Hällucinationen (Hallucinations)
1920
Medium
lithograph on pale brown paper
Dimensions
sheet: 59 × 45.9 cm (23 1/4 × 18 1/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Collectors Committee
Accession Number
2006.24.10
Art Historical Context
**HällucinationenHallucinations)**, a striking 1920 lithograph by artist Heinrich Hoerle, captures the psychological unrest of the Weimar era. Created on pale brown paper measuring 59 × 45.9 cm, this work belongs to a portfolio classification, suggesting it was part of a designed for broader dissemination. Hoerle, a key figure the Cologne Progressives group drew from the Dada movement's experimental spirit amid post-World War I turmoil in Germany, where societal upheaval and trauma fueled avant-garde expression. The title *Hallucinations* evokes visions of mental distortion, likely reflecting...