Camp d'Argeles Sur Mer, France
Artist:
Pierre Daura
(American, born Spain, 1896 - 1976)
Date: 1939
Medium: Pencil on paper
Dimensions:
20 x 13 1/16 in. (50.8 x 33.2 cm)
with mat: 24 15/16 × 17 15/16 in. (63.3 × 45.6 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Martha Daura
Object number: 97.5.25
Signed: Signed, titled, and dated lower left: Camp d'Argeles Sur Mer, France, daura, 1939
Inscribed: Verso: In the concentration camp of Argele's, France, 1939, Daura
Provenance: Lynchburg College
Label Text
In this sketch, Daura depicts the refugee camp at Argeles-sur-Mer in France. The local population was largely indifferent to the plight of the people, crowded together on the beaches in appalling conditions. Here, Daura again revisits the theme of mother and child, in this case using the subject to arouse sympathy, compassion, and conscience in the viewer.
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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