This tiny work, listed as no. 1515a in the Schwitters Catalogue Raisonné, exemplifies Schwitters' highly individual way of working, fusing his interest in the avant garde group Dada - which saw the modern world as meaningless - with a collage technique. It was acquired directly from the family of the sculptor Elsa Fraenkel in June 2019 and provides a fascinating link between these two refugees from Nazism, whose earlier friendship was rekindled in England. The inclusion of the word 'Paris' references Schwitters' visit to Paris in 1927, as well as Fraenkel's own trips there in the 1920s.