Defending the spoil

Place Europe: France
Accession Number ART90452
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 20.6 x 32.8 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and ink over pencil on paper
Maker Vasco, Louis
Place made France
Date made 1916-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

This work is attributed to Louis Vasco. It may have been donated by Miss Renee Erdos.
Three soldiers are depicted as cavemen holding makeshift weapons in the form of rocks tied to sticks. They are wearing loincloths, although the soldier on the left is wearing glasses, and two of the three have patches possibly indicating insignia. The soldier with the glasses on the left also has a marking on his hand, which may represent the Navy Leading Seaman insignia. They are behind a series of boulders, and appear to be anticipating an attack. In the bottom left corner there is a crocodile.