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Heartfield, John
German (1891-1968)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Hitler erzahlt Marchen II
TRANSLATED TITLE: Hitler tells fairy tales II
JOURNAL TITLE: "AIZ, Illustrierte Volksblatt", March 5, 1936, p. 160

1936
PUBLISHER: Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung
rotogravure print, rephotographed montage with typography
37.5 x 26.5 cm.
Museum Purchase; ex-collection Barbara Morgan
GEH NEG: 24120
76:0076:0008

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Evans, David. --John Heartfield: Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung Volks Illustrierte, 1930-1938.-- New York: Kent Fine Art, Inc., 1992. p. 353.//
Hirsch, Robert. --Seizing the Light: A History of Photography.-- New York: McGraw Hill, 1999. p. 317.//

INSCRIPTION: recto-(printed) "Hitler erzahlt Marchen II" "....und dann schrie der arme deutsche Michel so lange, bis es all Welt glaubte: 'Zu Hilfe, zu Hilfe, ich bin eingekreist!'" "Fotomontage: John Heartfield" ["...and then the poor German Michel screamed so long, that finally the whole world believed him: 'Help, help, I'm surrounded!'"]

NOTES: Catalogued 1/91, DZ. "'Der deutsche Michel' - a caricature of the ordinary or average German, or Fritz - is often depicted as a sleepyhead in a nightcap." [Evans, p. 352]

SUBJECT: genre, political

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