Primary Accumulation 3 (Henry Ford)

Hugo Gellert American, born Hungary
1933
Not on view
Gellert aligned himself with the Communist Party in the 1920s and engaged radical politics throughout his career. He favored printmaking, illustration, and murals for their accessibility to the masses, creating works that center on the tenets of Marxism and celebrate the labor class. Primary Accumulation 3 is part of a portfolio illustrating Karl Marx’s Das Kapital. In the print, a muscular worker confronts an oversize caricature of Henry Ford—a representation of capitalism—who clutches onto a complex of industrial buildings.

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Object Information
  • Title: Primary Accumulation 3 (Henry Ford)
  • Series/Portfolio: Karl Marx's Capital, 1933
  • Artist: Hugo Gellert (American (born Hungary), Budapest 1892–1985 New York)
  • Date: 1933
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: sheet: 20 1/2 x 15 3/16 in. (52 x 38.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Abner and Miriam Diamond, 1998
  • Object Number: 1998.392.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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