DESIGNER UNKNOWN 57 COLLAGES: KURT SCHWITTERS / SIDNEY JANIS GALLERY. 1956.
22 1/2x15 inches, 57x38 cm.
Condition B+ / B: losses and tears at edges; horizontal fold. Paper.
Sidney Janis, as a collector, patron of Modern and Contemporary art and gallery owner, was instrumental in promoting European art and artists to the American public. His scholarly, curated exhibitions covered the whole scope of 20th century art, helping to expose generations of Americans to different styles and ideas. He had two separate exhibitions of collages by Kurt Schwitters, the first in 1956, and again in 1959. This photolithographic poster, printed on an actual page from the New York Times (making each poster for the exhibition slightly different), has become rare. MoMA 876.1979.