The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

The Dadaist Raoul Hausmann, Sitting

1930, printed 1974

August Sander

(German, 1876–1964)
gelatin silver print
Image: 28.7 x 20.8 cm (11 5/16 x 8 3/16 in.); Paper: 28.7 x 20.8 cm (11 5/16 x 8 3/16 in.); Mounted: 54.8 x 44.8 cm (21 9/16 x 17 5/8 in.)
Gift of Holly and James Bogin 2017.305
Location: Not on view

Description

Artist and writer Raoul Hausmann (Austrian, 1886–1971) was a central figure in the Dadaist movement in Berlin and produced photocollages, assemblage, and sound poetry. Sander took multiple photographs of Hausmann to reflect his multifaceted personality from wild performer to serious businessman. This rather formal studio portrait depicts the Dadaist as a sober, monocled, and suited man, an upstanding member of society.
  • Sander, August, Susanne Lange, Gabriele Conrath-Scholl, and Gerd Sander. Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts: ein Kulturwerk in Lichtbildern eingeteilt in sieben Gruppen = People of the 20th century : a cultural work of photographs divided into seven groups = Hommes du XXe siècle : une œuvre culturelle de photograhies divisée en sept groupes. New York: Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 2002.
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