Image
Hannah Höch, The Kitchen Knife
An example of pre-World War II art from the Dadaist movement
Subject
- History
Language
English — USUpdated
![amber-colored photomontage of men and gears by Hanna Höch](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-06/Hannah_H%C3%B6ch_The_Kitchen_Knife_1919_FH229421.jpg?itok=UrH9eOTK)
Höch’s work consists primarily of collages, often made from photographs. Höch was part of the Dada movement, which formed in part as a reaction to the death and destruction from World War I. Dada artists prized irrationality and considered their work “anti-art."
Credit:
bpk, Berlin / Staatliche Museen / Jörg P. Anders / Art Resource, NY
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