4 x 12 1/4" (14.6 x 31.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Aposs

1924 · Letterpress

4 15/16 x 6 3/16" (12.5 x 15.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Stationery envelope for Merz Werbezentrale

1924 · Letterpress

8 5/8 x 11 5/8" (21.9 x 29.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tea Rose

1924 · collage on paper

height: 234 cm, width: 182 cm

Rijksmuseum

Untitled (Black and Blue)

1923 · Graphite and crayon on paper

support: 116 x 86 mm

Tate

Aphorism

1923 · Gouache and printed papers on paper mounted onto board

support: 89 x 73 mm

Tate

Untitled

1923 · Lithograph on white wove paper

Image/sheet: 44.5 × 55.8 cm (17 9/16 × 22 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Die Märchen vom Paradies

1923 · Letterpress

14.6 × 31.1 cm (5 3/4 × 12 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Merz no. 1: Holland Dada

1923 · Letterpress

8 11/16 × 5 9/16" (22.1 × 14.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Advertising flyer for Banalities (Banalitäten) issue, Merz no. 4 (Text declares, "Merz sticks, glues, and cements everything, and Merz fights against extremes! [Merz klebt, leimt, kittet alles und Merz kämpft gegen Extremes!])

1923 · Letterpress

5 9/16 × 3 9/16" (14.1 × 9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Merz no. 6: Imitators, watch step! (Imitatoren watch step!) (Alternate issue title on back cover, Arp no.1: Propaganda and Arp)

1923 · Letterpress

8 3/4 × 5 11/16" (22.2 × 14.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Merz no. 4: Banalities (Banalitäten)

1923 · Letterpress

9 1/8 × 5 3/4" (23.2 × 14.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Merz no. 2: Number i (Nummer i)

1923 · Letterpress

8 3/4 × 5 9/16" (22.2 × 14.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Advertising flyer for General Merz Program (Allgemeines Merz Programm)

1923 · Letterpress

12 × 8 3/8" (30.5 × 21.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Postcard invitation to Merz evening (Einladung zum Merzabend)

1923 · Letterpress

6 1/8 × 4 1/8" (15.6 × 10.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Poster for Schwitters’s new journal Merz

1923 · Letterpress

18 1/8 × 23" (46 × 58.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Merz subscription card

1923 · Letterpress

7 1/4 × 5 5/8" (18.4 × 14.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cover from Merz 3

1923 · Letterpress with collage additions from a portfolio of six lithographs (three with collage additions) and two letterpress prints with collage additions (including cover and title page)

sheet (closed): 22 3/8 x 17 11/16" (56.8 x 45 cm); sheet (open): 22 3/8 x 35 9/16" (56.8 x 90.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Title page from Merz 3

1923 · Letterpress with collage additions from a portfolio of six lithographs (three with collage additions) and two letterpress prints with collage additions (including cover and title page)

sheet: 21 3/4 x 17 1/4" (55.2 x 43.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate 6 from Merz 3

1923 · Lithograph from a portfolio of six lithographs (three with collage additions) and two letterpress prints with collage additions (including cover and title page)

composition: 21 7/8 x 17 1/4" (55.5 x 43.8 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 x 17 1/2" (55.5 x 44.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate 3 from Merz 3

1923 · Lithograph with collage additions from a portfolio of six lithographs (three with collage additions) and two letterpress prints with collage additions (including cover and title page)

composition (irreg.): 21 1/4 x 17 7/16" (54 x 44.3 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 x 17 7/16" (55.5 x 44.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate 3 from Merz 3

1923 · Lithograph from a portfolio of six lithographs (three with collage additions) and two letterpress prints with collage additions (including cover and title page)

composition (irreg.): 21 5/8 × 17 1/2" (55 × 44.4 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 × 17 1/2" (55.5 × 44.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate 4 from Merz 3

