A Street Behind the Front
date: label: date made
content: 1918-04
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Smith, J. Andre
label: maker
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: Pen and watercolor drawing on paper. This detailed sketch of a street scene is unusually polished for J. Andre Smith's wartime art, using pen hatching to create textures and watercolor chiaroscuro to create depth. This work depicts American soldiers in a war-torn village behind the Western Front of World War I. The soldiers appear to be assisting with securing the shell-torn structures of the village. Light blue poles are installed along the facade of the the home in the background, preventing its collapse.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Art
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.25904
label: catalog number
content: 25904
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: drawing with frame: 17 13/16 in x 21 15/16 in; 45.24375 cm x 55.72125 cm
label: Measurements
content: drawing without frame: 14 in x 18 15/16 in; 35.56 cm x 48.10125 cm