We’re taking a look back in our archives to a 1984 exhibition of work by German Dada artist Hannah Höch (1889-1978).  As the sole female member of the German Dada group (George Grosz, Raoul Hausmann, Johannes Bader, Richard Huelsenbeck and John Heartfield), Höch was an early pioneer of photomontage, the format she utilized to voice her criticisms of the Weimar German Government and to champion women’s rights.

Following the rise of the Nazi regime, Höch’s work lost acclaim and during the war she retreated to obscurity.

Nevertheless, Höch continued to make work and exhibit internationally until her death in 1978, and in 1997, The Museum of Modern Art held a retrospective of her work.

To see more works by Hannah Höch, please visit our website.

IMAGE: Zweigesichtig, circa 1928, collage, 4 ½ x 6 ½ in. (11.43 x 16.51 cm), Private collection