"They Are Burning Everything - They must be about to Retreat"

c. 1919

Jean Louis Forain

Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931)

Drawings

"They Are Burning Everything - They must be about to Retreat", c. 1919. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931). Black crayon and black wash heightened with white gouache; sheet: 31.6 x 47.7 cm (12 7/16 x 18 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1925.1186

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Forain, Jean Louis
Classification: Drawing
Formatted Medium: black crayon and black wash heightened with white gouache
Medium: black, crayon, wash, heightened, white, gouache
Dimensions: Sheet: 31.6 x 47.7 cm (12 7/16 x 18 3/4 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: signed, lower right, in graphite: forain ; across bottom, in graphite: Apres Douai ("Les troupes allemandes ont reçu l'ordre le plus formel d'épargner la [propreté?] [illegible]" [G?]olf.. "Sans doute, l'ordre métait pas encore arrivé." ; lower right, in graphite: A2362
Departments: Drawings
Accession Number: 1925.1186
Credit Line: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
Exhibitions: Images of War, CMA, Images of War (Nov. 5, 191-Jan. 12, 1992).
Rights Statement: CC0