Heartfield, John
German (1891-1968)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Diagnose
TRANSLATED TITLE: Diagnosis
JOURNAL TITLE: "AIZ, Das Illustrierte Volksblatt", March 21, 1935, p. 192

ca. 1935
PUBLISHER: Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung
rotogravure print, rephotographed montage with typography
38.4 x 26.3 cm.
Museum Purchase; ex-collection Barbara Morgan
GEH NEG: 24384
76:0076:0027

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Evans, David. --John Heartfield: Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung Volks Illustrierte, 1930-1938.-- New York: Kent Fine Art, Inc., 1992. p. 301.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 525.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY: "Through The Lens", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - North Gallery, June 22, 1996 -.//

INSCRIPTION: recto-(printed) "Diagnose" "'Wodurch zog sich der Mann denn die Ruckgratsverkrummung zu?' 'Das sind die organischen Folgen des ewigen 'Heil Hitler!'" "Fotomontage: John Heartfield" ["How did the man get this curvature of the spine?" "That is the organic result of the endless 'Heil Hitler!'"]

NOTES: Catalogued 9/89, DZ. "Heartfield made no further contributions to AIZ until 15 August 1935. In the interim he was in France, mainly for an exhibition at the Maison de la Culture in Paris. Heartfiled-style montages, produced by the magazine's designer Hermann Leupold under the pseudonym Karl Vanek, continued to appear." [Evans, p. 300]

SUBJECT: genre, political