JOHN HEARTFIELD

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JOHN HEARTFIELD

The Executioner and Justice

Gelatin silver print. circa 1960. 37 7/8 x 30 1/8in. Framed.
Literature
AIZ 12, Number 47, November 30, 1933, p. 787; John Heartfield, p. 211. For the version offered here, see: Leben und Werk, p. 171 and John Heartfield Photomontages, p. 17.

Lot Essay

In the version reproduced in AIZ text appeared over the image. Below the title appeared Göring at the Reichstag Fire trial: For me the law is a lively affair. The word in German Heartfield uses for 'lively' is Blutvoll meaning literally, 'full of blood'.
(See: Kent, p. 170).