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Grosse Eisenfaust Deutschland
| This title in German translates as "Big Iron Fist, Germany." It relates to Velimir Khlebnikov's poem "Tables of Destiny," which condemns the "iron fist" of Germany that threatened "Planet Earth" in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and in World War I. The title also puns on the word "Panzerfaust" (literally, "tank fist"), a rocket-shaped antitank grenade or bazooka used by the Germans toward the end of World War II. The blob on Kiefer's torso suggests the shape of the weapon. |
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Big Iron Fist, Germany
"Grosse Eisenfaust Deutschland"
ca. 1980-81. Gouache and acrylic on photograph
33 x 23 1/4 in. (83.8 x 59.1 cm)
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1995
1995.14.37
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