John Heartfield
Das tausendjährige Reich

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

Das tausendjährige Reich
The Thousand Year Reich

DateSeptember 20, 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 number82.59.322

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"John Heartfield," Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

"Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century photographs in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," February 27 - May 1, 1988

"A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 14–December 30, 2001.

"John Heartfield: Photomontage and The Art of Resistance" the Holocaust Museum Houston, March 7–June 1, 2004.

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