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

Raoul HausmannWW-1949-M025615

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)

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Year: 1949
Medium: 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
Dimensions: 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)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Raoul Hausmann

Artist

Raoul Hausmann

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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.

Vienna, Austria

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