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Heinz Fuchs (German, 1886–1961)
Workers. Famine. Death Is Approaching. Strike Destroys. Work Nourishes. Do Your Duty. Work (Arbeiter. Hunger. Tod naht. Streik zerstört, Arbeit ernährt. Tut eure Pflicht. Arbeitet)
- Date:
- 1919
- Medium:
- Lithograph
- Dimensions:
- Sheet (irreg.): 29 3/16 x 40 9/16" (74.1 x 103 cm)
- Paper:
- Tan, smooth, wove.
- Publisher:
- Werbedienst der deutschen Republik, Berlin
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Peter Müller-Munk
- MoMA Number:
- 557.1943
- Themes:
- Death, Postwar Politics
- Techniques:
- Lithography
German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
March 27–July 11, 2011
This image of a monstrously huge Death figure terrorizing the city streets was meant as a caution against the damage that strikes and work stoppages could do to the economy and to people’s livelihood in the fragile and volatile new republic.