Untitled (Photomontage "Tag der Deutschen Arbeit" / "Day of German Labor"), 1934
Gelatin silver print
State/print versionprinted ca. 1934
Image dimensions23,2 x 17,2 cm
About the workManipulated photographs and montages played an important role in fascist propaganda. These works by Ernst Schieron demonstrate that this artistic technique, originally developed by the avant-garde of the 1920s, could just as easily feature ideological content. Echoing the montage process, the National Socialists appropriated Labour Day on 1 May and turned it into a propaganda event. With the campaign slogan “Freedom and Bread”, the 1936 Reichstag election was a sham election that was not free or fair because the Nazi Party was the only political party on the ballot.
AccessionAcquisition 2019
Provenance[...]; 2019 angekauft von Kicken Berlin
Inventory numberF.2019.1540
