merz

• Kurt Schwitters produced twenty-five issues of Merz between 1923 and 1932. This journal reflects Schwitters's negotiation of dada and Constructivism and his determination to develop and disseminate his single-member movement, 'Merz'. Although the only images in Merz by Dadaists are two drawings by Hannah Höch and Francis Picabia, the texts in the first two years of the publication feature many contributions from Dadaists and Dada enthusiasts. The primary descriptions of the Dada movement are an interview with Tristan Tzara and a two-part essay, 'Dadaism', by I.K. Bonset, pseudonym of Theo van Doesburg [...]
• TEXT CREDITS
  Emily Hage, 'Merz', in The Dada Reader. A Critical Anthology / edited by Dawn Ades (Tate Publishing : London 2006) 286]

• DESCRIPTION
  • N° 1 (January 1923) - N° 24 (1932). 21 numbers (numbered 1-24; nos. 10, 22-23 never published).
  • Edited by Kurt Schwitters. Published by Kurt Schwitters, Hannover.
  • Special Numbers:
    • 1 (January 1923) Holland Dada
    • 2 (April 1923) Nummer i
    • 3 6 Lithos auf den Stein gemerzt
    • 4 (July 1923) Banalitäten
    • 6 (October 1923) Imitatoren watch step! Arp 1: Propaganda und Arp
    • 7 (January 1924) Tapsheft
    • 8/9 (April-July 1924) Nasci
    • 11 Typo Reklame. Pelikan-Nummer
    • 12 Hahnpeter
    • 13 Merz-Grammaphonplatte [sound recording]
    • 14/15 Die Scheuche
    • 16/17 (1925) Die Märchen vom Paradies
    • 18/19 (January-April 1926) Neue Architektur
    • 20 (1927) Kurt Schwitters Katalog
    • 21 (1931) Erstes Veilchenheft
    • 24 Ursonate
    • Issues 10, 22-23 never published. Issue 7-8/9 called also Bd. 2, Nr. 7-8/9.
  • Varying formats.

• FACSIMILES/REPRINTS
• online
  • Digital Dada Library, International Dada Archive: n° 1-2, 4, 6-7, 8/9, 20-21.
• printed
  • No. 18/19 reprinted in Neue Architektur (Herbert Lang & Cie. : s.l. 1975).
  • [anthology] 'Merz', in The Dada Reader. A Critical Anthology / edited by Dawn Ades (Tate Publishing : London 2006) 288-304.

• SECONDARY LITERATURE
• Emily Hage
  'Merz', in The Dada Reader. A Critical Anthology / edited by Dawn Ades (Tate Publishing : London 2006) 286.
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