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Espanolaphone

Espanolaphone
Name: 
PAINTING
Espanolaphone
1937
Country: 
United States New York New York
Accession: 
1998.4.3
Alexander Z. Kruse Artist
Collection: 
Object
Paintings and Sculpture
War and Political Propaganda
Subject: 
Politics , Caricature and Cartoons , War/Military , Anti-Nazism , Anti-Fascism , Spanish Civil War , Humor/Satire , Propaganda
Inches 27-3/4 23-3/4 Dimensions, framed, Centimeters 70.5 60.3 Dimensions, framed
Credit Line: 
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, Gift of Mrs. Kathreen Kruse, Woodland Hills, in memory of Martin Alexander Kruse
URL: 
1998.4.3.JPG
Tags: 
War and Political Propaganda~Paintings and Sculpture
Oil on board painting using satire to condemn the Italian and German governments for their military support of Spain's civil war; Kruse portrays Adolph Hitler as a clown and Benito Mussolini as a devil; Spain, represented by the green bull, serves as the conduit between them; through a mouthpiece coming out of the bull's ears, Mussolini is talking to Hitler who is listening through a receiver attached to the bull's tail.
Espanolaphone
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  • Title :     Espanolaphone
  • Artist:     Alexander Z. Kruse Artist
  • Accession:     1998.4.3
  • Country:     United States New York New York
  • Date:     1937
  • Dimensions:     Inches 27-3/4 23-3/4 Dimensions, framed, Centimeters 70.5 60.3 Dimensions, framed
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Paintings and Sculpture
  • Collection Theme:     War and Political Propaganda
  • Subject:     Politics , Caricature and Cartoons , War/Military , Anti-Nazism , Anti-Fascism , Spanish Civil War , Humor/Satire , Propaganda
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, Gift of Mrs. Kathreen Kruse, Woodland Hills, in memory of Martin Alexander Kruse
  • URL:     1998.4.3.JPG
  • Tags:     War and Political Propaganda~Paintings and Sculpture
Description:
Oil on board painting using satire to condemn the Italian and German governments for their military support of Spain's civil war; Kruse portrays Adolph Hitler as a clown and Benito Mussolini as a devil; Spain, represented by the green bull, serves as the conduit between them; through a mouthpiece coming out of the bull's ears, Mussolini is talking to Hitler who is listening through a receiver attached to the bull's tail.
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