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Heartfield, John
German (1891-1968)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Der Platz an der Sonne
TRANSLATED TITLE: "AIZ, Das Illustrierte Volksblatt", October 10, 1935, p. 656
TRANSLATED TITLE: The place in the sun

1935
PUBLISHER: Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung
rotogravure print, rephotographed montage with typography
38.0 x 26.5 cm.
Museum Purchase; ex-collection Barbara Morgan
GEH NEG: 24390
76:0076:0012

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Evans, David. --John Heartfield: Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung Volks Illustrierte, 1930-1938.-- New York: Kent Fine Art, Inc., 1992. p. 317.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY: "Montage and Modern Life: 1919-1942", US, MA, Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, April 8 - June 22, 1992. (Traveled).//

INSCRIPTION: recto-(printed) "Der Platz an der Sonne" "'Ich will meinem Volk einen Platz an der Sonne verschaffen!' Mussolini" "Fotomontage: John Heartfield" ["'I want to provide my people with a place in the sun!' Mussolini"]

NOTES: Catalogued 9/89, DZ. "Italy invaded Abyssinia (Ethopia) on 3 October 1935." [Evans, p. 316]

SUBJECT: genre, political

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