1943
gouache
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1943 gouache by Hannah Höch, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting is a messy, colorful mix of shapes. Bright blocks of red, blue, and yellow float around like puzzle pieces. Some parts look like buildings, others like faces or trees—all smashed together. The colors are flat and bold, with no shadows to soften them. The artist used a soft, watery paint called gouache. It lets colors blend but keeps hard edges. The whole thing feels like a dream you can’t quite place. Look up gouache next to see how it works.
Hannah Höch (German: ; 1 November 1889 – 31 May 1978) was a German Dada artist. She is best known for her work of the Weimar period, when she was one of the originators of photomontage. Photomontage, or fotomontage, is…
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