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Ob schwarz, ob weiß - im Kampf vereint! (United in the fight) 1931, printed in 1957

Accession No.
2023.169
Date Created
1931, printed in 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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