Band Concert at Neufchateau
Object Details
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- Description
- Charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper. A large group of people, many of whom are soldiers, are gathered around a statue of Joan of Arc in the town of Neufchateau, France. The two people closest to the viewer appear to be an American soldier (in brown) and a French soldier (in blue). The band mentioned in the title of the work is obscured by the crowd.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
- ca 1918
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- ID Number
- AF.25956
- catalog number
- 25956
- accession number
- 64592
- Object Name
- sketch
- Physical Description
- watercolor (overall production method/technique)
- charcoal (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- sketch with frame: 12 1/2 in x 15 11/16 in; 31.75 cm x 39.84625 cm
- sketch without frame: 9 5/16 in x 12 5/16 in; 23.65375 cm x 31.27375 cm
- depicted
- France: Grand Est, Neufchâteau
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- Military
- World War I Art
- Art
- Combat Art
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_445457
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-77c1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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