Street Fighting
date: label: date made
content: ca 1918
name: label: artist
content: Dunn, Harvey Thomas
notes: label: Description
content: A charcoal, pastel and watercolor drawing on beige textured paper. Depicted is an American soldier in oliver drab uniform firing his M1903 Springfield rifle with a trail of yellow fire coming out of the gun barrel. To the left of the soldier is the body of another American soldier lying face down on the street, presumably dead. Surrounding the soldiers are piles of debris from destroyed buildings. Part of a wall has collapsed behind the firing soldier, and a pile of red, white, and blue cloth can be seen among the rubble. Signed by the artist at bottom right, "Harvey Dunn, AEF"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: France: Grand Est, Marne
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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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: 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.25706A
label: accession number
content: 64592
label: catalog number
content: 25706A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: pastel (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: drawing with matte: 21 3/16 in x 27 5/16 in; 53.81625 cm x 69.37375 cm
label: Measurements
content: drawing without matte: 16 7/8 in x 23 1/8 in; 42.8625 cm x 58.7375 cm