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Heartfield, John
German (1891-1968)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Der braune Tod vor den Toren
TRANSLATED TITLE: The brown death before the gates
JOURNAL TITLE: "AIZ, Illustrierte Volksblatt", January 10, 1936, p. 32

1936
PUBLISHER: Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung
rotogravure print, rephotographed montage with typography
38.4 x 26.7 cm.
Museum Purchase; ex-collection Barbara Morgan
GEH NEG: 24394
76:0076:0019

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Evans, David. --John Heartfield: Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung Volks Illustrierte, 1930-1938.-- New York: Kent Fine Art, Inc., 1992. p. 285.//

INSCRIPTION: recto-(printed) "Der braune Tod vor den Toren" "Es greift der Tod das Saarland an; doch ist's in eure Macht gegeben, dass er es nicht erwurgen kann" Wahlt status quo! Schutzt euer Leben!" ["The brown ..." "Death attacks the Saarland; yet it lies within your power to prevent him from strangling it: Vote for the status quo! Protect your life!"] "Fotomontage: John Heartfield"

NOTES: Catalogued 1/91, DZ. "In the plebiscite held in January 1935 about the future of Saarland, (administered by the League of Nations from 1919 to 1935) some 91 percent of the voters favored union with the Third Reich. Communists opposed union, urging a continuation of the status quo." [Evans, p. 262]

SUBJECT: genre, political

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