Jahresblatt

Friedrich Neubauer's "Jahresblatt 1946/47" – a work commemorating the new year – uses jackboots, marching over the old year, as a symbol of the German soldiers who had come home from captivity following World War II. With smoking chimney stacks in the background, a few economical strokes suggest an industrial landscape. The collage that accompanied this "Jahresblatt" clarifies the image's political dimension. The signs of the time – old and new both – are tersely set in focus. Neubauer's outlook is directed to the anticipated "economic miracle," and would prove accurate. He was well aware that the recovery was made possible only by financial support provided by the US government.