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Heartfield, John
German (1891-1968)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Nach drei Jahren in der Zange!
TRANSLATED TITLE: After Three Years in the Grip!
JOURNAL TITLE: "AIZ, Illustrierte Volksblatt", January 30, 1936, p. 80

1936
PUBLISHER: Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung
rotogravure print, rephotographed montage with typography
37.9 x 26.6 cm.
Museum Purchase; ex-collection Barbara Morgan
GEH NEG: 24383
76:0076:0018

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Evans, David. --John Heartfield: Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung Volks Illustrierte, 1930-1938.-- New York: Kent Fine Art, Inc., 1992. p. 343.//

INSCRIPTION: recto-(printed) "Nach drei Jahren in der Zange!" "Lebensmittelnot, steigende Arbeitslosigkeit, Devisen-und Rohstoffmangel" ["Basic Food Shortage, Rising Unempolyment, Lack of Currency, and Raw Materials"] "Fotomontage: John Heartfield"

NOTES: Catalogued 1/91, DZ. "'Jemanden in die Zange nehmen' means to put the screws to someone." [Evans, p. 342]

SUBJECT: genre, political

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