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Le Bon Français (portfolio cover)

Le Bon Français (portfolio cover)

Artist/Maker (French, 1886–1951)
Dateca. 1918
MediumPochoir woodcut
DimensionsImage: 11 13/16 × 9 1/8 in. (30 × 23.1 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (31.1 × 24.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Friends Fund
Edition500
PortfolioLe Bon Français
Object number2008.18.6
Status
Not on view
CopyrightNo known copyright restrictionsMore Information
This set of five woodcuts presents the actions that good French citizens were expected to undertake in support of the war effort, both on the battlefield and the home front. These duties include fighting in the war, stimulating the economy, buying war bonds, farming to produce food, and manufacturing artillery shells.
Provenance(Unrecorded auction house, Lyon, France); (purchased by Eric G. Carlson, New York); purchased 2008 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
The War to End All Wars: WWI through Recent Acquisitions
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 19, 2014 - December 23, 2014 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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