1923 · Lithograph from a portfolio of six lithographs (three with collage additions) and two letterpress prints with collage additions (including cover and title page)

composition (irreg.): 20 7/8 x 17 1/4" (53 x 43.8 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 x 17 1/2" (55.5 x 44.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate 2 from Merz 3

1923 · Lithograph from a portfolio of six lithographs (three with collage additions) and two letterpress prints with collage additions (including cover and title page)

composition: 21 3/4 x 15 11/16" (55.3 x 39.8 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 x 17 7/16" (55.6 x 44.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Merz 3

1923 · Portfolio of six lithographs (three with collage additions) and two letterpress prints with collage additions (including cover and title page)

sheet (each approx.): 21 7/8 × 17 1/2" (55.5 × 44.4 cm); overall (closed): 22 3/8 × 17 11/16" (56.8 × 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate 1 from Merz 3

1923 · Lithograph with collage additions from a portfolio of six lithographs (three with collage additions) and two letterpress prints with collage additions (including cover and title page)

composition (irreg.): 21 7/8 x 16 7/8" (55.5 x 42.8 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 x 17 7/16" (55.5 x 44.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate 5 from Merz 3

1923 · Lithograph with collage additions from a portfolio of six lithographs (three with collage additions) and two letterpress prints with collage additions (including cover and title page)

composition (irreg.): 21 7/8 x 17 3/8" (55.5 x 44.1 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 x 17 7/16" (55.5 x 44.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (1 September 1923)

1923 · Cut-and-pasted paper, colored paper, and printed paper on paper with artist's mat

12 3/8 × 8 7/8" (31.4 × 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mz 704. Bühlau

1923 · Cut-and-pasted colored and printed papers and cloth on cardstock

12 1/4 × 8 3/4" (31.1 × 22.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Merz 2: Ich bin der Künstler von i

1923 · Letterpress

8 3/4 x 5 5/8" (22.2 x 14.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Merz no. 2: Number i (Nummer i)

1923 · Letterpress

8 3/4 x 5 5/8" (22.2 x 14.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Allgemeines Merz Programm

1923 · Letterpress

12 x 8 1/4" (30.5 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Merzmatinee

1923 · Letterpress

4 7/8 x 8 3/16" (12.5 x 20.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Merz 3 Portfolio: Plate 1

1923 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Measure

1922 · Printed papers on paper

support: 307 x 220 mm

Tate

Table Salt

1922 · Printed paper on paper

support: 321 x 233 mm

Tate

Cover for The Flower Anna: The New Anna Flower: A collection of poems from the years 1918–1922 (Die Blume Anna. Die neue Anna Blume: eine Gedichtsammlung aus den Jahren 1918–1922) by Kurt Merz Schwitters

1922 · Letterpress

9 3/4 × 6 5/8" (24.8 × 16.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Famiglia

1922 · Cut-and-pasted colored and printed paper on paper

11 3/4 x 8 7/8" (29.7 x 22.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mz 461. Goldmark.

1922 · Cut-and-pasted paper, printed paper, and painted paper on cardstock

15 3/8 × 12 5/8" (39.1 × 32.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Santa Claus

1922 · Cut-and-pasted colored and printed papers on paper with cardstock border

11 1/4 x 8 1/4" (28.4 x 20.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mz 442

1922 · Cut-and-pasted colored and printed papers, and cloth on paper with cardstock border

17 7/8 × 12 1/2" (45.4 × 31.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mz 448 Moscow (Mz 448 Moskau)

1922 · Cut-and-pasted painted paperboard, cardstock, and wood on painted paperboard on paperboard

6 x 6 1/4" (15.2 x 15.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Merz 370. Blue Spark

1922 · Cut-and-pasted colored paper on paper with cardstock

8 1/8 × 6 3/4" (20.6 × 17.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mz 379. Potsdamer

1922 · Cut-and-pasted colored and printed papers on paper with cardstock border

11 x 9 3/8" (27.9 x 23.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art