Schwitters made his collages from scraps of paper and other discarded items. He was inspired by Cubist collage and by his association with the Dada movement, with its embrace of the irrational and absurd in response to the atrocities of World War I. Schwitters's collages made after 1922 often display a rectilinear organization reflecting his ties to Russian Constructivism through his friendship with El Lissitzky.

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Geo/Metric: Prints and Drawings from the Collection, June 11–August 18, 2008.

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Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin and New York. By 1936

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Galerie Nierendorf, 1936

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Medium Cut-and-pasted colored paper and printed paper on printed paper with cardstock border
Dimensions 14 1/2 x 11 5/8" (36.8 x 29.5 cm)
Credit Purchase
Object number 96.1936
Department Drawings and Prints

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