The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 the set; 32 from an edition of 90, out of a total edition of 100 (of which 10 were printed on Japan paper). Godefroy 216; Vallotton and Georg 212
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
A concentration of troops moving towards a battlefield. This woodcut is plate 6 from the first portfolio of 18 woodcuts, 'La guerre de 1914', published by Sagot, Paris, 1915. Second (published) state
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 poi
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 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
A dead German soldier lies in a trench after a mine explosion. This print is plate 14 from the first portfolio of 18 woodcuts, 'La guerre de 1914', published by Sagot, Paris. From the second (publishe
