Les Prussiens massaceurs (The Prussian massacre) Accession Number: ART50260

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Prussian soldiers brutalise peasants; one hits a peasant with the end of a gun, another swings a person in the air. Dead bodies lie on the ground. This woodcut is plate 12 from the first portfolio of 18 woodcuts, 'La guerre de 1914', published by Sagot, Paris, 1915. Second (published) state of two; 10 from and ediiton of 35.

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Accession Number
ART50260
Artist
Auguste Lepere
Publisher
Sagot
Classification
Art
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Medium: woodcut on arches paper; second state of two; 10/35
Measurement
sheet: 27.8 cm x 22.8 cm
Medium
woodcut on arches paper; second state of two; edition: 10/35
Date Made
1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Purchased 1989
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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