Material relating to Kurt Schwitters compiled by his English companion, Mrs Edith ‘Wantee’ Thomas mostly after the artist’s death in 1948
1948–91
Available online are various items selected from the Kurt Schwitters collection featuring writings, correspondence and photographs, particularly relating to Schwitters' relationship with Edith Thomas, and the court case between Edith and Kurt Schwitters' son, Ernst, regarding the division of Schwitters' works following his death. Items from this collection also available online are: private view cards and exhibition catalogues relating to exhibitions featuring Schwitters' work; photographs of Schwitters, and his family and friends; and photographs of his works and locations he visited.
Further details on this collection are available on the archive catalogue.
- Collection Owner
- Kurt Schwitters 1887–1948
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
- Reference
- TGA 9510
139 objects in this collection
- Title
- Material relating to Kurt Schwitters compiled by his English companion, Mrs Edith ‘Wantee’ Thomas mostly after the artist’s death in 1948
- Date
- 1948–91
- Description
- Available online are various items selected from the Kurt Schwitters collection featuring writings, correspondence and photographs, particularly relating to Schwitters' relationship with Edith Thomas, and the court case between Edith and Kurt Schwitters' son, Ernst, regarding the division of Schwitters' works following his death. Items from this collection also available online are: private view cards and exhibition catalogues relating to exhibitions featuring Schwitters' work; photographs of Schwitters, and his family and friends; and photographs of his works and locations he visited.
Further details on this collection are available on the archive catalogue. - Reference
- TGA 9510
Showing 1–20 of 139 objects
Edith “Wanty” Thomas, recipient: Quarto Typescript of Edith Thomas’s account of her relationship with Schwitters
date not known
Edith “Wanty” Thomas Edith Thomas’s account of a visit to Jankel Adler
date not known
Kurt Schwitters, Crawley and de Reya Solicitors (London, UK) Schwitters’ last will and testament with related legal document
15 November 1947–17 October 1958
Unknown person(s) Lease between Harry Pierce and Kurt Schwitters
date not known
Kurt Schwitters, recipient: Ernst Schwitters English translation of a letter from Kurt Schwitters to his son, Ernst
22 November 1948
Ernst Schwitters, recipient: Edith “Wanty” Thomas Letter from Ernst Schwitters to Edith Thomas (‘Wanty’)
9 December 1947
Ernst Schwitters, recipient: Kurt Schwitters Letter from Ernst Schwitters to his father, Kurt Schwitters
10 December 1947
Ernst Schwitters, recipients: Kurt Schwitters, Edith “Wanty” Thomas Letter from Ernst Schwitters to his father, Kurt Schwitters and Edith Thomas (Wanty)
19 December 1947
Collection owner: Kurt Schwitters Receipt and letters between Midland Bank, Geo. Gatey & Son and Edith Thomas
21–23 January 1948
George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK), recipient: Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA) Letter sent from Geo. Gatey & Son to the Museum of Modern Art
27 January 1948
Margaret Miller, recipient: Edith “Wanty” Thomas Letter from Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art to Edith Thomas about Schwitters’ funeral expenses
28 January 1948
Kate Steinitz, recipient: Edith “Wanty” Thomas Letter to Edith Thomas (‘Wantee’) from Kate [Steinitz]
29 January 1948
Unknown person(s) Letter from Edith Thomas (‘Wantee’) to Margaret Miller, concerning Kurt Schwitters’ funeral and costs
date not known
Edith “Wanty” Thomas, recipient: Ernst Schwitters Letter to Ernst Schwitters from Edith Thomas
1 February 1948
Ernst Schwitters, recipient: Edith “Wanty” Thomas Letter to Edith Thomas (‘Wanty’) from Ernst Schwitters
7 February 1948
Margaret Miller, Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA), recipient: George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK) Letter to Geo. Gatey & Son solicitors from Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art
25 February 1948
Ione Ulrich, Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA), recipient: George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK) Letter to George Gatey at Geo. Gatey & Son solicitors from Ione Ulrich at the Museum of Modern Art
25 February 1948
George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK), recipient: Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA) Letter from Geo. Gatey & Son solicitors to Margaret Miller
3 March 1948
George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK) Letters from Geo. Gatey & Son solicitors to the Museum of Modern Art and Edith Thomas about the payment of a banker’s draft
3 March 1948