John Heartfield
Adolf the Superman: Swallows Gold and Spouts Junk

Adolf the Superman: Swallows Gold and Spouts Junk

© The Heartfield Community of Heirs / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Adolf the Superman: Swallows Gold and Spouts Junk
Adolf the Superman: Swallows Gold and Spouts Junk
ArtistGerman, 1891–1968
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Adolf the Superman: Swallows Gold and Spouts Junk
  • "Prinz und Arbeiter"
  • from the magazine AIZ
Date1932
PlaceBerlin, Germany
MediumRotogravure
DimensionsOverall: 15 × 11in. (38.1 × 27.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Max and Isabell Smith Herzstein
Object number87.253
Not on view

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Department
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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryPresentation House Gallery, Vancouver, September 23, 1988–December 4, 1988.

"The Art of Resistance: Photomontages by John Heartfield," Holocaust Museum, Houston, March 7– June 1, 2004.

"States of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda," United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C., January 5, 2009–October 17, 2011.

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