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KURT SCHWITTERS (AT THE PASADENA ART MUSEUM JUNE 19 TO JULY 20, 1962)
(SCHWITTERS, KURT). Hopps, Walter & Kate T. Steinitz. Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1962. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. np (24pp), 10 b&w and 1 tipped color illustration + b&w covers. Designed by Robert Ellis. With an exhibition checklist and chronology. This is the slender, charming twenty-four page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1962 traveling exhibition of eighty-seven works by the renowned Dada and collage pioneer Kurt Schwitters that was circulated by the forward-thinking Pasadena Art Museum under the direction of Walter Hopps. Wittily designed with a Merz-like bent, it features a striking 20 ¼ x 16" poster for the show that has been neatly folded in quarters to form the front and back covers, and brief essays by Hopps on Schwitters and his friend, colleague and collaborator Kate Steinitz who then lived in Los Angeles; and from whose collection much of the exhibition was drawn. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing a slight dent through the upper foredge corner along with some light wear, soiling, and patination along the spine and bottom edge of its white wrappers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025820