Lot 152
  • 152

Hannah Höch

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 EUR
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Description

  • Hannah Höch
  • ...und Schatten (...and Shadows)
  • monogramed H.H. (lower left); titled ...und Schatten and inscribed Zähne / 13,8 x 18,1 / 20er Jahre (on the reverse)
  • collage on cardboard
  • 23.8 x 17.8 cm; 9 3/8 x 7 in.

Provenance

Grete König (sister of the artist)
The Weston Gallery, Inc., Carmel, California
Fischer Fine Art, London
Private collection (acquired from the above in 1983 and sold: Christie's, New York, November 19, 1998, lot 552)
Acquired at the above sale by Dr. Arthur Brandt

Exhibited

Boone, Turchin Center for the Arts, The Omnipotent Dream: Man Ray, Confluences and Influences, 2003, illustrated in the catalogue p. 31, listed p. 35
Ithaca, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, A Private Eye: Dada, Surrealism and More from the Brandt Collection, 2006, illustrated in the catalogue p. 56

Condition

Collage on board with is affixed to the mount at each corner with transparent corners. All collage elements are intact and stable. All corners are slightly scuffed, in particular the upper right corner. There is a thin superficial scratch to the lower right quadrant (approx. 3.5 cm long) and another small thin surface scratch towards the upper part of the left edge. There are some scattered dots of fowing. Otherwise this work is in overall very good condition.
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