Aux Victimes de la Guerre

1904

Georges Bertin Scott

Associated Names
Georges Bertin Scott

Artist, French, 1873 - 1942

This is a drawing of a figure in white holding a sign standing among others in a desolate landscape. The artwork depicts a robed figure in a war-torn field, reaching out towards a skeletal figure on the left, who appears to be Death, holding a scythe. The field is littered with bodies of soldiers. The robed figure holds a sign with the words "Humanité", "Fraternité", and "Charité" written on it. The scene is charged with the tension of the struggle between life, hope, and death.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk with stumping on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    image: 18 5/16 x 22 1/8 in. (46.5 x 56.2 cm)
    sheet: 47.2 x 58.1 cm (18 9/16 x 22 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.40.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor Maurice Bloch, California; (sale, Christie's New York, 9 January 1991, no. 241); John O'Brien, Charles Town, WV; gift to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in black chalk: AVX VICTIMES DE LA GVERRE / Georges Scott 1904; on tablet in image: HVMANITE / FRATERNITE / CHARITE

Wikidata ID

Q64571650

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