This print displays a complex arrangement of letters and words overlapping with one another. The page is covered with lines of black text in different fonts and sizes, different chunks facing different directions. There are also small black illustrations, such as pointing hands, arrows, and a small deer. Overlapping with these black words and images, the word "DADA" has been printed in thick letters with bright red ink several times on the off-white page.”
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Kleine Dada Soirée (Small Dada Evening)

Theo van Doesburg (Dutch, 1883 - 1931)

and artist Kurt Schwitters (German, 1887 - 1948)

1922

Medium
lithographic poster/program, printed in red and black on wove paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
sheet: 30.16 x 30.16 cm (11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Culture
German
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Gift of the Collectors Committee
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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