[Music, Life & Death under the Third Reich] [Music Iconography]
German Caricature, c. 1940
A highly unusual caricature of three men in military uniforms and two women making music around a piano. The man in tall boots holding a dog appears to be an emaciated Adolf Hitler, while the standing figure, sweating profusely, sings "Ach gott, ich bin so würde." Ink on paper, 19 x 26 cm. Signed "Zara Simeowic 20-XII - [year indistinct]." (3163)Art/Sculpture Classical Music