Vallotton's white-on-black drawing is a negative image. In this preparatory version for a woodcut print, combatants fight in the dark with sharpened daggers flashing, alluding to the lurking dangers and unexpected violence faced by soldiers.
C'EST LA GUERRE!
(THIS IS WAR!)
Vallotton's white-on-black drawing is a negative image. In this preparatory version for a woodcut print, combatants fight in the dark with sharpened daggers flashing, alluding to the lurking dangers and unexpected violence faced by soldiers.