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  • Material relating to Kurt Schwitters compiled by his English companion, Mrs Edith ‘Wantee’ Thomas mostly after the artist’s death in 1948
  • Correspondence and documents relating to the Ernst Schwitters v Edith Thomas court case, 1963
  • Correspondence and documents, numbered sequentially, from various correspondents relating to Kurt Schwitters and his works
  • Invoice from the Museum of Modern Art for Schwitters’, ‘Paper Clouds’ collage

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Invoice from the Museum of Modern Art for Schwitters’, ‘Paper Clouds’ collage

31 January 1949

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Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA)
Title
Invoice from the Museum of Modern Art for Schwitters’, ‘Paper Clouds’ collage
Date
31 January 1949
Description
Collage was bought by the museum from Schwitters' estate.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
Reference
TGA 9510/3/1/32
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Archive context

  • Material relating to Kurt Schwitters compiled by his English companion, Mrs Edith ‘Wantee’ Thomas mostly after the artist’s death in 1948 TGA 9510 (139)
    • Correspondence and documents relating to the Ernst Schwitters v Edith Thomas court case, 1963 TGA 9510/3 (100)
      • Correspondence and documents, numbered sequentially, from various correspondents relating to Kurt Schwitters and his works TGA 9510/3/1 (68)
        • Invoice from the Museum of Modern Art for Schwitters’, ‘Paper Clouds’ collage TGA 9510/3/1/32
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