Ernst Schwitters, recipient: Edith “Wanty” Thomas

Letter from Ernst Schwitters to Edith Thomas (‘Wanty’) regarding the sale, preservation and inheritance of Kurt Schwitters’ work

Created by: Ernst Schwitters 1918–1996
Recipient: Edith “Wanty” Thomas 1915–1991
Title: Letter from Ernst Schwitters to Edith Thomas (‘Wanty’) regarding the sale, preservation and inheritance of Kurt Schwitters’ work
Date: 12 February 1949
Description: Letter expresses Ernst Schwitters' unease at the way his father's work has been split between himself and Edith Thomas and at her wish to give one his father's pictures to Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
Reference: TGA 9510/3/3/16

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