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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTION
HANNAH HÖCH (1889-1978)
Konstruktion mit Verdi
Details
HANNAH HÖCH (1889-1978)
Konstruktion mit Verdi
signed with the artist’s initials ‘H.H.’ (lower right); signed again with the artist’s initials and inscribed ‘H.H. Konstruktion mit Verdi.’ (on the artist’s mount)
photomontage laid down on the artist’s mount
sheet: 7 1⁄8 x 5 7⁄8 in. (18.2 x 15 cm.)
artist’s mount: 11 3⁄8 x 10 in. (28.8 x 25.4 cm.)
Executed in 1948
Konstruktion mit Verdi
signed with the artist’s initials ‘H.H.’ (lower right); signed again with the artist’s initials and inscribed ‘H.H. Konstruktion mit Verdi.’ (on the artist’s mount)
photomontage laid down on the artist’s mount
sheet: 7 1⁄8 x 5 7⁄8 in. (18.2 x 15 cm.)
artist’s mount: 11 3⁄8 x 10 in. (28.8 x 25.4 cm.)
Executed in 1948
Provenance
The artist's estate, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Exhibited
Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Skripturale Malerei, September - November 1962.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Schrift und Bild, May - June 1963, no. 151, p. XXV (illustrated p. 78); this exhibition later travelled to Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, June - August 1963.
Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Hannah Höch, Collagen aus den Jahren 1916-1971, May - July 1971, no. 89, p. 78 (illustrated p. 43).
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, Hannah Höch, Collages, Peintures, Aquarelles, Gouaches, Dessins, January - March 1976, no. 128, p. 88.
New York, Goethe House, Berlin Now, Contemporary Art: Hannah Höch, Collages and Photomontages, March - April 1977, no. 21, p. 30/30A.
Backnang, Kunstverein, Hannah Höch zum 100-jahrigen Bestehen, November - December 1984.
Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Vom Klang der Bilder: Die Musik in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, July - September 1985, no. 226, p. 143 (illustrated).
Schopfheim, Museum der Stadt, Hannah Höch: zum 10. Todestag, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Collagen, Gemälde, April - June 1988.
Berlin, Kleine Orangerie am Schloss Charlottenburg, Hannah Höch, Manfred Henninger und Oskar Kreibich, July - September 1988.
Thurgau, Kunstmuseum, Hannah Höch, November 1992 - January 1993; this exhibition later travelled to Ittingen, Kartause.
London, Whitechapel Gallery, Hannah Höch, January - March 2014, no. 195, pp. 194 & 244 (illustrated pl. 195).
Mannheim, Kunsthalle, Hannah Höch: Revolutionärin der Kunst, Das Werk nach 1945, April - August 2016, no. K126, p. 232 (illustrated p. 169); this exhibition later travelled to Mülheim, Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, September 2016 - January 2017.
Bern, Zentrum Paul Klee, Hannah Höch, Assembled Worlds, November 2023 - February 2024, pp. 137 & 179 (illustrated p. 137); this exhibition later travelled to Vienna, Unteres Belvedere, June - October 2024.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Schrift und Bild, May - June 1963, no. 151, p. XXV (illustrated p. 78); this exhibition later travelled to Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, June - August 1963.
Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Hannah Höch, Collagen aus den Jahren 1916-1971, May - July 1971, no. 89, p. 78 (illustrated p. 43).
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, Hannah Höch, Collages, Peintures, Aquarelles, Gouaches, Dessins, January - March 1976, no. 128, p. 88.
New York, Goethe House, Berlin Now, Contemporary Art: Hannah Höch, Collages and Photomontages, March - April 1977, no. 21, p. 30/30A.
Backnang, Kunstverein, Hannah Höch zum 100-jahrigen Bestehen, November - December 1984.
Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Vom Klang der Bilder: Die Musik in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, July - September 1985, no. 226, p. 143 (illustrated).
Schopfheim, Museum der Stadt, Hannah Höch: zum 10. Todestag, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Collagen, Gemälde, April - June 1988.
Berlin, Kleine Orangerie am Schloss Charlottenburg, Hannah Höch, Manfred Henninger und Oskar Kreibich, July - September 1988.
Thurgau, Kunstmuseum, Hannah Höch, November 1992 - January 1993; this exhibition later travelled to Ittingen, Kartause.
London, Whitechapel Gallery, Hannah Höch, January - March 2014, no. 195, pp. 194 & 244 (illustrated pl. 195).
Mannheim, Kunsthalle, Hannah Höch: Revolutionärin der Kunst, Das Werk nach 1945, April - August 2016, no. K126, p. 232 (illustrated p. 169); this exhibition later travelled to Mülheim, Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, September 2016 - January 2017.
Bern, Zentrum Paul Klee, Hannah Höch, Assembled Worlds, November 2023 - February 2024, pp. 137 & 179 (illustrated p. 137); this exhibition later travelled to Vienna, Unteres Belvedere, June - October 2024.
Further details
Dr. Ralf Burmeister has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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