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Sonnenaufgang

Print
1915-18 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Linocut with hand colouring entitled 'Sonnenaufgang'. Inscribed in pencil then erased 'Hoch 1915-18', and on the back with notes in German. Stamped on the back of the support sheet with the artist's full name.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSonnenaufgang (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Linocut with hand colouring
Brief description
Linocut with hand colouring by Hannah Hoch entitled 'Sonnenaufgang' [Sunrise]. Germany, ca. 1915-8.
Physical description
Linocut with hand colouring entitled 'Sonnenaufgang'. Inscribed in pencil then erased 'Hoch 1915-18', and on the back with notes in German. Stamped on the back of the support sheet with the artist's full name.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.8cm
  • Sheet width: 18cm
  • Printed surface diameter: 11.9cm
Dimensions taken from PDP catalogue
Marks and inscriptions
  • 4 andere u. dieses Blatt waren in Lodz 1976
    Translation
    4 other prints and this one were [exhibited] in Lodz 1976
  • Hannah Hoch Rossner [?] Hoch Sammlung Nachlass (Stamped on the back)
    Translation
    Estate of Hannah/Rossner Hoch
  • Nat. Gal. Ausst 1976 gewesen (Pencil on reverse)
    Translation
    National Gallery were exhibited 1976
Bibliographic reference
German bisexual artist Hannah Höch is best known for her photomontages. She assembled images, often taken from popular magazines, into commentaries on gender and politics, frequently critiquing German bourgeois culture. She also made drawings and paintings (oil, watercolor, and gouache), participated in fabric and fashion design, and created dolls. In 1926, Höch entered into a lesbian relationship with the Dutch writer and linguist Til Brugman (ca 1888-1958). They remained together for nine years, living in The Hague from 1926 to 1929, then in Berlin. The two women collaborated on some projects, including a book, Scheingehacktes (1935), for which Höch provided the images and Brugman the text. Later, Höch would remember her time with Brugman as one of the happiest in her life, but also complain of Brugman's possessiveness. During her time with Brugman, she produced a number of photomontages depicting same-sex couples. During the 1930s, Höch embraced Surrealism, a movement to which her style of juxtaposing disparate human and animal/non-human parts was especially well-suited. In 1935, while still involved with Til Brugman, Höch began a romance with businessman and amateur musician Heinz Kurt Matthies, twenty-one years younger than she. They married in 1939, separated in 1942, and divorced in 1944. For the remaining thirty-four years of her life, the artist chose solitude over romance. Although Höch's art was of a kind particularly denounced by the Nazis as 'degenerate', the artist remained in Germany during the war but managed to avoid perseuction by keeping a low profile. Encyclopedia Copyright © 2015, glbtq, Inc.
Collection
Accession number
E.332-1986

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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