1998.23.6: Armament is necessary!
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1998.23.6
- People
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John Heartfield, German (Berlin, Germany 1891 - 1968 Berlin, Germany)
- Title
- Armament is necessary!
- Other Titles
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Original Language Title: Aufrüstung tut not!
Series/Book Title: Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung 11, no. 46, 1932 - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1932
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/212509
Location
- Location
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Level 1, Room 1520, Modern and Contemporary Art, Art in Germany Between the Wars
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Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Rotogravure printed on cream wove paper
- Technique
- Photogravure
- Dimensions
- folded sheet: 38 x 28.1 cm (14 15/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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inscription: Text printed within photomontage: "Ja, ja, der Profit aus unsern Knochen nimmt auch mal ein Ende. - Nur keine Bange, für Nachschub wird schon gesorgt." (English translation: "Yeah, yeah the
profit made from our bones is finally over. – No worries, replacements are
already on the way.")
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inscription: Text printed within photomontage: "Ja, ja, der Profit aus unsern Knochen nimmt auch mal ein Ende. - Nur keine Bange, für Nachschub wird schon gesorgt." (English translation: "Yeah, yeah the
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Evans 14/32
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, American Friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum Fund
- Copyright
- © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Accession Year
- 1998
- Object Number
- 1998.23.6
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 1520 Art in Germany Between the Wars (Interwar and Bauhaus), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/21/2025 - 10/30/2025
Verification Level
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