The Hand Has Five Fingers (5 Finger hat die Hand)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

John Heartfield

Title

The Hand Has Five Fingers (5 Finger hat die Hand)

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1928

Medium

Offset lithograph on ivory wove paper, laid down on coated white wove paper, lined with canvas

Dimensions

Primary support: 97.1 × 69.7 cm (38 1/4 × 27 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 98.3 × 71 cm (38 3/4 × 28 in.)

Credit Line

Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund

Reference Number

2009.290

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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