In the Beginning was Merz – from Kurt Schwitters to the Present Day

Illustrated study of the work of Kurt Schwitters, tracing his influence on generations of artists, referencing Merz, the idea of a Gesamtkunstwerk, etc; published to accompany the exhibition ‘In the Beginning was Merz – from Kurt Schwitters to the Present Day’ Sprengel Museum Hannover (as part of the EXPO 2000 cultural program); essays by Ines Katenhusen, Isabel Schulz, and others; profusely illustrated with full-page colour plates, mostly of Schwitters’ work, but also including Nevelson, Hamilton, Cragg, Paolozzi, Hains, Dufrene, Beuys, Roth, Broodthaers, Twombly; illustrated boards, brown paper dustwrapper (printed both sides); Very Good tight and clean throughout; dustwrapper with the lightest sunning top rear, o.w. Very Good; PLEASE NOTE: HEAVY BOOK MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING IF DESTINATION IS OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA..