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  • Material relating to Kurt Schwitters compiled by his English companion, Mrs Edith ‘Wantee’ Thomas mostly after the artist’s death in 1948
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  • Correspondence and documents, numbered sequentially, from various correspondents relating to Kurt Schwitters and his works
  • Handwritten letter from Edith Thomas (‘Wantee’) to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, discussing Kurt Schwitters death

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Handwritten letter from Edith Thomas (‘Wantee’) to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, discussing Kurt Schwitters death

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Handwritten letter from Edith Thomas (‘Wantee’) to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, discussing Kurt Schwitters death
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Discusses Ernst Schwitters' trip to the UK to see his Father before he died, use of money from the Museum of Modern Art to pay for Kurt Schwitters' funeral and the future of the barn Schwitters was leasing as a facility for his art work.
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Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
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TGA 9510/3/1/7
Installation art Merz

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  • Material relating to Kurt Schwitters compiled by his English companion, Mrs Edith ‘Wantee’ Thomas mostly after the artist’s death in 1948 TGA 9510 (139)
    • Correspondence and documents relating to the Ernst Schwitters v Edith Thomas court case, 1963 TGA 9510/3 (100)
      • Correspondence and documents, numbered sequentially, from various correspondents relating to Kurt Schwitters and his works TGA 9510/3/1 (68)
        • Handwritten letter from Edith Thomas (‘Wantee’) to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, discussing Kurt Schwitters death TGA 9510/3/1/7
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