l’espion (The Spy)

Lucien Laforge, artist

1885–1952

l’espion (The Spy), 1914–1918

Where object was made: France

Material/technique: pochoir; relief print

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 258 x 195 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 10 3/16 x 7 11/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 314 x 234 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 12 3/8 x 9 3/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: Gift of Eric G. Carlson in honor of Stephen, Diane, Erica, Emily, and Caitlin Goddard

Accession number: 2004.0156

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Exhibition Label:
"Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts," Mar-2010, Steve Goddard
Lucien Laforge began his art career before the War, contributing illustrations and cartoons to numerous French magazines and newspapers. He continued to work as an artist throughout the War, producing images that contained elements of propaganda. During the first part of the War, there was a vast disconnect between the general population’s perception of the soldier’s life and the soldier’s actual experience in the trenches. Illustrations like these contributed to the construction of the image of the French soldier as happy and well-fed against the backdrop of a bloodless conflict.