76/ 293 [Dada]. Schwitters, K. Merz 20. Kurt Schwitters Katalog. Hannover, Merz-Verlag, 1927, 4 lvs. (numb. 98-105), 6 ills., typography and orig. wr. by KURT SCHWITTERS.

- Sl. worn; rusty staples; horizontal middle-fold throughout w. tear on the right end.

= Very rare. Rattemeyer/ Helms 44; Bolliger II, 526; III, 192; VI, 792; Schmalenbach, p.54, 58, 93, 94 and 96; Schwarz 91. Contains i.a. list of 150 works (incl. dimensions and prices) by KURT SCHWITTERS (made between 1913-1926), presented on the Grosse Merz-Ausstellung of 1927, which toured in Germany, starting in Wiesbaden. In this issue Schwitters explains most explicitly how he came up with the name MERZ, which was part of an advertisement for the Kommerz- und Privatbank. "Jetzt nenne ich mich selbst MERZ" (p.100, Merz 20). Rattemeyer/ Helms (Schnelle, Werkverzeichnis) 44 (p.144). With on the last page the type-vignet of the Merz Werbezentrale (1926-1927, Schnelle 41), only used on his letterheads, an advertisement and on this issue of Merz. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIII.