Collage Black Yellow and Ear by Kurt Schwitters (1946)

Abstract collage on dark grey ground with torn paper, a photographed ear, ticket fragments and a yellow and black strip.

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Collage Black Yellow and Ear, Kurt Schwitters (1946), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This collage is composed of torn and cut paper fragments mounted on a dark grey ground, including a photographic detail of an ear, a printed ticket with numbers, a fabric scrap, and a yellow and black striped element. The arrangement of irregular shapes creates an abstract composition, and the handwritten inscription below identifies it as Kurt Schwitters' 1946 work titled Collage Black Yellow and Ear.

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Date

1946

Medium

Museum

Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

Themes

Abstract Art