Little Dance
Kurt Schwitters · 1920 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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With collages of densely interwoven scraps of paper gleaned from daily life, Schwitters produced dynamic compositions in which the interaction of the materials becomes a kind of dance. Notice here the way the color red "dances" among the subdued tones of white, gray, and ochre.
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- Maker
- Kurt Schwitters (German, 1887–1948)
- Date
- 1920
- Medium
- collage
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 13.1 x 10.4 cm (5 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.); Mounted: 23 x 17 cm (9 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- Germany
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
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