John Heartfield
German, 1891-1968
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John Heartfield
German, 1891-19681935
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John Heartfield German, 1891-1968 →photogravurephotomechanical process
Date
1935
Medium
Photogravure of photomontage by Heartfield, published in AIZ 14, Number 12, March 21, 1935
Dimensions
37.9 × 27 cm (14 15/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
D. Wendell Fentress Memorial Fund
Through photomontage, John Heartfield innovated a method to reuse and appropriate images for political effect. This example appeared in the German left-wing periodical Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung (Workers’ Illustrated Magazine or AIZ), which published Heartfield’s biting anti-fascist art. Heartfield began working for the magazine in 1929, then fled with his colleagues in 1938 to Czechoslovakia, where he created many of his most famous political montages.
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