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Description: | obverse design : Europa, naked and screaming, is carried by a plunging bull onto the bayonets of an advancing army. The
bull's hind legs trample a number of Imperial crowns
obverse text : "EUROPAS SELBSTMORD"
reverse design : Uncle Sam, his face a caricature of President Wilson, using his hat, and a Japanese coolie catch the coins pouring from a
pillar-shaped fountain
reverse text : "DIE.LACHENDEN.ERBEN"
exergue : "1917"
In this 1917 piece, Goetz uses the mythic imagery of Europa and the bull, to project a bitter vision of the future. He
foresees the destruction of Europe as a consequence of internecine warfare and the rise to supremacy of nations of the new world - the USA
and Japan - by their artful exploitation of war, trade and alliances. The obverse text is translated as 'Europe's suicide' and the reverse
text as 'The laughing inheritors'. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | First World War & 1914 = 1917 satirical racial stereotypes propaganda | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Goetz, Karl | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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