His Masters Voice, Zoltán Forrai, 1940 - 1945

Identification

Title(s)

His Masters Voice

Object type

drawing

Object number

NG-1986-44-5

Inscriptions / marks

signature: ‘Forrai’
title: ‘HIS MASTERS VOICE’
inscription: ‘HEIL HITLER / Mussert’

Description

Een hondje in uniform met pet (Anton Mussert) brengt Hitlergroet aan een grammofoon, waarvan de hoorn eindigt in het hoofd van de schreeuwende Hitler. Op voetstuk van grammofoon staat 'His Masters Voice'. Rechts achter het hondje staat op schoolbord met opschrift 'Heil Hitler' en "Mussert'. Het hondje zit met een touw vast aan het voetstuk van de grammofoon.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Zoltán Forrai (signed by artist)

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1940 - 1945

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 172 mm × width 222 mm

Subject

What

When

1940 - 1945

Where

Netherlands

Who

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 26-Jun-1986

Copyright

erven Zoltán Forrai

Provenance

From the artist, fl. 6,000, with xx other drawings, to the museum, 1986

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Zoltán Forrai : portret van een veelzijdig kunstenaar, Koos van Weringh

Persistent URL

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