Auguste Louis Lepère
Death and Passions Descend upon the World (La Mort et les Passions fondent sur le Monde)

Death and Passions Descend upon the World (La Mort et les Passions fondent sur le Monde)

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Death and Passions Descend upon the World (La Mort et les Passions fondent sur le Monde)
ArtistFrench, 1849–1918
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Death and Passions Descend upon the World (La Mort et les Passions fondent sur le Monde)
  • from La Guerre de 1914, first series
Date1914 –1915
MediumWoodcut on Japanese paper
DimensionsBlock: 8 1/8 × 6 1/2 in. (20.6 × 16.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 5/16 in. (26.7 × 21.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number85.394
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
recto bottom left edge in pencil "La Mort & les Passions fondent sur le Monde"
bottom right below image in pencil "[illegible] 5/7"
recto bottom right corner a stamp "BLISS[circled]"

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