Skip to main content

Search by:
Artists Artworks Resources

Advanced search

Krieg und leichen - die letzte hoffnung der reichen (War and corpses - last hope of the rich) 1932, printed 1957

Accession No.
2023.174
Date Created
1932, printed 1957
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
International Art
Dimensions A
63.7 x 48cm
Media Category
Print
Medium
Photo-lithograph on paper
Credit Line
Gift of Timothy North and Denise Cuthbert through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2023. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

John Heartfield’s photomontages are composed of collaged images and text acquired from German mass-media sources. Heartfield’s experimental Dadaist approach, coupled with newspaper clippings, translates each artwork’s contents as both nonsensical and brutally honest. 
 

Citations

Copy citation

Rights information

© John Heartfield. VG Bild-Kunst/Copyright Agency

Re-use metadata

Catalogue data as JSON

Share

Other works from this Department

Artwork The hod carrier this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1928-01-01

The hod carrier 1928, printed 1990

Artwork La Cuisine (The kitchen) this artwork made of Lithograph with border on paper, created in 1838-01-01

La Cuisine (The kitchen) 1838

Artwork Banks of the Somme this artwork made of Etching on cream wove paper

Banks of the Somme

Reproduction requests

Images of artworks on this website may be used for research, study and other related exceptions as defined by section 40 of the Copyright Act 1968 (as amended) without applying for specific permission. All other uses of the content of this site (where applicable).  Refer these requests to reproductions. For more information, see copyright and reproductions on the QAGOMA website.