The photomontages of Hannah Höch
By: organized by Maria Makela, Peter Boswell ; essays by Peter Boswell, Maria Makela, Carolyn Lanchner ; chronology by Kristin Makholm.
Contributors: Boswell, Peter.; Makela, Maria.; Lanchner, Carolyn.; Makholm, Kristin.; Walker Art Center.; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.); Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Publisher: Walker Art Center
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Höch, Hannah, -- 1889-1978; Photomontage -- Exhibitions; Photomontage -- Germany -- History -- 20thcentury
Description: A pioneer in the medium of photomontage, Hannah Hoch (1889-1978) was the sole female member of the Berlin Dada movement and continued to produce innovative works well into the 1970s. In the decade and a half since her death, a new generation of scholars has focused its attention on her elegant dissection of the representation of women in the mass media during the Weimar era.

Here, in the first comprehensive survey of her work by an American museum, authors Peter Boswell, Maria Makela, and Carolyn Lanchner survey the full scope of Hoch's half-century of experimentation in photomontage - from her politically charged early works and intimate psychological portraits of the Weimar era to her later forays into surrealism and abstraction.

This beautifully designed catalogue presents more than l00 color plates and offers new insights into the life and career of this extraordinary artist.
Notes: Exhibition organized by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and held Oct. 20, 1996 - Feb. 2, 1997 at the Center, Feb. 26 - May, 20, 1997 at the Museum of Modern Art, NewYork, and June 26 - Sept. 14, 1997 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Includes bibliographical references and index.