WWII, August 1944, Shoes Dropped by Allies Behind the Front Line to Fighting

August 1944, printed later

Constance Stuart Larrabee

Associated Names
Constance Stuart Larrabee

Artist, American, born England, 1914 - 2000

The image depicts a person seated on a log with their legs bent and feet flat on the ground. They are holding a pair of boots in their right hand and leaning a rifle against their left leg. Their left arm is bent at the elbow, holding onto the end of the rifle. The person's face is not visible. They are wearing a short-sleeved shirt over a collared shirt and shorts, with a belt around their waist. The person's feet are wrapped with bandages and in wooden sandals. In the background, there is a stack of cut firewood against a textured wall, with a partially open window above it.
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Provenance

Constance Stuart Larrabee, Chestertown, MD; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2000; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, top right stamped in black ink: 92414; by artist, center in graphite: 40547; across bottom in graphite: 12 / SHOES DROPPED BY ALLIES / TO FREE FRENCH SUMMER 1944 / (August) / S. FRANCE; bottom center stamped in black ink: CREDIT © PHOTOGRAPH: / CONSTANCE STUART LARRABEE / CHESTERTOWN, MARYLAND 21620

Wikidata ID

Q64145928

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