Representative work by Christian Schad
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Christian Schad

1894–1982 · German

Christian Schad moved between Dada experimentation and the cool, polished portraiture associated with New Objectivity. His cameraless photographs, later called Schadographs, are among the earliest sustained uses of the photogram in the avant-garde.

Painting; photography / Schadographs; drawing

Major Works

  • 1927Self-Portrait
  • 1928Sonja
  • 1929Agosta the Winged Man and Rasha the Black Dove
  • 1927Count St. Genois d’Anneaucourt
  • 1923Maria and Annunziata from the Harbour
  • 1918Schadograph
  • 1919Schadograph No. 11
  • 1928Dr. Haustein
  • 1926Marcella
  • 1929Mexican Woman

Interviews & Writing

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