Raoul Hausmann
Austrian artist, 1886-1971
"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. The photomontage became the technique most associated with Berlin Dada, used extensively by Hausmann, Höch, Heartfield, Baader and Grosz. At the same time, Hausmann started to experiment with sound poems he called ""phonemes"" and ""poster poems"", originally created by the chance lining up of letters by a printer without Hausmann's direct intervention. In 1919 he founded the periodical ""Der Dada""."
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DADA-Künstler (1886-1970). Exceptional archive of correspondence in German to art antiquarian and gallery owner Gunter Fuchs in London, comprised of 20 TLSs, one ALS, a sketch, and a typescript of his essay entitled “Dada Ist Mehr Als Dada [Dada Is More Than Dada],” Limoges. 4to. 25 Seiten.
$ 13,290 / 12.500 €
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Letters are signed in a variety of manners, including “Hausmann,” “R. Hausmann,” “Raoul Hausmann,” and two artistically rendered forms of his signature. The ALS is on the reverse of a woodblock print, signed on both sides; and the sketch is in pencil over an offset print of one of his artworks published in the journal hortulus 53, transforming the abstract brushstrokes into figures of horses. The subjects of Hausmann's letters include the role he once had played in the Dada movement, advising his correspondent to treat Hannah Hoch’s statements on him with caution, and on mixing up Gunter Fuchs with the German painter and artist Gunter Bruno Fuchs.
Many refer to Haussmann's various publications, and the limited response his work had found in Germany. In overall fine condition. An exceptional archive rife with terrific content, touching upon many aspects of Hausmann’s often under-appreciated influence and legacy..
dadaistischer Künstler (1886-1971). Original-Photographie mit eigenh. Widmung und Unterschrift auf der Bildseite. ohne Ort. 235 : 180 mm.
$ 1,010 / 950 €
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Mit Widmung für den ungarisch-schweizer Kunsthändler, Sammler und Autor Carl Laszlo (1923-2013). Auf einem Photoportrait Hausmanns. Original-Photographie. Vintage. Silbergelatine. Ohne Hinweis auf den Photographen. - Knickspur, kleinere Schichtschäden, etwas gewellt, noch ordentlich.
dadaistischer Künstler (1886-1971). Ms. Brief (Durchschlag) mit stilisierter eigenh. Unterschrift auf Schlangenlinien ("Hausmann"). Limoges. Gr.-4to. 1 p.
$ 1,914 / 1.800 €
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An den Schriftsteller und Übersetzer Pierre Garnier, u. a. über die Rezitation von Lautgedichten: "Je vous remercie beaucoup pour les 6 expl. de 'Les Lettres'. En étudiant attentivement les différentes déclarations, je trouve naturellement celle de Petronio la plus importante, surtout, si l'on la compare avec son texte dans 'Cinquième Saison'. Quant à votre explication de la sonie, je voudrais vous signaler, que j'étais en 1960 pendant de mois en correspondance avec Carlfriedrich Claus et que je lui envoyais la feuille, dont je vous joins une copie.
Il va de soi, que Schwitters et moi étions de tres bons récitants et que moi, j'avais toujours basé mes poèmes phonétiques sur le souffle. Cela vient du fait, que j'ai une respiration extraordinaire, et si j'ai repris l'expression de Tzara 'le poème se fait dans la bouche', je pensais tout simplement 'par le souffle'. Je n'ai jamais 'composé' mes phonèmes sur le papier [...]". - Auf Durchschlagpapier mit kleinen Randläsuren..