Die Kathedrale
Lithographer: Kurt Schwitters
Categories: Bookwork / Image-graphic Books, Letterpress Books, Planographic Print Books, Printmakers' Books
Reference no.:H/NL/Sch.K/1920 Place/Shelf:3DL
| Book title: | Die Kathedrale |
| Published by: | Paul Steegemann Verlag |
| Year made: | 1920 |
| Place made: | Germany |
| Original: | Yes |
| Dimensions: | 145 x 240 |
| Physical description: | stapled pamphlet |
| Medium: | graphics, text |
| Further information: | |
| "In 1918, after serving in World War I, Schwitters began publishing his poetry in the Expressionist journal 'Der Sturm' and associating with the artists surrounding this journal and gallery of the same name. The title of Schwitters's book, 'Die Kathedrale', reflects the Expressionists' embrace of the Gothic cathedral as an emblem of unification in the arts. The white square of paper on the cover, part of a wraparound seal added by Schwitters, declares, "Beware: Anti-Dada." At this point, the Dadaists were antagonistic toward Schwitters, whom they considered bourgeois and not sufficiently political." (from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) website) | |
| Lithographer: | Kurt Schwitters () |
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