And Yet It Moves!
Title
And Yet It Moves !
Creator
Heartfield, John (German photomontagist, draftsman, and typographer, 1891-1968)
Date
1943
Cultural Context
German European Western European
Style/Period
Modern (styles and periods) Dada
Subject
Montages Collages Composite photographs Men Politics & government Government officials Politicians Rulers Dictators Fascists Fascism Nazis National socialism Totalitarianism Military uniforms Uniforms Helmets Horns (Animal) Swastikas Symbols Emblems Insignia Mustaches Daggers & swords Gorillas Globes
Description
Photomontage (design for pamphlet cover) ; "Heartfield also produced a montage for the cover of the 1943 Free German League of Culture anthology , Freie deutsche Dichtung (Free German poetry) , titled And Yet It Moves ! […] . Like the world commandeered by the saber-wielding gorilla-Hitler , free German poetry – symbolically embodied by a twisting , resistant from in Hitler’s hand – still moves. " (p.77)
People Pictured
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
Measurements
15 3/8 x 10 9/16 in (39 x 26.8 cm)
Technique
Photography Photographic processes Photographic techniques Black-and-white photography Collage (technique)
Work Type
Photomontages Montages Photocollages (photographic compositions) Collages Composite photographs Manipulated photographs
Repository
Stiftung Archiv der Akademie der Kunste, Kunstsammlung - Heartfield-Archiv (Berlin, Germany)
Source
Barron, Stephanie. Exiles+Emigres: The Flight of European Artists from Hitler. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Abrams, 1997. (fig.61, cat.67, p.77)
Rights
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Barron courtesy: © ARS, New York / Bild-Kunst, Bonn; Stiftung Archiv der Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Kunstsammlung (Heartfield-Archiv).
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC 964-01.jpg
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