The fragment reframed : Kurt Schwitters's Merz-column

Author

Dietrich, Dorothea

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Assemblage. 1991, Num. 14, 82-92, 11 ill.

ISSN

0889-3012

Abstract (en)

Analysis of Schwitter's Merz-column (ca.1923) part of his larger Merzbau environment. Deals with his use of the collage method, the column as theme, the role of the fragment, autobiographical elements, and the debate over tradition and modernity/civilization and culture as reflected in the work.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Sculpture -- Germany
• Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948
• Sculpture
• Germany
• 1900-2000
• Collage
• Iconography
• Society
• Columns
• Merzsäule

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Sculpture -- Allemagne
• Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948
• Sculpture
• Allemagne
• 1900-2000
• Collage
• Iconographie
• Société
• Colonne
• Merzsäule

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00419603

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