Apremont

Description:

Pencil and watercolor sketch on paper. The work depicts several buildings in a village in no man's land, near Apremont, France during World War I. Five men are standing in the shadow of one of the shell-torn structures, and another man is walking in front of a building in the background. Several rows of barbed wired fences border the town.

Date Made: 1918Associated Date: 1917-1918

Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Smith, J. Andre

Location: Currently not on view

Depicted: France: Grand Est, Apremont

Related Event: World War I

Subject:

See more items in: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military, Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, Military, World War I Art, Art, Combat Art, Art

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Credit Line: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AF.25934Catalog Number: 25934Accession Number: 64592

Object Name: sketch

Physical Description: pencil (overall production method/technique)watercolor (overall production method/technique)paper (overall material)Measurements: sketch with frame: 11 1/2 in x 14 1/8 in; 29.21 cm x 35.8775 cmsketch without frame: 6 1/2 in x 10 3/16 in; 16.51 cm x 25.87625 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-1f33-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_445713

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