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Tea Rose

Creator Name

Kurt Schwitters;
Kurt Schwitters

Cultural Context

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Date

1924

About the Work

Rijksmuseum Object Description
This collage is made of all kinds of scraps of paper that Kurt Schwitters gathered from the streets. He took suitcases full of scavenged trash and objets trouvés with him when he travelled. In the abstract composition of brown, grey, pink and black angular planes, he attached an illustration of a rose. Another fragment identifies it as a tea rose. Such a bit of reality is a light-hearted counterbalance to the sober abstract composition.

Deze collage is gemaakt van allerlei stukjes papier die Kurt Schwitters overal verzamelde. Op reis sleepte hij koffers vol ervan mee. In de abstracte compositie van bruine, grijze, roze en zwarte vlakken plakte hij een illustratie van een roos. Op een ander fragment is te lezen dat ...

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Title

Tea Rose

Creator

Kurt Schwitters, schilder, painter, beeldhouwer, sculptor, beeldsnijder, b, printmaker, pm, prentmaker, graveur (prenten);
Kurt Schwitters, schilder, painter, beeldhouwer, sculptor, beeldsnijder, b, printmaker, pm, prentmaker, graveur (prenten)

Worktype

collage (visual work); collage

Cultural Context

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Material

papier; paper

Dimensions

height 234 mm x width 182 mm;
hoogte 234 mm x breedte 182 mm

Technique

collage; collage

Language

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Date

1924

Provenance

Gift of Jan Maarten and Pauline Boll-Kruseman in memory of Piet en Carla van Doormaal-Cabos, Amsterdam; Schenking van Jan Maarten en Pauline Boll-Kruseman, ter herinnering aan Piet en Carla van Doormaal-Cabos, Amsterdam

Style Period

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Rights

Public domain

Inscription

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Location

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Subjects

Abstracte, niet-figuratieve kunst; Abstract, Non-representational Art; flowers: rose

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Kurt Schwitters, Tea Rose, 1924, Rijksmuseum. Public domain.

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