THE COLLECTION
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.