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Raoul Hausmann

Raoul Hausmann

1886–1971

Vienna, Austria

PhotographyDadaismSurrealism

Representation

None documented

8

Institutional Exhibitions

31

Works in Collection

58

Assets Indexed

2

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Cultural Positioning

Movements

• Dadaism
• Surrealism

Related Artists

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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Abstractions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Iliazd and the Illustrated Book

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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Prints: Acquisitions, 1973�1976

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976–1977

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Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

About

Why this artist matters now

Raoul Hausmann was an Austrian artist and writer. One of the key figures in Berlin Dada, his experimental photographic collages, sound poetry, and institutional critiques would have a profound influence on the European Avant-Garde in the aftermath of World War I.

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Movement

Dadaism

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

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Artworks (31)

Plate 9 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

Plate 9 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

1961 · Etching from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving

plate: 5 7/8 × 4 3/8" (14.9 × 11.1 cm); page: 11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Folio 13 from Poésie de mots inconnus (Poetry of Unknown Words)

1949 · Woodcut type from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut

composition (irreg.): 4 7/8 x 7 5/8" (12.4 x 19.3 cm); page: 12 1/2 × 9 3/4" (31.7 × 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Folio 22 from Poésie de mots inconnus (Poetry of Unknown Words)

1949 · Woodcut from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut

composition (irreg.): 5 1/16 x 3 1/8" (12.8 x 8 cm); page: 12 9/16 × 9 13/16" (31.9 × 24.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folio 22) from Poésie de mots inconnus

In-text plate (folio 22) from Poésie de mots inconnus

1949 · Woodcut from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut

composition (irreg.): 5 1/16 x 3 1/8" (12.8 x 8 cm); page: 12 9/16 × 9 13/16" (31.9 × 24.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (folio 13) from Poésie de mots inconnus

In-text plate (folio 13) from Poésie de mots inconnus

1949 · Woodcut type from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut

composition (irreg.): 4 7/8 x 7 5/8" (12.4 x 19.3 cm); page: 12 1/2 × 9 3/4" (31.7 × 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1937 · Gelatin silver print

6 1/8 × 7" (15.6 × 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dune in Salesk

1932 · Gelatin silver print

6 3/16 × 8 9/16" (15.7 × 21.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1931 · Gelatin silver print

5 3/8 × 4 7/16" (13.7 × 11.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Mécano (Mechanic) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Movements and affiliations

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate