ABCD

Raoul Hausmann's "ABCD" is a photomontage created in 1923, representing his final work in this medium. Photomontage is a technique where individual photographic prints or parts of prints are combined to create a single image. This method was significantly utilized by Dadaist artists, including Hausmann, who was a key figure in the Berlin Dada movement. Dada was an anti-art and anti-aesthetic movement that emerged during World War I, characterized by its rejection of traditional values and its embrace of satire and provocation. Hausmann's "ABCD" features his face with the letters "ABCD" clenched in his teeth, accompanied by a collage of an announcement for one of his poetry performances.123