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The Village Square, Bouresches
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About this work
Mounted sketch on paper. This work illustrates shell torn buildings during World War I in the French village of Bouresches. Rubble is scattered in the foreground while a tattered tree dominates the center of the composition, partially obscuring a deserted blue wagon behind it. Damage buildings crowd the background of the sketch demonstrating the devastation the conflict brought to the French countryside.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineThe Village Square, Bouresches. 1918. Smith, J. Andre. National Museum of American History, War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff. CC0.
