About the Artwork
The Benefits of Peace
1919
George Barbier
1882-1932
French
Unknown
Wood engraving, pochoir and hand coloring
Sheet: 18 1/2 × 14 1/8 inches (47 × 35.9 cm)
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Bequest of Jessie L. Metcalf, 1980
F1988.48
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Markings
Inscribed, in black, below image, lower left: Les bienfaits de la paix. Inscribed, below stamp: 116/500
Stamped, in black, below image, lower right: si vis pacem | para bellvm [vertically on either side of front-facing figure holding sword, square border] Watermark, below stamp: [illegible]
Provenance
Jessie L Metcalf
1988-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
after George Barbier, The Benefits of Peace, 1919, wood engraving, pochoir and hand coloring. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Jessie L. Metcalf, 1980, F1988.48.
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