A Repair Shop at Issoudun

Description:

Pencil and crayon drawing on paper. The work depicts the interior of an airplane repair shop at Issoudun, France during World War I. Men are working on disassembled airplanes. A piece of an engine or airplane body is suspended in the ceiling above the overhead beams.

Date Made: 1918Associated Date: 1917-1918

Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Smith, J. Andre

Location: Currently not on view

Depicted: France: Centre-Val de Loire, Issoudun

Related Event: World War I

Subject:

See more items in: Political and Military History: 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.25924Catalog Number: 25924Accession Number: 64592

Object Name: drawing

Physical Description: pencil (overall production method/technique)crayon (overall production method/technique)paper (overall material)Measurements: drawing with frame: 11 1/2 in x 13 3/4 in; 29.21 cm x 34.925 cmdrawing without frame: 8 in x 10 1/4 in; 20.32 cm x 26.035 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-7438-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_445747

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