Village (Soppe-le-Bas) in German Alsace
date: label: date made
content: 1918-05
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: Ink wash sketch on paper. The sketch shows a village street that is lined with timber frame buildings. American troops walk up and down the street and stand or sit among the buildings. Lining the street are poles that have painted textiles hanging from them--forming several rows of what look like banners; these served as camouflage to prevent German observation balloons from watching troop movements. At the far left of the sketch, there is a water spigot in the foreground.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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content: World War I Art
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content: Art
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content: Combat Art
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Krass, Peter. Portrait of War: The U.S. Army’s First Combat Artists and the Doughboys’ Experience in WWI
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25897 [dup1]
label: catalog number
content: 25897
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 7/8 in x 13 7/8 in; 25.0825 cm x 35.2425 cm