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HANNAH HÖCH (1889-1978)
Der schöne Po
signed with initials 'H.H.' (lower right) and with the Nachlass stamp (on the artist's mount); signed, dated and inscribed 'Der schöne Po Höch 1958' (on the reverse)
photomontage on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 14 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. (35.9 x 26 cm.)
artist's mount: 19 5/8 x 15 7/8 in. (49.8 x 40 cm.)
Executed in 1958
Provenance
The artist's estate, and thence by descent.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Exhibited
Minneapolis, Walker Art Centre, The Photomontages of Hannah Höch October 1996 - February 1997, no. 93, p. 169 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to New York, The Museum of Modern Art, February - May 1997; and Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, June - September 1997.
London, Whitechapel Gallery, Hannah Höch January - March 2014 (illustrated p. 221).
Mannheim, Kunsthalle, Hannah Höch Revolutionärin der Kunst. Das Werk nach 1945, April - August 2016, K117, p. 231 (illustrated p. 158); this exhibition later travelled to Mülheim, September 2016 - January 2017.
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Dr. Ralf Burmeister has confirmed the authenticity of this work.