ID: 700000608 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000608	Record Type: Movable Work

[Soldiers in a trench] (etching (print); Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (Swiss painter and printmake...; Published: ca. 1917; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 722668; accession number: 2007.PR.34**;)

Note: "à Eug. Delâtre / Steinlen"--pencilled in the lower right margin; Watermark: "Eug. Delâtre / B J K Rives / Eug. Delâtre."; "Soldats dans la tranchée"--pencilled on verso; The print appears to be an early state or a variant of Le boyau, dated 1917 (Christophe 166); Illustrator, printmaker, and painter, born in Lausanne and active in Paris; Soldiers are shown marching forward in a narrow hollow cut out of the ground; Gift of Stuart and Beverly Denenberg. Publication: ca. 1917.

Titles:

[Soldiers in a trench] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Soldats dans la tranchée. (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

etching (print) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

drypoint (print) [300041349]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints, engravings (prints))

print (visual work) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: ca. 1917

Creator Display:

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (Swiss painter and printmaker, 1859-1923) [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Steinlen, Théophile Alexandre (French illustrator, printmaker, and painter, 1859-1923) [500017451]

publishers unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Delâtre, Eugène (French painter, 1864-1938) [500015432]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 722668; accession number: 2007.PR.34**

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Display Materials: 1 print: drypoint, b&w

	prints (visual works) [300041273]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

	drypoint (printing process) [300053228]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes, engraving (printing process))

	black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: platemark 59.5 x 49.6 cm, on sheet 70 x 54 cm

General Subject:

military (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	soldiers [300185678]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in military occupations>) (AAT)

	Delâtre, Eugène (French painter, 1864-1938) [500015432]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	World War I [901000143]
	.....((Global historical events, Named Events)) (ICON)

Provenance: sdenenberg; Gift.

Inscriptions: "à Eug. Delâtre / Steinlen"--pencilled in the lower right margin.; Watermark: "Eug. Delâtre / B J K Rives / Eug. Delâtre."; "Soldats dans la tranchée"--pencilled on verso.

Marks: watermark

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
[Soldiers in a trench]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 722668
Soldats dans la tranchée.	........ [GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Note:
English	..... [GRISC]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)