Writer and publisher of "pseudo-Dada" pamphlets, Sauermann’s life remained widely unknown. Though, he was an important contributor of of the Dada culture and he was often associated with artists such as Walter Petry and Hardy Worm. He designed the cover for Dada-Enzyklopädie Kakophonie des Osiris, created between 1919 and 1920. Also in 1920 he published with Nenzel Verlag Das Gewebe reisst, oder die Mausfalle.