Hannah Höch - Hatje Cantz

The table of contents page of a book in German, showing chapter titles and page numbers in a clean, minimalist layout on a white background. The content focuses on the artist Hannah Höch, followed by sections such as Biografie, Literatur, Dank, and Impressum.

A two-page spread from an art book. On the left is a reproduction of a stylized, modernist self-portrait by Hannah Höch from around 1920. The artwork shows a woman's face with a dark bob haircut and intense, almond-shaped eyes on aged, brownish paper. On the right, a page of German text is titled Einführung.

An open book spread featuring a work by German artist Hannah Höch. On the left page is her 1927 watercolor painting, Ohne Titel (Am Strand), which depicts three stylized nude figures on a beach. On the right page is German text with the title Hannah Höch – Unbekannte Raritäten and the author's name, Cornelia Gerner.

A two-page spread from a book, featuring two colored pencil sketches. The sketch on the left depicts a Gothic building with arched windows, overgrown with green and purple foliage, and yellow flowers in the foreground. The sketch on the right shows a group of stylized, elongated human figures in an outdoor setting with trees and clouds.

A two-page spread from a book showing four vintage black-and-white photographs on the left and a block of German text on the right. The photos depict people at a beach in 1925: a topless woman in a sun hat, a nude person on rocks, two people in swimsuits walking ashore, and a man with a robe over his shoulders.

A two-page spread from an art book, displaying two different drawings with German captions. On the left is a black ink line sketch of a childbirth scene. On the right is a larger, somber charcoal portrait of a person with their head bowed in an expression of grief or sorrow.

A two-page spread from an art book. The left page displays a black and white ink sketch of a stylized couple and a child from 1960. The right page shows a colorful 1922 oil painting in a cubist style, depicting a mother in warm red and orange tones holding her baby, with a dark, angular male figure and a yellow star in the background. Both pages have German text and captions.

A black-and-white two-page spread from a book, pages 40 and 41, with German text. On the left page, a high-angle photograph from 1928 shows two women, Hannah Höch and Til Brugman, with their cat Ninn on a sunny, plant-filled wooden balcony. On the right, a 1930 photograph shows the two women and the cat sitting outdoors next to a brick building and a chain-link fence.

An open book showing an expressive painting on the left page of a girl with a cat. The girl has a pale, round face, large dark eyes, and short brown hair. A small, stylized cat is perched on her shoulder. The background is a mottled mix of yellow and beige. The right page of the book contains German text.

A two-page spread from a book. The left page features Hannah Höch's 1919 Dada collage, Dada Rundschau, a chaotic photomontage of cut-out human figures and German text from newspapers. The right page displays an essay in German about the artist and her work by Ralf Burmeister.

A two-page book spread. On the left is a reproduction of a 1924 page from the German magazine Die Dame, showing illustrations of handmade fashion accessories. On the right is a page of text about Textile Ästhetik im Werk von Hannah Höch.

An open book with German text on the left page and a full-page color photograph on the right. The photo shows a rustic, single-story house with a red-tiled roof, almost completely covered in lush green vines. In the foreground, a vibrant garden bed is filled with pink and white flowers, and a small table with chairs sits on a patio near the open doorway.

A two-page spread from an art catalog in German. The left page shows 16 small, numbered images of drawings and paintings, mostly landscapes and some abstract works. The right page features corresponding descriptive text for each piece, under the heading Collage, Aquarell, Zeichnung.

A two-page catalog spread with a cream-colored background, titled Kunsthandwerk, Varia in red text. The left page displays five numbered objects: a light blue egg, several small pencil stubs, a worn wooden drawing board, a large black art case with a handle, and a pair of vintage wooden skis and poles. The right page lists the corresponding descriptions for each object in German.

A two-page spread from a book in German. The left page features a timeline of events from 1949 to 1972. The right page displays five numbered, black-and-white photographs of the artist Hannah Höch at various points in her life, including at the 1920 Dada Fair, sitting on a log outdoors, with her partner Til Brugman, and as an older woman in her studio. Captions are printed below the images.

Hannah Höch

Unbekannte Raritäten - Die Sammlung im Museum Reinickendorf

€ 28.00

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Edited by: Cornelia Gerner für das Museum Reinickendorf

Graphic Design: Kerstin Riedel

Texts by: Ralf Burmeister, Christine Eissengarthen, Cornelia Gerner, Brigitte und Christoph Pewesin, Helmut Rössner

German

September 2023, 140 Pages, 250 Photos

Hardcover

180mm x 250mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5479-8

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de

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Hannah Höch is primarily known as a Dada artist, having been renowned for her photo collages since the 1910s. This book shows us a different, more private Hannah Höch: landscapes, watercolors, miniatures, memories retold in pictures, as well as portraits and images of plants, all expressing her philosophy of the cycle of birth and death. The collection at Berlin's Museum Reinickendorf, which includes Höch's handicrafts and her own collected rarities, document important areas of her life, while also providing insight into her personal relationships. During the Nazi era, she was vilified as a "cultural Bolshevik" and withdrew from cultural life. A small wooden house on the Heiligensee in north Berlin offered her and her art a refuge during this period of radical isolation. Here, she endured war, starvation, and loneliness but also made a new start after 1945.

Artist and set designer PHILIPP FÜRHOFER (*1982, Augsburg) is known around the world for pieces that use acrylic glass, mirrors, and light to create highly esthetic, yet subtle effects. His artworks are literally multilayered: they are simultaneously painting, sculpture, and light object. Fürhofer's way of playing with multi-dimensional illusions is also evident in the sets he designed for the Bayreuth Festival or the opera houses of Amsterdam, London, and Copenhagen. The artist lives in Berlin.