frame: 24 9/16 in x 29 9/16 in; 62.38875 cm x 75.08875 cm
unframed: 23 1/4 in x 28 1/4 in x 1 in; 59.055 cm x 71.755 cm x 2.54 cm
Object Name:
Painting, oil
painting
Place made:
France
Date made:
1918
Description:
Oil painting on canvas with a black frame of an American soldier looking out of a trench. The American soldier is wearing an olive drab uniform and a steel helmet with his gas mask hanging around his neck. He is standing with only his head and shoulders exposed. On the embankment in front of the soldier is an M1903 Springfield rifle with bayonet attached, a pair of binoculars, and six fragmentation grenades (Mk. I or II). There are patches of grass growing around the trench and the wooden supports of the trench wall can be seen behind the soldier. Barbed wire posts can be seen in the background at right, fading into the early morning light. Signed at bottom right by the artist, "Harvey Dunn 1918"
