Lot Essay
Gerd Rosen was one of the first art dealers in Germany to re-open their gallery after the war. Hannah Höch, Raoul Hausmann, Willi Baumeister and Heinz Trökes were the main artists he represented.
Gesicht und Hand
Details
Hannah Höch
Gesicht und Hand
signed with initials 'H.H.' (lower left), signed again twice and dedicated 'Für Herrn Rosen Jan. 47, Hannah Höch' (on the backboard)
collage on paper
10 x 9¾in. (25.5 x 24.7cm.)
Executed in 1947
Gesicht und Hand
signed with initials 'H.H.' (lower left), signed again twice and dedicated 'Für Herrn Rosen Jan. 47, Hannah Höch' (on the backboard)
collage on paper
10 x 9¾in. (25.5 x 24.7cm.)
Executed in 1947
Provenance
Gerd Rosen, Berlin, to whom given by the Artist in 1947, and thence by descent.