Merz 6: "On"

Inscription: Signed and dated (on secondary support, lower center, under collage, in pen and ink): Kurt Schwitters 1947 / MZ x 6 / on

[Pinacotheca, New York, from 1947; commissioned from the artist]; William S. Lieberman, New York (1963–d. 2005; his bequest to MMA)

New York. Galerie Chalette. "Kurt Schwitters," October–November 1963, no. 48 (as "ON—Merz x 6," lent by Mr. William S. Lieberman).

Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Kurt Schwitters: Works in the Museum Collections," July 31–September 10, 1972, no. 32a (lent as promised gift of an anonymous donor).

Baltimore Museum of Art. "Kurt Schwitters," October 31–December 10, 1972, no. 32a.

Tacoma Art Museum. "Kurt Schwitters," January 5–February 11, 1973, no. 32a.

Athens. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia. "Kurt Schwitters," March 9–April 22, 1973, no. 32a.

Champaign. Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois. "Kurt Schwitters," September 23–November 4, 1973, no. 32a.

Cambridge. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Kurt Schwitters," November 19–December 30, 1973, no. 32a.

New York. Helen Serger / La Boetie, Inc. "Kurt Schwitters: Words and Works, Art and Publications," March 20–May 1985, no. 29 (as "Mz x 6 on [Merzzeichnung x 6]," Courtesy The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Anonymous Extended Loan [E.L.72.723]).

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Prismatic Eye: Collages by Anne Ryan, 1948-54," June 4–September 6, 2010, no catalogue.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "XS," December 6, 2011–April 15, 2012, no catalogue.

Karin Orchard and Isabel Schulz, ed. Kurt Schwitters Catalogue Raisonné. Vol. 3, 1937–1948. Ostfildern-Ruit, 2006, pp. 590, 775, 781, no. 3438, ill.