LAisne deacutevasteacutee. Oeuvre de guerre pour la reconstitution des foyers deacutetruits – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: LAisne deacutevasteacutee. Oeuvre de guerre pour la reconstitution des foyers deacutetruits, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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LAisne deacutevasteacutee. Oeuvre de guerre pour la reconstitution des foyers deacutetruits
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The Aisne, a department in northern France, is the place this poster is about, and the title names it directly: "L'Aisne dévastée," or "Devastated Aisne." Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen signed the 1919 lithograph, which was printed in two colors and issued as a war fund appeal for rebuilding homes destroyed in the fighting. The Aisne lay along the front for much of the war and was heavily damaged, so the subject of mothers and children set against ruin would have been immediately clear to French viewers of the time. Steinlen was known for sympathetic images of ordinary people, and here that sensibility serves a fundraising purpose.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph (two colors) ; 114 x 79 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Devastated Aisne. War fund for the reconstruction of destroyed homes. Signed: Steinlen. Missing pieces at folds. Promotional goal: Fr. G1. 1919?//Fr. J76. 1919? Item is no. 172 291 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. BYA//RC · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | Mothers & children--France--Aisne--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Destruction & pillage--German--France--Aisne. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,775 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1494_LAisne_deacutevasteacut_1919 |
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