Prussian Archangel
Rudolf Schlichter, John Heartfield
Rudolf Schlichter, John Heartfield
Artwork
1920/1988
Artwork: John Heartfield and Rudolf Schlichter, Prussian Archangel (1920/1988). Papier maché on wire mounting. Courtesy of Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum fϋr Moderne. Image courtesy of Sebastian Voigt.
Artist
Rudolf Schlichter, John Heartfield
Title
Prussian Archangel
Date
1920/1988
Materials
Papier maché on wire mounting
Credit
Courtesy of Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum fϋr Moderne
This artwork was loaned to the exhibition Dada South? Experimentation, Radicalism and Resistance curated by Kathryn Smith and Roger van Wyk, Iziko South Africa National Gallery, December 12, 2009–February 28, 2010. It is indexed here as part of Smith and Van Wyk’s revisiting of the Dada South? Archive of materials at A4 Arts Foundation.
Text translation:
FROM THE HEAVENS ABOVE, THAT IS WHERE I COME FROM!
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THIS WORK OF ART, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT EVERYDAY, WEARING DRESS AND WEIGHED DOWN BY A HEAVILY LOADED RUCKSACK, YOU DO EXERCISES FOR TEN HOURS A DAY ON THE TEMPLEHOFER TRAINING GROUND.
Heartfield Schlichter mont.
b.1891, Berlin; d.1968, East Berlin
b.1890, Calw; d.1955, Munich
