John Heartfield
Idylle im Dritten Reich

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Artist John HeartfieldGerman, 1891–1968

PublisherPublished by Communist Workers Party of Germanypublishing activities c. 1921–1936

CultureGerman

Titles

Idylle im Dritten Reich
Idyll in the Third Reich

DateJune 21, 1934

MediumRotogravure

DimensionsApprox. 15 1/8 × 11 1/8 inches (Approx. 38.2 × 28.0 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Max and Isabell Smith Herzstein

Object number82.59.315

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Bevan O. Davies Photography Books, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1982.
Exhibition History"Exhibition of Aiz Publications," Temple Emanu-El, Houston, November 12, 1982–January 30, 1983.

No exhibition title, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, September 23– December 4, 1988.

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

"Utopia/ Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 11–June 10, 2012.

"Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 2–August 25, 2013.

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