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Blasted bridge and houses, with bridge under construction: Pompey, France; Moselle River. Oct. 1944

Description

Abstract:
Original ink and watercolor sketch, signed and dated by Stevenson; bomb-damaged houses or apartments on left, at edge of river, remains of bombed bridge in river; trees, ridge, sky in background; detailed artist's report (for Intelligence Division) on verso.
Notes:
Stevenson enlisted in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in July 1941. He was one of the original soldier-artists at Fort Belvoir, VA. before accepting a position as a war artist in May 1943. In 1944 he was in southern England covering the preparations for the Normandy invasion and later depicted war damage in France and Germany. Gift of the artist 1994.

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Collection is open for research.

Citation

Stevenson, A. Brockie, "Blasted bridge and houses, with bridge under construction: Pompey, France; Moselle River. Oct. 1944 " (1944). Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:236863/

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