Artist Monograph

Hannah Höch, German

German, 1889–1978

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Printmaking	4	33.3%
Watercolor	3	25%
Gouache	2	16.7%
Woodcut	1	8.3%
Other Media	1	8.3%
Oil Painting	1	8.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	10	83.3%
Architecture & Design	2	16.7%

Production by Decade

1

1910s

6

1920s

1

1930s

2

1940s

1

1950s

1

1960s

Classification Types

Drawing — 9
Design — 2
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	50%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	50%

Range: 14.6 cm → 69.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1949	1
1963	3
1964	1
1967	1
1978	1
1985	2
2015	1
2018	2

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
The Prophet Matthew (Der Prophet Matthäus) plate from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 1, no. 4 Print Acc. 659.1949	1917	Woodcut	composition: 8 15/16 x 6 1/2" (22.7 x 16.5 cm); page: 11 1/16 x 8 7/16" (28.1 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Cover for NG: Publication of the November Group (Veröffentlichung der Novembergruppe), vol. 1 Design Acc. 597.2018	1921	Relief print	11 7/8 × 17 5/8" (30.2 × 44.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Jack Shear, the Patricia Bonfield Endowed Acquisition Fund for the Design Collection, Daniel and Jane Och, The Orentreich Family Foundation, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, The Modern Women's Fund; and by exchange: Gift of Jean Dubuffet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, and the Richard S. Zeisler Bequest
Study for Man and Machine (Skizze zu Mensch und Maschine) Drawing Acc. 102.1978	1921	Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper	11 3/8 x 9 1/2" (29.0 x 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Untitled Drawing Acc. 898.1983	1922-23	Crayon on paper	16 x 20" (40.6 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Untitled (Dada) Drawing Acc. 439.2018	c. 1922	Cut-and-pasted printed and colored paper on board	9 3/4 × 13" (24.8 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Jack Shear, the Patricia Bonfield Endowed Acquisition Fund for the Design Collection, Daniel and Jane Och, The Orentreich Family Foundation, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, The Modern Women's Fund; and by exchange: Gift of Jean Dubuffet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, and the Richard S. Zeisler Bequest
Collage II (On Filet Ground) (Collage II [Auf Filetgrund]) Drawing Acc. 3.1963	c. 1925	Cut-and-pasted printed and painted paper on printed paper	9 3/4 x 7 5/8" (24.5 x 19.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and of Rose Fried
Watched Drawing Acc. 2634.1967	1925	Cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper	10 1/8 x 6 3/4" (25.7 x 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joseph G. Mayer Foundation Fund in honor of René d'Harnoncourt
Indian Dancer: From an Ethnographic Museum (Indische Tänzerin: Aus einem ethnographischen Museum) Drawing Acc. 569.1964	1930	Cut-and-pasted printed paper and metallic foil on paper	10 1/8 x 8 7/8" (25.7 x 22.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Frances Keech Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 899.1983	1943	Gouache on paper	27 1/2 x 19 3/4" (69.9 x 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Untitled Drawing Acc. 4.1963	1945	Cut-and-pasted printed paper and watercolor on paper	13 1/2 x 12 1/8" (34.0 x 30.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and of Rose Fried
With Seaweed Drawing Acc. 5.1963	1950	Cut-and-pasted papers, torn papers, and gouache on paper	13 5/8 x 9 7/8" (34.6 x 25.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and of Rose Fried
Postcard to the artist's sister at the Goethe Institute Murnau Design Acc. 1216.2015	1964	Ink on watercolor on paper	4 × 5 3/4" (10.2 × 14.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds