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The Nazis Called Kurt Schwitters a ‘Degenerate’ Artist. His ‘Merzbau’ Was a Living Work of Art.

LOST MASTERPIECES

Kurt Schwitters’ Merzbau was the embodiment of his artistic philosophy, a living sculpture in Hanover, Germany, that was eventually destroyed in a World War II Allied bombing raid.

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