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
- O Christmas Tree in German Territory, how bent your branches seem to be!
- O Tannenbaum im deutschen Raum, wie krumm sind deine Ästel
- On one day of the year
- An einem Tag im Jahr
- from the magazine AIZ
DateDecember 27, 1934
PlaceGermany
MediumRotogravure
Dimensions15 × 10 1/2 in.
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Max and Isabell Smith Herzstein
Object number83.5
Not on view
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Exhibition History"Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 27 - May 1, 1988
No exhibition title, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, September 23–December 4, 1988.
"Camera as Weapon: Worker Photography Between the Wars," The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, August 28–October 20, 1991;
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, March 22–May 10, 1992; The Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, September 12–October 31, 1992.
"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.
"The Art of Resistance: Photomontages by John Heartfield," Holocaust Museum, Houston, March 7– June 1, 2004.
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John Heartfield
1929
Rotogravure
82.59.176
