The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Four soldiers on horseback ride down a road through a landscape past a dead tree with a broken branch. The tree is evocative of ruined lives, as well as depicting wartime devastation. De Segonzac based these etchings on drawings made at the front. They were printed in 1926. L'arbre mort (large plate) was also printed in 208 proofs on Japan paper for the deluxe edition of Paul Jamot's book on Dunoyer de Segonzac, Paris 1929. The second state has a monogram 'S.D.A.' upper right. A small version of this image, with two dead trees, appeared as plate 2 in 'Huit illustrations de guerre' (Liore and Callier no. 20). Another version, with the broken branch hanging more limply from the dead tree and with the soldiers more roughly sketched in, appeared in 'Les croix de bois', facing p 152 (Liore and Cailler no. 7). This print is from the edition of 17 on Japan paper; there were 107 altogether (8 on ancient Japan paper, 50 on van Gelder paper and 15 artist's proofs and 7 trial proofs all signed by the artist.
Six soldiers walk through a trench; only their helmets are visible. Another version, with the body of the first soldier visible, appeared in 'Les croix de bois', facing page 200 (Liore and Cailler), c
This print is from the series of etchings 'Impressions de guerre'. Two French soldiers escort five weary German prisoners. They move across the image from left to right. Geffroy suggests that this wor
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
This print is from the series of etchings 'Impressions de guerre'. Inside a hut, French soldiers relax around a fire. One sits on a bench smoking a pipe and stokes a fire, while another stands beside
This is a print from the set of etchings entitled 'Impressions de guerre'. It shows a view of the rough huts in a camp behind the lines. Soldiers gather in groups and perform daily activities. A horse
This print is plate 23 from Otto Dix's monumental portfolio 'Der Krieg (The War)'. This portfolio comprising 51 etchings is an enduring visual record of the real and human consequences of modern warfa