Adolf the Superman Swallows Gold and Spouts Tin

photomontage by Heartfield

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  • In John Heartfield

    …most-recognized photomontages date to 1932: Adolf the Superman Swallows Gold and Spouts Tin, a picture of Hitler with his mouth open speaking and a chest X-ray superimposed over his torso, which reveals an esophagus made of gold coins and a pile of coins in the pit of his stomach; and…

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