La Guerre est déclarée (War is Declared), 1915

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Medium

woodcut on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 23.18 × 17.78 cm (9 1/8 × 7 in.)

sheet: 28.58 × 21.27 cm (11 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Nicholas Martin in memory of his parents, Vernon Paul and Jean Webster Martin

Catalogue Raisonné

Lotz-Brissonneau 1905, no. 529 (8)

Accession Number

2018.132.4

Artists / Makers

Auguste Lepère (artist) French, 1849 - 1918

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: A Lepère 11/35.; lower right in graphite: La Guerre est déclarée; lower right in graphite: [not deciphered]; lower right in block: LA [monogram]; lower right corner verso in graphite: B

Marks and Labels

Blindstamp: ED SAGOT / Editeur / PARIS

Provenance

Second Story Book, Washington, D.C, Nicholas Martin, Alexandria VA; Gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Martin, Nicholas

Bibliography

2002: Lotz-Brissonneau, A. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé d'Auguste Lepère. Paris, 2002: no. 529 (8).