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Of Delicate Things, Hannah Höch, c. 1919
Hannah Höch, portraitHannah HöchGerman, 1889–1978

Of Delicate Things

c. 1919 · Drawing and Watercolor

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Where is “Of Delicate Things” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

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Chicago, United States

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From 1916 to 1926 Höch worked in the handicrafts department of a German publishing house, designing patterns for embroidered and lace fabrics. During this time she also practiced collage as a fine-art form, eventually joining other Dada artists in Germany to make collages using a socio-political vocabulary that was quite distinct from the formalism of Cubist collage.

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2013.950

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Drawings & watercolorsModernism20th centuryGermany

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