Before revision: The original essay, "The Work of Art in the Age of its Technological Reproducibility", was published in three editions: (i) the German edition, , in 1935; (ii) the French edition, , in 1936; and (iii) the German revised edition in 1939, from which derive the contemporary English translations of the essay titled "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction".Notes on Walter Benjamin, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction", a commentary by Gareth Griffiths, Aalto University, 2011.
After revision: """"The original essay, "The Work of Art in the Age of its Technological Reproducibility", was published in three editions: (i) the German edition, , in 1935; (ii) the French edition, , in 1936; and (iii) the German revised edition in 1939, from which derive the contemporary English translations of the essay titled "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction".Notes on Walter Benjamin, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction", a commentary by Gareth Griffiths, Aalto University, 2011.