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1945 John Heartfield photomontages

John Heartfield – Photomontagen zur Zeitgeschichte I [Photomontages on Contemporary History I] Zürich: Vereinigung Kultur und Volk (Series: Erbe und Gegenwart, no. 6), 1945. 17.5 × 11 cm. 101 [2] pp., illustrated throughout with monochrome plates. First edition of the earliest Swiss monograph on Heartfield’s anti-fascist photomontages. Set in 10-pt Garamond, printed by Gemsbergdruck, Winterthur; typography by Imre Reiner. Original orange boards with printed label and typographic dust jacket. A compact, handsomely produced volume issued just after the end of the war. Text in German. Fine condition, Inv. I2