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Heartfield, John
German (1891-1968)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Hitlers Friedenstaube
TRANSLATED TITLE: Hitler's Dove of Peace
JOURNAL TITLE: "AIZ, Das Illustrierte Volksblatt", January 31, 1935, p. 80

1935
PUBLISHER: Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung
rotogravure print, rephotographed montage with typography
38.5 x 26.4 cm.
Museum Purchase; ex-collection Barbara Morgan
GEH NEG: 24389
76:0076:0011

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Evans, David. --John Heartfield: Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung Volks Illustrierte, 1930-1938.-- New York: Kent Fine Art, Inc., 1992. p. 291.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY: "Eyes of Time: Photojournalism in America", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, June 28 - September 17, 1989. (Traveled).//

INSCRIPTION: recto-(printed in image) "AIZ" "Hitlers Friedenstaube" "'Die Saar Ware glucklich erledigt, jetzt lasse ich meinen Habicht nach Suden vorstossen.'" "Fotomontage: John Heartfield" verso-(printed article with text and illustrations) ["The Saar having been happily disposed of, I now let my hawk move southward."]

NOTES: Catalogued 5/88, DZ. "Theodor Habicht (born 1898), whose surname means hawk, was the leader of the illegal Nazi party in Austria. He had provided arms to the Austrian Nazis prior to his expulsion in June, 1933. ... Egledigt means disposed of or settled, but it can also mean ruined. The identity tag attached to the hawk's leg is inscribed: 'Reichwehr- Brief-taube (Reich army carrier pigeon).'" [Evans, p. 290]

SUBJECTS:
animal, hawks
allegory, political

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