La tranchée (The Trench), plate 1 from the portfolio C'est la guerre! (This is War!)
Félix Vallotton, La tranchée (The Trench), plate 1 from the portfolio C'est la guerre! (This is War!), 1915, woodcut on wove paper, Gift of Tom Firman, public domain, 2013.50.1b
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- Title
La tranchée (The Trench), plate 1 from the portfolio C'est la guerre! (This is War!)
- Related Titles
original language: La tranchée
portfolio: C'est la guerre!
portfolio (translated): This is War!
translated: The Trench
- Artist
- Date
1915
- Medium
woodcut on wove paper
- Edition
86/90
- Catalogue Raisonné
Vallotton-Goerg 212b
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 7 in x 8 13/16 in; sheet: 9 15/16 in x 13 3/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature: f.vallotton, graphite, LR
edition information: 86/90, graphite, LL
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Books, Portfolios, and Manuscripts
Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Swiss
- Credit Line
Gift of Tom Firman
- Accession Number
2013.50.1b
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
In the 1890s, Félix Vallotton achieved fame with his stylish woodcuts of Parisian life. He deployed the same elegant touch and extreme simplicity in scenes of brutal war, using a graceful arabesque line to describe scenes of violence and horror.
- Exhibitions
2014 This is War! Graphic Arts from the Great War Portland Art Museum
