The Dada Archivist:Hannah Höch, Kurt Schwitters and Berlin Dada (German Visual Culture)

by: Stina Barchan (Author)

Publisher: Peter Lang

Edition: 1st

Publication Date: 2023/10/31

Language: English

Print Length: 318 pages

ISBN-10: 180079889X

ISBN-13: 9781800798892

Book Description

The archive of the German artist Hannah Höch has long been an important source of material for historians researching Berlin Dada. This book demonstrates how her archive is not just a collection of documents, but a work in its own right, connected to the artist’s daily life and, especially, to the life and work of Kurt Schwitters.

About the Author

The archive of the German artist Hannah Höch has long been an important source of material for historians researching Berlin Dada. This book demonstrates how her archive is not just a collection of documents, but a work in its own right, connected to the artist’s daily life and, especially, to the life and work of Kurt Schwitters.