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KERR EBY (1890-1946)
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Vorticism, War and Peace
September 13 1918, St.Mihiel (The Great Black Cloud), 1934
Etching, aquatint and sandpaper ground
Signed lower right Kerr Eby imp, inscribed 'Proof
selected by the artist for Mr Roy Holderman
26.5 x 40.4 cm (10 3/8 x 15 7/8 in)
Literature:
Kerr Eby, The Complete Prints, Ed. Bernadette Passi Giardinia, pub-
lished by M.Hausberg, 1997, no.182
Based on the successful counteroffensive by the Americans against
the Germans during the St.Mihiel offensive in September 1918. In
describing the event, the Print Collector's Quarterly of 1939 noted,
'in the Saint-Mihiel Drive, the great cloud hung for days over the
advancing troops, the Germans called it the Cloud of Blood'
£ 9,500 / $ 13,250
