Lot 150
  • 150

Hannah Höch

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Hannah Höch
  • Über dem Wasser (Over the Water)
  • monogramed H.H. (lower left); dedicated Für Herrn. Rosen, dated Jan 47 and signed Hannah Höch (on the backing board)
  • collage on paper
  • 25.3 x 24.5 cm; 10 x 9 5/8 in.

Provenance

Gerd Rosen, Berlin (acquired directly from the artist in 1947)
Private collection (by descent from the above)
Sale: Christie's, London, October 9, 1997, lot 119
Acquired at the above sale by Dr. Arthur Brandt

Exhibited

Berlin, Galerie Gerd Rosen, Fotomontage, Von Dada bis heute, 1946-47, no. 41, illustrated on the back cover of the catalogue
New York, Ubu Gallery, Kurt Schwitters: Collages, Paintings, Drawings, Objets, Ephemera, 2003
Boone, Turchin Center for the Arts, The Omnipotent Dream: Man Ray, Confluences and Influences, 2003, illustrated in the catalogue p. 32, listed p. 35
Hartford, The Wadsworth Atheneum, Dali, Picasso, and the Surrealist Vision, 2005
Ithaca, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, A Private Eye: Dada, Surrealism and More from the Brandt Collection, 2006, illustrated in the catalogue p. 57

Condition

Collage mounted on paper. Collage elements are stable. There is a flattened crease accross the upper left corner (approx 2 cm long) and another accross the tip of the finger (probably original). There is a diagonal surface scratch (approximately 3 cm long) towards the centre of lower edge. The sheet and the mount are time-stained. This work is in overall good condition.
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