l'Eglise de Tracy le Val. près Quennevieres

J. E. Appad?, artist

l'Eglise de Tracy le Val. près Quennevieres, circa 1917

Where object was made: France

Material/technique: watercolor

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 29.6 x 38.3 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 11 5/8 x 15 1/16 in

Credit line: Gift of Professor Eric Gustav Carlson

Accession number: 2014.1198

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The village of Tracy le Val was situated along the front lines of WWI, not far from the site of the Battle of Quennevières, also depicted in the topographic landscape by Camille-Félix Bellanger in this exhibition. For three years, Tracy le Val suffered waves of fierce conflict and the village was completely destroyed by the end of the war. The artist, whose identity has not been established, shows a ruined church in winter, probably in 1917. By the following year there was nothing left but rubble.