John Heartfield
O Christmas Tree in German Territory, how bent your branches seem to be!

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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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago]; purchased by MFAH, 1983.
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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