DCFA - First World War - Verpilleux - Captain EMILE ANTOINE VERPILLEUX, Royal Air Force (1888-1964)

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"EVENING" - A sunset sky acts as a setting to the picture of the "strafed" battery position. The ground is pitted with newly made shell holes. The remains of a Wireless Dugout are still smouldering, and what is left of a mast stands precariously above it. The position is lurid and ominous, still full of the threat of DEATH, the price paid by many Battery Operators sharing the fortune of the Gunners.

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Artist:
Captain EMILE ANTOINE VERPILLEUX, Royal Air Force (1888-1964)

Ref: 4032
Medium: Photogravure Coloured Print
Size: 8.75in x 13.25in - 21.7 x 33.7 cm.
Framed: No
Status: Signed in Ink
Provenance: The three pictures "Morning" (4030), "Noon" (4031) and "Evening" (4032) hung together form a tryptic, showing the round of a Wireless Day. The relentless routine work at the aerodrome - the ritual work at the dug-out - and the share of realities at the batteries.
Price: £125.00

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