Légende

Solitaire - cards from the first two years of the European War, Tanski, Czeslaw (1862-1942), illustrator. The album 'Patience' consists of 53 playing cards with depictions related to World War I. The cards symbolically depict the countries participating in the war: their rulers, the commanders-in-chief of the individual armies, as well as warfare and its effects, such as the spraying of poison gas, soldiers manning anti-aircraft guns, the migration of displaced persons, and a field hospital set up in a church. The individual card suits correspond to the different powers: spades refer to Germany and Austria-Hungary, hearts represent France and Belgium, clubs symbolize Great Britain, and diamonds represent Russia. The last card in the deck is devoid of any suits and therefore of any associations with the warring powers; it is an allegory of Peace — a woman in a white dress holding a branch and smashing a cannon with a hammer. 1916–1917, Warsaw; drawing, album; height 32.6 cm, width 44 cm, thickness 3.5 cm.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A74_373

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54.4Mo (7.1Mo) / 43.0cm x 31.7cm / 5076 x 3744 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Solitaire - cards first two years European War Tanski Czeslaw 1862-1942 illustrator album Patience consists 53 playing cards depictions related World War I cards symbolically depict countries participating war rulers commanders-in-chief individual armies well warfare effects spraying poison gas soldiers manning anti-aircraft guns migration displaced persons field hospital set up church individual card suits correspond different powers spades refer Germany Austria-Hungary hearts represent France Belgium clubs symbolize Great Britain diamonds represent Russia last card deck devoid any suits any associations warring powers allegory Peace woman white dress holding branch smashing cannon hammer 1916–1917 Warsaw drawing height 32.6 cm width 44 cm thickness 3.5 cm pale off-white sheet slightly textured surface fills image bordered dark gray vertical strip left right edges narrow dark gray top edge large stylized word green darker outlines sweeps diagonally across upper left center accompanied small curved quotation- marks green nearby right green lettering groups small hand-drawn shapes marks arranged horizontal lines small circular mark sits them faint smudges tiny spots scattered across sheet subtle darker vertical smudge runs down near palette primarily off-white gray dark gray.