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With collages of densely interwoven scraps of paper gleaned from daily life, Schwitters produced dynamic compositions in which the interaction of the materials becomes a kind of dance. Notice here the way the color red "dances" among the subdued tones of white, gray, and ochre.
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Document identity
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138684
label
Little Dance
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drawing
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138684
contentType
drawing
title
Little Dance
description
With collages of densely interwoven scraps of paper gleaned from daily life, Schwitters produced dynamic compositions in which the interaction of the materials becomes a kind of dance. Notice here the way the color red "dances" among the subdued tones of white, gray, and ochre.
date
1920
citation
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CC0
language
en
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Q80034792
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13218
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
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.)
cul
Germany, 20th century
accession
1963.1
Source extras
tec
collage
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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
supportMaterials
description
paper?, laid down on cardboard
collection
DR - German
inscriptions
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
citations
citation
Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
page_number
no. 61, p. 119, color repr. p. 63.
citation
Henning, Edward B. “In Pursuit of: Content.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 50, no. 8 (October 1963): 219–239.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 224-225, fig. 1
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History & Education, CMA, 1969.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 4
citation
Henning, Edward B. “An Important Sculpture by John Chamberlain.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 8 (October 1973): 242–246.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: 243-244, fig. 4
citation
Henning, Edward B. <em>The Spirit of Surrealism</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1979.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 20-21, 196; Reproduced: p. 21, no. 11
citation
Henning, Edward B. “Two New Cubist Paintings by Juan Gris and Pablo Picasso.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 68, no. 2 (February 1981): 39–50.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 41-43, fig. 12
creditline
Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
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2026-05-29 07:06:20.127000
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138684
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