Postcard to the artist's sister at the Goethe Institute Murnau
Hannah Höch
German, 1889–1978
1964
A small, intimate postcard in ink and watercolor by Hannah Höch that turns a handwritten message into a visual composition—words written in a tight spiral and framed by hand-painted rainbow bands so the card reads as both letter and picture.
Dense, looping German script spirals outward from the center like a whirlpool, the black ink trembling against vivid, hand-applied rainbow arcs that press close to the paper’s edges.
Created long after her Dada beginnings, this postcard continues Höch’s exploration of text and image, transforming private correspondence into a deliberate piece of visual design and showing how everyday ephemera can become art.
Medium
Ink on watercolor on paper
Dimensions
4 × 5 3/4" (10.2 × 14.6 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Accession
1216.2015
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