HIRSCHHORN, THOMAS
1957 Bern
Title: Flat Daddy (John Heartfield).
Date: 2008.
Technique: Photocopy, cardboard and adhesive tape.
Measurement: 84 x 68 x 1,5cm.
Notation: Titled, signed, dated, inscribed and numbered verso: "Flat-Daddy" (John Heartfield) Thomas Hirschhorn 2008 Edition nbk 11/10.
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (publisher).
Number: 10/11.
Provenance:
- Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
- Kasper König Collection, Berlin
Literature:
- Cf. exhib. cat. 1000... miles to the edge, Museum Ludwig Cologne, Cologne 2023, p. 59f ill.
- Allusion to photographic doubles of American soldiers ('flat daddy')
- Reference to the Dadaist John Heartfield (1891 - 1968)
- Another copy donated by Kasper König to the Museum Ludwig 2023.