John Heartfield
His Majesty Adolf: I Lead You to Glorious Bankruptcy

Artist John Heartfield(German, 1891–1968)German, 1891–1968

PublisherPublished by Communist Workers Party of Germany(publishing activities c. 1921–1936)publishing activities c. 1921–1936

CultureGerman

Titles

His Majesty Adolf: I Lead You to Glorious Bankruptcy
"Aus Dem Inhalt"
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 number87.255

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"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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