Nothing But a Berliner. Dada Montages 1916-1933.  Photographs by
Erwin Blumenfeld. Preface by Janos Frecot. Text by Helen Adkins.
Hatje Cantz, 2009. 224 pp., 97 color and 130 duotone
illustrations, 8½x11¼".  Selected as one of the Best Books of
2009 by:  Publisher's Description Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969)
was born into a Jewish family in Berlin. In 1941, after being
interned in a concentration camp, he left Europe for the United
States, where he eventually became a citizen; during the 40s and
50s, he was to make his name here as one of the most sought-
after fashion photographers in the world. But most people are
unfamiliar with Blumenfeld's early work, the often bitingly
satiric Dada photomontages and collages he produced between 1916
and 1933. This book, put together by Helen Adkins, renowned
expert on the Berlin Dada movement, is the first to provide a
study and a survey of these early works. Blumenfeld did not
intend for these works to be shown publicly, as they were
primarily personal gifts to his friend