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The German Tango
Raemaekers, Louis, 1916, Chromolithograph
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The German Tango
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Title
The German Tango
Description
"From East to West and West to East I dance with thee."
'This cartoon (of 13 August 1915) appeared when the Germans were still hastily transferring masses of troops from the western to the eastern front, and were collecting a new army to attack Serbia.'
Artist / maker
Raemaekers, Louis
Date
1916
Size
34.6 x 25.8 cm
Type
Chromolithograph
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Louis Raemaekaers' drawings are reproduced by kind permission of the
Louis Raemaekers Foundation
.
An allegory of Germany, identifiable by the German state crown and her braids, dances seductively with a skeleton. Raemaekers' allegories of Allied countries are strong or victimised but never promiscuous women. His allegory of Germany, on the other hand, is a sexualised figure. She leans into the skeleton, her parted lips and lidded eyes emphasizing her sexual nature. Germany dances with death, while England and Belgium fight for humanity.
The
Louis Raemaekers Foundation
have published a book of his works entitled, 'Louis Raemaekers - with pen and pencil as a weapon'.
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Louis Raemaekers and World War One
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