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Artists›Heinz Hajek-Halke

Heinz Hajek-Halke

1898

WA-00001996

PhotographySurrealism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ74614

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960–1961

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Photographs from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2458
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Heinz Hajek-Halke was a German experimental photographer and educator. He was an early member of the Fotoform group.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (19)

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Das Korallenriff (Abstraction Number 8)

1953 · Gelatin silver print

14 7/16 × 11 1/2" (36.7 × 29.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Komposition 333

1950 · Gelatin silver print

15 7/8 × 11 11/16" (40.4 × 29.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Komposition E G E

1950 · Gelatin silver print

15 7/8 × 11 11/16" (40.4 × 29.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Komposition Z E N

1950 · Gelatin silver print

15 7/8 × 11 11/16" (40.4 × 29.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Es war einmal eine aufbluehende Stadt

1950 · Gelatin silver print

15 7/8 × 11 11/16" (40.4 × 29.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Embrace

1947 · Gelatin silver print

15 5/8 × 11 3/8" (39.7 × 29.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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[Nude, Printed by Twice Exposing the Same Negative, Once Flipped]

1933 · Gelatin silver print

38.2 x 28.3 cm (15 1/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Der Kleine Garten (Abstraction Number 2)

1925 · Gelatin silver print

13 1/4 × 10" (33.2 × 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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The Princess in the Backyard

1925 · gelatin silver print, montage

Image: 23.3 x 17.5 cm (9 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.); Paper: 24.2 x 18 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled

1924 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 19 × 15 cm (7 1/2 × 5 15/16 in.); Paper: 40.3 × 30.5 cm (15 7/8 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Camera Conquers Unknown Photographic Territory (Die Kamera erobert fotografisches Neuland)

1922 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 21.8 × 16.3 cm (8 5/8 × 6 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Camera Conquers Unknown Photographic Territory (Die Kamera erobert fotografisches Neuland)

1922 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 21.9 × 15.3 cm (8 5/8 × 6 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Camera Conquers Unknown Photographic Territory (Die Kamera erobert fotografisches Neuland)

1922 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 15.3 × 22 cm (6 1/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Camera Conquers Unknown Photographic Territory (Die Kamera erobert fotografisches Neuland)

1922 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 21.9 × 16.2 cm (8 5/8 × 6 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Camera Conquers Unknown Photographic Territory (Die Kamera erobert fotografisches Neuland)

1922 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 21.8 × 16.4 cm (8 5/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Camera Conquers Unknown Photographic Territory (Die Kamera erobert fotografisches Neuland)

1922 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 21.7 × 16.5 cm (8 9/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Camera Conquers Unknown Photographic Territory (Die Kamera erobert fotografisches Neuland)

1922 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 21.8 × 15.6 cm (8 5/8 × 6 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1919 · Gelatin silver print

18.9 × 15 cm (7 1/2 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Nightmare, Der Angsttraum (Abstraction Number 12)

Gelatin silver print

11 7/16 × 15 3/16" (29.0 × 38.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

19 published of 27 catalogued · 19 with image

Art Institute Chicago
9 published9 img
MoMA
8 publishedof 16 catalogued10 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

The Princess in the Backyard
1925 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Surrealism

Collections5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Phillips

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

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Auction house

Phillips

Background

Education

Berlin University of the Arts

Visual Arts

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Recent Acquisitions

New York · 1960

Group Exhibition Photographs from the Museum Collection

New York · 1958