The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts the corpses of three French soldiers caught in barbed wire entanglements on a battlefield. Beneath a starry night sky, their bodies lie in fixed, awkward poses; one soldier's upturned hand poignantly echoing the stakes that punctuate the white earth around him. This is one of a series of six anti-German woodcuts by Vallotton entitled 'C'est la Guerre!' [This is war!], made in the winter of 1915-16 published and sold by the artist, which consisted of graphic and dramatic portrayals of the destruction and carnage that occurred on the Western Front in France during the First World War.
Depicts two German soldiers in the darkness engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat with raised knives, while a terrified French soldier looks on. This is one of a series of six anti-German woodcuts by
Depicts the interior of a French civilian home, showing two figures lying inert on the floor, probably cut down by marauding soldiers intent on raiding the ample barrels behind. While a dog whines in
Depicts a pile of war damaged debris, broken carriages and other bombed detriment with a small figure of a soldier peeping over the trench in the background. This is one of a series of six anti-German
Depicts an image of a large shell explosion bursting on a battlefield. In the foreground, a row of French soldiers shelter from the blast in the protection of a trench, only their helmets and bayonets
Depicts an image exposing the horrors of war. At far right the corpse of a woman lies partially naked, a dagger plunged in her breast. She has evidently been raped by the group of carousing German off
An explosion on a battlefield with a trench in the foreground. Vallotton himself published and sold the portfolio of six woodcuts entitled 'C'est la guerre (This is war)'. This print is plate 1 from t
