Das Ende der Überlegenheit (The End of Superiority)

2018-025-007: Origformat: Other
2018-025-007

Origformat: Other

Name/Title

Das Ende der Überlegenheit (The End of Superiority)

Entry/Object ID

2018-025-007

Description

A page from a periodical showing a print of a piece by Walter Trier. It depicts a chicken and several chicks with plane wings instead of chicken wings. The wings are decorated with the British Union Flag and tri-colour roundelles, both of which were used to identify British planes. Flying above them is a German Eagle which also has plane wings featuring German crosses.

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Trier, Walter

Role

Artist

Date made

circa 1915

Place

Location

Germany

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Below image

Transcription

Die Englische = franzolische Flugzeug = Mutter: es ist ein deutcher adler in der luft

Language

German

Translation

The English = French airplane = Mother: "there is a German Eagle in the air!"

Material/Technique

Printed

Dimensions

Height

31.2 cm

Width

23.3 cm