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Titlepage of the Magazine <i>Merz</i>, Issue 8/9 1924, Title designer El Lissitzky. The Merz Magazine was one of the premiere publications of the Dada Movement and edited by <div class="commons-creator vcard">
<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r728533443"><table class="commons-creator-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" lang="en"><tbody><tr><th colspan="4"><span class="fn" id="creator"><bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Kurt_Schwitters" class="extiw" title="w:en:Kurt Schwitters"><span title="German artist (1887-1948)">Kurt Schwitters</span></a>
</bdi></span> (1887–1948) <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Creator:Kurt_Schwitters" title="Creator:Kurt Schwitters"><img alt="Blue pencil.svg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Blue_pencil.svg/15px-Blue_pencil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Blue_pencil.svg/23px-Blue_pencil.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Blue_pencil.svg/30px-Blue_pencil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155158" title="wikidata:Q155158"><img alt="wikidata:Q155158" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/20px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/30px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/40px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="590"></a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/de:Kurt_Schwitters" title="s:de:Kurt Schwitters"><img alt="s:de:Kurt Schwitters" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/15px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/23px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/30px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430"></a> <a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/en:Kurt_Schwitters" title="q:en:Kurt Schwitters"><img alt="q:en:Kurt Schwitters" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/15px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="18" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/23px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/30px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="355"></a> <div class="mw-collapsible-toggle mw-collapsible-toggle-collapsed"><span class="mw-collapsible-arrowtoggle"> </span></div></th>
</tr><tr><td rowspan="7" style="width:120px" id="fileinfotpl_creator_image"><span class="wpImageAnnotatorControl wpImageAnnotatorOff"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kurt_Schwitters.JPG" class="image"><img alt="Kurt Schwitters" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kurt_Schwitters.JPG/120px-Kurt_Schwitters.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="172" class="photo" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kurt_Schwitters.JPG/180px-Kurt_Schwitters.JPG 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kurt_Schwitters.JPG/240px-Kurt_Schwitters.JPG 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="367"></a></span></td>
</tr><tr><th scope="row">Alternative names</th>
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Curt Hermann Eduard Carl Julius Schwitters</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Description</th>
<td colspan="2" class="fullwidth" id="fileinfotpl_creator_desc_value">German sculptor, painter, collage artist and poet</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Date of birth/death</th>
<td class="halfwidth" id="fileinfotpl_creator_birthdate_value">
20 June 1887 <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155158#P569" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" style="vertical-align: text-top" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a></td><td class="halfwidth" id="fileinfotpl_creator_deathdate_value">
8 January 1948 <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155158#P570" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" style="vertical-align: text-top" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Location of birth/death</th>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Hanover" class="extiw" title="w:en:Hanover"><span title="capital city of the German federated state of Lower Saxony">Hanover</span></a></td><td class="halfwidth" id="fileinfotpl_creator_deathloc_value">
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Kendal" class="extiw" title="w:en:Kendal"><span title="town and civil parish in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England">Kendal</span></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Work location</th>
<td colspan="2" class="fullwidth" id="fileinfotpl_creator_work-location"><div class="locality">
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Hanover" class="extiw" title="w:en:Hanover"><span title="capital city of the German federated state of Lower Saxony">Hanover</span></a>
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<pre>(1908), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Dresden" class="extiw" title="w:en:Dresden"><span title="capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany">Dresden</span></a> (1909-1914), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Hanover" class="extiw" title="w:en:Hanover"><span title="capital city of the German federated state of Lower Saxony">Hanover</span></a>
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 (1915-1937), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Prague" class="extiw" title="w:en:Prague"><span title="capital and largest city of the Czech Republic">Prague</span></a> (1921), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Netherlands" class="extiw" title="w:en:Netherlands"><span title="country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean">Netherlands</span></a> (1923), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Drachten" class="extiw" title="w:en:Drachten"><span title="town in Friesland, the Netherlands">Drachten</span></a> (1923), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Kijkduin" class="extiw" title="w:en:Kijkduin"><span title="neighbourhood in The Hague, Netherlands">Kijkduin</span></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:France" class="extiw" title="w:en:France"><span title="country in Western Europe">France</span></a> (1927), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Italy" class="extiw" title="w:en:Italy"><span title="country in Southern Europe">Italy</span></a> (1928), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Norway" class="extiw" title="w:en:Norway"><span title="country in northern Europe">Norway</span></a> (1928), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Lysaker" class="extiw" title="w:en:Lysaker"><span title="area of Bærum municipality, greater Oslo, Norway">Lysaker</span></a> (1937-1940), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:United_Kingdom" class="extiw" title="w:en:United Kingdom"><span title="country in north-west Europe">United Kingdom</span></a> (1940-1941), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:London" class="extiw" title="w:en:London"><span title="capital and largest city of the United Kingdom">London</span></a> (1941-1945), Ambleside (1945-1948)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Authority_file" class="extiw" title="w:en:Authority file"><span title="collection of authority records, where each record picks preferred heading, alternative heading and other information, used for bibliographic information">Authority file</span></a></th>
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<ul><li><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155158" title="wikidata:Q155158"><img alt="wikidata:Q155158" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/20px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/30px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/40px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="590"></a>: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155158" class="extiw" title="d:Q155158">Q155158</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Virtual_International_Authority_File" class="extiw" title="w:en:Virtual International Authority File">VIAF</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/27071479/">27071479</a></span></span></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:International_Standard_Name_Identifier" class="extiw" title="w:en:International Standard Name Identifier">ISNI</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://isni.oclc.org/xslt/DB=1.2/CMD?ACT=SRCH&amp;IKT=8006&amp;TRM=ISN%3A0000000121251499">0000 0001 2125 1499</a></span></span></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Union_List_of_Artist_Names" class="extiw" title="w:en:Union List of Artist Names">ULAN</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&amp;role=&amp;nation=&amp;subjectid=500026542">500026542</a></span></span></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:LCCN_(identifier)" class="extiw" title="w:en:LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n50003922">n50003922</a></span></span></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:National_Library_of_Australia" class="extiw" title="w:en:National Library of Australia">NLA</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/search/display?dbid=auth&amp;id=35484943">35484943</a></span></span></li>
<li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50003922">WorldCat</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<div style="display: none;">creator QS:P170,Q155158</div></div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:El_Lissitzky" class="extiw" title="w:en:El Lissitzky"><span title="Soviet artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer and architect (1890–1941)">El Lissitzky</span></a>
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1924<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1924-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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