'c'est la Guerre!', 1916, Portfolio of Six Prints Art.IWMART64864, Félix Vallotton

"c'est la guerre!", 1916, portfolio of six prints image: a view of a french defensive position on the western front, assembled from a mixture of barbed wire and various objects. These include a cheval de frise, a ladder, wooden barrels, a watering can, a bucket, boxes and planks of wood. A french infantryman pokes his head just above the parapet in the background, rain lashing diagonally downwards. Date: 1916 (First World War).