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Born February 22, 1886 • Germany
Died September 14, 1927 (aged 41) • Switzerland

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Hugo Ball stands in a geometric costume with a tall cylindrical hat and cone-shaped cape, between two music stands, in a 1916 photo taken at Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich.
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