Poisoned Abstraction: Kurt Schwitters between Revolution and Exile

A definitive resource, full of fresh insights and new revelations, on one of the most influential interwar artists

This richly illustrated book offers a definitive new assessment of the oeuvre of Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948), a central figure of the interwar European avant-garde. Active as an artist, designer, publisher, performer, critic, poet, and playwright, Schwitters is best known for intimately scaled, materially rich collages and assemblages made from found objects—often refuse—that...