Merz
A term invented by Dadaist Kurt Schwitters to describe collage and assemblage works he made from scavenged scrap materials. He took the word Merz from the name Commerz Bank, which appeared on a piece of paper he cut up and included in one of his collages.
Featured Works
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Allgemeines Merz Programm
Kurt Schwitters
1923
Picture with Light Center (Bild mit heller Mitte)
Kurt Schwitters
1919
Merz Picture 32 A. The Cherry Picture (Merzbild 32 A. Das...
Kurt Schwitters
1921
Plate 5 from Merz 3
Kurt Schwitters
1923
Merz 460. Two Underdrawers
Kurt Schwitters
1921
Merz Drawing
Kurt Schwitters
1924
Merz 370. Blue Spark
Kurt Schwitters
1922
Merz 88. Red Stroke
Kurt Schwitters
1920
Merz 39. Russian Picture
Kurt Schwitters
1920
Merz Drawing 83. Drawing F
Kurt Schwitters
1920
Merz 1926 17. Lissitzky
Kurt Schwitters
1926
Merz no. 1: Holland Dada
Kurt Schwitters
1923
Mz 442
Kurt Schwitters
1922
Merz 3
Kurt Schwitters
1923
Mz 26, 48. Berlin
Kurt Schwitters
1926
Merz no. 7
Kurt Schwitters
1924
Merz no. 2: Number i (Nummer i)
Kurt Schwitters
1923
Plate 3 from Merz 3
Kurt Schwitters
1923
Merz subscription card
Kurt Schwitters
1923
Merz no. 20: Catalogue the Great Merz Exhibition (Katalog...
Kurt Schwitters
1927
Plate 3 from Merz 3
Kurt Schwitters
1923
Merzmatinee
Kurt Schwitters
1923
Plate 4 from Merz 3
Kurt Schwitters
1923
Merz 2: Ich bin der Künstler von i
Kurt Schwitters
1923
Mz 379. Potsdamer
Kurt Schwitters
1922
Plate 1 from Merz 3
Kurt Schwitters
1923
Untitled (V 2)
Kurt Schwitters
1928
One One (Eins Eins)
Kurt Schwitters
1919–20
Merz no. 2: Number i (Nummer i)
Kurt Schwitters
1923
Plate 2 from Merz 3
Kurt Schwitters
1923
Plate 6 from Merz 3
Kurt Schwitters
1923