The Middle-Class Philistine Heartfield Gone Wild (Electro-Mechanical Tatlin Sculpture); Der wildgewordene Spießer Heartfield (Elektro-mechan. Tatlin-Plastik)

The Middle-Class Philistine Heartfield Gone Wild (Electro-Mechanical Tatlin Sculpture); Der wildgewordene Spießer Heartfield (Elektro-mechan. Tatlin-Plastik)

statue; sculpture; body; stool; lightbulb

The torso and legs of a mechanical body stand on a tall stool. A lit lightbulb sticks out of the neck in place of the head.

George Grosz (1893-1959)

Born: July 26, 1893 (Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, now Germany)
Died: July 6, 1959 (age 65 years) (West Berlin, West Germany, now Germany)

John Heartfield (1891-1968)

Born: June 19, 1891 (Berlin, German Empire, now Germany)
Died: April 26, 1968 (age 76 years) (East Berlin, East Germany, now Germany)

11504, Visual Resources Library, EL

1920

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Possibly at George Washington University

Art Form: Sculpture

20th century