Untitled (Diagnosis)

Photography and Media

1935

John Heartfield
German, 1891-1968

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: John Heartfield
Title: Untitled (Diagnosis)
Place: Germany (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1935
Medium: Photogravure of photomontage by Heartfield, published in AIZ 14, Number 12, March 21, 1935
Dimensions: 37.9 × 27 cm (14 15/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: D. Wendell Fentress Memorial Fund
Reference Number: 1993.358
Copyright: © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Evans, David and Anna Lundgren ed. 1992. “John Heartfield: AIZ Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung Volks Illustrierte 1930-38.” New York: N.Y.: Kent. p. 300-301.
Clarke, Jay A., Stephanie D’Alessandro, Carola Kupfer, Mark Pascale, and Virginia Voedisch. 2002. “Portfolio,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, vol. 28. no. 1 p. 100. fig. 16.

Chicago, IL, The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, “Confronting Identities in German Art,” October 3, 2002 - January 5, 2003.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Pieced Together: Photomontage from the Collection,” May 22 - September 19, 2004 (Elizabeth Siegel).
Art Institute of Chicago, “The Modern Series: Shatter Rupture Break,” February 15-May 3, 2015.

29 John Heartfield, Untitled (Diagnosis), 1935

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