Middle-Class Philistine Heartfeld Gone Wild (Electro-Mechanical Tatlin Sculpture)

Creator:

Grosz, George, 1893-1959
Heartfield, John, 1891-1968

Published/Created:

1988, reconstruction of a 1920 original

Physical Description:

220 x 45 x 45 cm (85 13/16 x 17 11/16 x 17 11/16 in)

Materials:

tailor's dummy, revolver, doorbell, knife, fork, letter "C" and number "27" signs, plaster dentures, embroidered insignia for the Black Eagle Order on horse blanket, Osram light bulb, Iron Cross, stand, and other objects

Variant Titles:

Der wildewordene Spiesser Heartfeld (Elektro-mechan. Tatlin-Plastik)

Topics:

Sculpture -- Germany -- 20th century -- (YVRC)

Culture:

German

Accession Number:

3079-040

Genre:

sculpture (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Dickerman, Leah, Dada, Zurich, Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, New York, Paris / Leah Dickerman ; with essays by Brigid Doherty ... [et al.]. Washington [D.C.] : National Gallery of Art in association with D.A.P./ Distributed Art Publishers, New York, c 2005.

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Berlin, Germany: Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum fur Moderne Kunst, Photographie und Architektur

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 224868

OID:

495011

PID:

digcoll:1894463