Artist Monograph

John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld), German

German, 1891–1968

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	14	63.6%
Lithography	6	27.3%
Printmaking	1	4.5%
Photography	1	4.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Architecture & Design	19	86.4%
Drawings & Prints	2	9.1%
Photography	1	4.5%

Classification Types

Design — 19
Print — 1
Photograph — 1
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	10	45.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	12	54.5%

Range: 14.9 cm → 97.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1977	1
1999	16
2018	4
2020	1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 22 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
"Der Sumpf" by Upton Sinclair Design Acc. 678.1999	1922	Letterpress	7 3/8 x 17 1/2" (18.7 x 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Jacket Cover for Upton Sinclair's 100% Design Acc. P1684	1923	Lithograph	7 1/2 × 16 7/8" (19.1 × 42.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
"Samuel, der Suchende" by Upton Sinclair Design Acc. 680.1999	1924	Letterpress	open: 7 1/2 x 10 3/4" (19.1 x 27.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
150 Million by Wladimir Majakowsky Design Acc. 679.1999	1924	Letterpress	7 1/8 x 10" (18.1 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
"Im Lande der Rekordzahlen" by J. Dorfmann Design Acc. 689.1999	c. 1927	Letterpress	8 x 11 1/16" (20.3 x 28.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Endpapers from J. Dorfmann's "Im Lande der Rekordzahlen" Design Acc. P1685	1927	Letterpress	8 × 10 3/8" (20.3 × 26.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Endpapers from J. Dorfmann's "Im Lande der Rekordzahlen" Design Acc. P1686	1927	Letterpress	8 × 10 3/8" (20.3 × 26.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
John Heartfield und seine photographisch graphischen Arbeiten Design Acc. 681.1999	c. 1927	Letterpress	12 1/4 x 9 5/16" (31.1 x 23.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Maquette for covers of the journal Die Rote Fahne (The red flag), vol. 11, no. 201, and the brochure Hurra! Der Panzerkreuzer A ist da! (Hooray! The battle cruiser A has arrived!) Drawing Acc. 436.2018	1928	Gelatin silver print with ink	8 1/4 × 6 1/8" (21 × 15.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of David Dechman and Michel Mercure
The Hand Has Five Fingers (5 Finger hat die Hand) Print Acc. 818.2019	1928	Postcard, letterpress printed	5 7/8 × 4 1/8" (14.9 × 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Merrill C. Berman and Dalia S. Berman
The Hand Has Five Fingers (5 Finger hat die Hand) (Poster for the German Communist Party) Design Acc. 594.2018	1928	Lithograph	38 1/2 × 29 1/4" (97.8 × 74.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Jack Shear, the Patricia Bonfield Endowed Acquisition Fund for the Design Collection, Daniel and Jane Och, The Orentreich Family Foundation, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, The Modern Women's Fund; and by exchange: Gift of Jean Dubuffet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, and the Richard S. Zeisler Bequest
"Drei Soldaten" by John Dos Passos Design Acc. 677.1999	1929	Letterpress	9 7/8 x 25 1/2" (25.1 x 64.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Die Bücher im Malik Verlag Berlin Design Acc. 676.1999	c. 1929-30	Letterpress	7 3/4 x 3 9/16" (19.7 x 9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
"Wie ein Mensch geboren ward" by Maxim Gorki Design Acc. 682.1999	1930	Letterpress	7 3/8 x 14 13/16" (18.7 x 37.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Hudozhnik-Revolucioner Design Acc. 684.1999	1931 or later	Offset lithograph	11 13/16 x 8 3/4" (30 x 22.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Posledneye otkrovenie social-democratov Design Acc. 683.1999	1931 or after	Letterpress	12 1/16 x 8 7/8" (30.6 x 22.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Zum Krisen-Parteitag der SPD Design Acc. 685.1999	1931	Photolithograph	13 7/8 x 10 1/4" (35.2 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Capitalism Robs You of the Last Piece of Bread (Das letzte Stück Brot raubt Ihnen der Kapitalismus) (Campaign poster for Communist Party member Ernst Thälmann) Design Acc. 595.2018	1932	Lithograph	37 3/4 × 28 1/2" (95.9 × 72.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Jack Shear, the Patricia Bonfield Endowed Acquisition Fund for the Design Collection, Daniel and Jane Och, The Orentreich Family Foundation, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, The Modern Women's Fund; and by exchange: Gift of Jean Dubuffet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, and the Richard S. Zeisler Bequest
Noske schnallt den Säbel um Design Acc. 560.1977	1932	Gravure	14 15/16 x 10 15/16" (37.9 x 27.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Neuer Lehrstuhl an den deutschen Universitäten-Völkische Tiefenschau Design Acc. 687.1999	1933	Lithograph	14 5/8 x 10 1/4" (37.1 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Loyalty for Loyalty / Greetings from the Führer (Treue um Treue / Gruß vom Führer) Photograph Acc. 722.2018	1934	Photomontage	9 3/8 × 7 1/8" (23.8 × 18.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of David Dechman and Michel Mercure
"China Blutlet" by Agnes Smedley Design Acc. 688.1999	1936	Letterpress	Folded: 7 9/16 x 5 1/8" (19.2 x 13 cm); unfolded: 7 9/16 x 14 1/8" (19.2 x 35.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson