Vers le poste d'évacuation, Bois Sabot Champagne 1917 (Near the Evacuation Station, Bois Sabot, Champagne 1917)

Pierre Albert Leroux, artist

1890–1959

Vers le poste d'évacuation, Bois Sabot Champagne 1917 (Near the Evacuation Station, Bois Sabot, Champagne 1917), 1917

Where object was made: France

Material/technique: oil; canvas

Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 15 x 18 1/4 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 16 x 19 1/16 x 1 1/2 in

Credit line: Gift of Professor Eric Gustav Carlson

Accession number: 2014.2530

Not on display

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Camouflage and Other Hidden Treasures from the Eric Gustav Carlson WWI Collection

Leroux began his military service as a musician in the infantry, but with the outbreak of WWI he became a stretcher-bearer in the 1st Regiment of Engineering. He began documenting military scenes of daily life relatively late in the war, as in this scene of a wounded soldier in a trench in winter near the site of the two battles of the Marne.

Camouflage and Other Hidden Treasures from the Eric Gustav Carlson WWI Collection

Exhibition Label:
"Empire of Things," Jun-2014, Steve Goddard
An inscription on the back of the painting indicates this scene is in the woods at Bois Sabot, Champagne, France, 1917. The woods, now blasted into near non-existence, serve as a somber backdrop for the lone soldier in his trench.