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Mahnung Doch wisset: wenn ihr nicht einig euch wehrt, mordet er morgen auch euch! (Warning: If you do not stand together, the war will kill you too) 1937, printed 1957

Accession No.
2023.186
Date Created
1937, 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. 
 

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© John Heartfield. VG Bild-Kunst/Copyright Agency

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