Marinus
1940
L'obession (Hitler marching in the fog of his obsession)

Gelatin silver print, photomontage
22.5 x 17 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Photography, 6 June 2018, Lot: 4265
 
The title of the image refers to Hitler's invasion of Poland and the capitulation of the Polish Army in 1939. It portrays Hitler seeing himself in the tradition of the great field marshals of the past.
 
This image was published on the title page of Marianne, no. 377, Jan. 10, 1940.
 
Lit.: Gunner Byskov/Bodo von Dewitz (eds.). Marinus Heartfield. Politische Fotomontagen der 1930er Jahre, Göttingen 2008, ill. pp. 126-127 (cat. no. 35).
 
LL/82600