AIZ Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung. 30 Issues (Workers' Illustrated Magazine) [WITH 33 HEARTFIELD PHOTOMONTAGES: 1929 1937]

Heartfield, John

Edité par Neuer Deutscher Verlag - Willi Münzenberg, Berlin, 1929

All issue folios (15 x 11") with photo-illustrated covers and brown lettering on covers, some with photomontages by John Heartfield. All issues with photogravure illustrations and up to and including volume XI, No. 52, 1930, with A-I-Z header in stylized Gothic German lettering with German text, protected by modern mylar. This Heartfield collection of acrid as much as to the point montages and text by John Heartfield are unique in their drastic description of society just as much as many of them are artistic masterpieces. After the move to Prague in 1933 the masthead changed. Instead of the brown lettering of A-I-Z, the covers feature AIZ in reverse white with shadows of the letters in brown reflecting a modernist typography. The issues are printed in the same sepia-toned fashion until 1934 when they changed to a red-toned gravure. The edition was reduced from a weekly run of 500,000 to 12,000 copies per issue and the page numbers were reduced. A final change took place in 1937, renaming the AIZ to be published as VI Die Volks-Illustrierte, issue of April 14, 1937 in our collection. The Heartfield photomontages in our descriptions have been verified and, for the most part, rely on the descriptive text as put forth in David Evans' 1992 publication "AIZ John Heartfield Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung Volks Illustrierte 1930-38," edited by Anna Lundgren, published by Kent Fine Art, Inc. 1. A-I-Z Jahrgang VIII Nr. 44, 1929. Berlin. Neuer Deutscher Verlag - Willi Münzenberg. Folio (15 x 11'). pages 1-20, missing pp. 3-6 and 15-18. Original photo-illustrated wraps with brown lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Cover photograph by Armstrong Roberts-Mauritius. This issue contains two photomontages by John Heartfield relating to Kurt Tucholsky's book "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles," the cover of Tucholsky's publication (4 3/4 x 3 1/3") and "Das Parlament" (8 x 9 5/8"), rendered in sepia-toned photogravure. The latter is with Tucholsky's poem "Das Parlament," announced as a sample from the recently published book by Neuer Deutscher Verlag. The issue also contains a photo-report on Swabian peasants, a puzzle and humor page, two short short stories and a photo-illustrated page about worker's sports. The back cover is a photo-illustrated page with news from around the world with captions in German and Esperanto. Imprint at bottom refers to offices in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Russia and Holland. Printer Carl Sabo, Berlin. Text in German, Esperanto on back cover. Some light fraying at foredge of page 9/10. Very good condition. Not listed in Evans. 2. A-I-Z Jahrgang IX Nr. 10, 1930. Berlin. Folio (15 x 11"). Pages 183-198, missing covers, pages 187/88 and 193/94. Photo-illustrated wraps. Contains one full page photomontage by Heartfield: "Zwangslieferantin von Menschenmaterial! Nur Mut! Der Staat braucht Arbeitslose und Soldaten!" (Forced supplier of human material! Take courage! The state needs unemployed workers and soldiers!); signature in plate. With photo-illustrated contributions on French prisons, striking British personalities with drawings by Georg Ledebour, the exploitation of women entitled "From Peon to Fighter," puzzles, announcements and a short story by Jaroslav Hasek. Page 198 with photo-illustrated contribution on physical culture. Photo-illustrations in photogravure. Some light fraying of three pages at foredge. Very good condition. Evans, page 46. 3. A-I-Z Jahrgang IX Nr. 28, 1930. Berlin. Folio (15 x 11"). Pages 543-558, missing covers. Wraps with Heartfield photomontage on cover, protected by modern mylar. Page 543 features a full page Heartfield photomontage: Mac Donald - Socialism (Macdonald - Sozialismus). The subtitle implies "I really cannot remain inactive while capitalism is being threatened with the loss of another sixth of the world." Contains photo-illustrated report on India, a short mystery by Leonid Borrisow, "Pax Brittanica," subtitled "how England brings peace," with photographs and rep. N° de réf. du vendeur 49804

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : AIZ Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung. 30 Issues...
Éditeur : Neuer Deutscher Verlag - Willi Münzenberg, Berlin
Date d'édition : 1929
Reliure : Softcover
Etat : Very good condition
Etat de la jaquette : Jaquette
Edition : First printing.