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 The remarkable journey of Schwitters' Merzbarn
1965: Moving a wall from Elterwater in the Lake District to the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle

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Elterwater


Maps


Newcastle


WHY

Cylinders


Merzen

Merzbau

HOW

Wall

Kurt Schwitters

 

In 2008 we investigated the tales behind these two locations and we pieced together and retraced the original route taken  by the wall all those years ago.
Recently we were surprised by an additional “third location” in London, which completes our story in a promising way….

Myra de Vries and Robert van Bijlert.
Translation: Karen Whitburn. Website: Nico Hemelaar

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Special thanks