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John Heartfield Political Book Art – Dust Jackets: 1912 – 1924

A growing portfolio compilation of John Heartfield’s (Helmut Herzfeld) art for book covers. Many were published by Malik-Verlag, the publishing house that was a joint venture of John and his brother, Wieland Herzfelde (Wieland Herzfeld). If you would like to add a book to this portfolio, please WRITE TO THE CURATOR.

1924 Jahrbuch, Erstes

1924 Jahrbuch, Erstes

Platz dem Arbeiter

1924 Sinclair, Upton

1924 Sinclair, Upton

Der Sumpf

1922 Graf, Oskar Maria

1922 Graf, Oskar Maria

Frühzeit , 1922

1923 Jung, Franz

1923 Jung, Franz

Die Eroberung der Maschinen

1922 Polgar, Alfred

1922 Polgar, Alfred

Gestern und Heute, 1922

1921 Sinclair, Upton

1921 Sinclair, Upton

100%. Roman Eines Patrioten, 1921.

1912 Held, Franz

1912 Held, Franz

John Heartfield provided the graphic design for a book of poetry, Ausgewählte Werke, by his father, Franz Held (aka Franz Herzfeld), 1912.



JOHN HEARTFIELD POLITICAL BOOK ART : GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR BOOK COVERS


From 1912 until shortly before his death in 1968, John Heartfield graphic design ( photomontage or collage ) for book covers pushed the envelope of publishing graphic design.

The German Dada artist revolutionized typography. Heartfield made the typography a visual element of the graphic design.

Heartfield book covers were among the very first to use the book dust jacket to tell a story that moved from the front cover to the back cover.

His graphic designs that grace the interior of his collaboration with the Kurt Tucholsky on Deutschland, Deutschland, über alles. Those photo montages helped make Tucholsky’s satiric book an instant classic of German literature.

It’s well documented that Malik-Verlag publishing customers often bought books simply because they wanted to own the Heartfield book jacket covers. Reading the book was an option.