Authors: Schwitters, Kurt - Rattemeyer, Volker - Helms, Dietrich

Publisher: Museum Wiesbaden, 1990

4° - 262 pp. In german,illustrated throughout. In very good condition. Kurt Schwitters (born June 20 , 1887 , in Hanover ; died January 8, 1948 , in Kendal , Cumbria , England ) was a German artist, painter , poet , installation artist, and graphic designer who, under the pseudonym Merz , developed a Dadaist "total worldview." His work encompasses the styles of Constructivism , Surrealism , and Dadaism , to which it was related only through its contrasting nature. From today's perspective, Schwitters is considered one of the most influential artists of the early 20th century.