A Moveable Shadow Box Depicting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sodomizing Adolf Hitler
by AN ANONYMOUS ARTIST
- Used
- Condition
- While undated and unsigned, the work must date between 1941 - 1945. Patriotic, if crude, it is constructed within a cigar box (9
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
While undated and unsigned, the work must date between 1941 - 1945. Patriotic, if crude, it is constructed within a cigar box (9” tall x 5 1/2” wide x slightly over 2” deep), the bottom of which is an abstract, colorful background to the painted cardboard figures, which are about 8” tall. Hitler is in a Nazi uniform and boots, his hands held high; F.D.R., formally dressed in a cutaway, is apparently screaming while holding the hips of the Fuhrer, whose pants are pulled part way down. A wire that stretches through the side of the box moves the articulated figure so that the President is clearly and vigorously violating Hitler from the rear. In very good condition. The possibilities presented by this work for a cataloguer to employ numerous plays on words are nearly endless, but we are determined to show uncharacteristic restraint in the face of the powerful temptation to be halfway clever and totally tasteless. It might be incorrect, however, to credit this restraint to a sense of propriety rather than to sympathy with the sentiments of the unknown artist, who was vividly expressing the wish to do unto others as they would have done to him.
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- Bookseller
- Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24212P
- Title
- A Moveable Shadow Box Depicting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sodomizing Adolf Hitler
- Author
- AN ANONYMOUS ARTIST
- Book Condition
- Used - While undated and unsigned, the work must date between 1941 - 1945. Patriotic, if crude, it is constructed within a cigar box (9
- Bookseller catalogs
- W.W. II;
Terms of Sale
Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.
Items are returnable for any reason for a full refund. Please inform us within three days of receipt and provide the reason for the return.
About the Seller
Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
Newton, Massachusetts
About Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.
With more than 35 years experience in the rare book trade, Peter L. Stern and Co., Inc. has established itself as a highly regarded firm of antiquarian booksellers.
Specializing in 19th and 20th century literature, signed and inscribed books, and manuscripts we maintain a high quality inventory. Our shop is located in the heart of Newton Centre where we are open by chance or appointment
In the long-standing tradition of the rare book trade we continue to mail regular catalogues to our customers. We are easily accessible via the MBTA Green Line's D Branch. We travel widely and attend both international and local book fairs.
Specializing in 19th and 20th century literature, signed and inscribed books, and manuscripts we maintain a high quality inventory. Our shop is located in the heart of Newton Centre where we are open by chance or appointment
In the long-standing tradition of the rare book trade we continue to mail regular catalogues to our customers. We are easily accessible via the MBTA Green Line's D Branch. We travel widely and attend both international and local book fairs.
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