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Auguste Louis Lepère — Alpins en ambuscade

Auguste Louis Lepère

Alpins en ambuscade

1914

Strategic positioning of white highlights creates dramatic lighting effects that emphasize the stealth and tension of mountain soldiers in ambush.

Medium
brush and black ink over pencil with white highlights

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Auguste Louis Lepère, Alpins en ambuscade, 1914

Strategic positioning of white highlights creates dramatic lighting effects that emphasize the stealth and tension of mountain soldiers in ambush.

Medium
brush and black ink over pencil with white highlights
Year
1914
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, Dramatic, French, Ink And Pencil, Military, Post-War, Historical, Soldiers, Modern, 1910s, War, Drawing, Unique Work, Ambush, Ink on Paper, Figurative

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