1914! The Avant-garde and the Great War | Fundación Caja Madrid
11 Cubism in the trenches

 

Guillaume Apollinaire
In the Cellars, c. 1915
Pen and pencil on squared paper. 15.6 x 10.5 cm
Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris. Apollinaire Collection, Paris

Guillaume Apollinaire
Letter of 11 March, 1915
Pen on paper. 21.2 x 27.2 cm
Private collection

Guillaume Apollinaire
The Night Ends, 23 April, 1915
Pencil on paper. 17.3 x 9.8 cm
Private collection

Guillaume Apollinaire
Poem, 9 February, 1915
Pen and coloured pencils on paper. 20.8 x 14.6 cm
Private collection

Guillaume Apollinaire
Case d'Armons, 1915
Cover
Coloured pencils on paper glued on card. 23.5 x 16 cm
Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris. Apollinaire Collection, Adéma donation, Paris

Guillaume Apollinaire
Case d'Armons, 1915
Target
Coloured pencils on squared paper. 23.5 x 16 cm
Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris. Apollinaire Collection, Adéma donation, Paris

Guillaume Apollinaire
Case d'Armons, 1915
Madeleine
Coloured pencils on squared paper. 23.5 x 16 cm
Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris. Apollinaire Collection, Adéma donation, Paris

Guillaume Apollinaire
Case d'Armons, 1915
SP
Coloured pencils on squared paper. 23.5 x 16 cm
Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris. Apollinaire Collection, Adéma donation, Paris

Guillaume Apollinaire
Case d'Armons, 1915
1915
Coloured pencils on printed paper glued on squared paper. 23.5 x 16 cm
Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris. Apollinaire Collection, Adéma donation, Paris

Charles Dufresne
Scene from the Great War: The Mobile Field Cooker, 1917
Pencil, watercolour and ink on paper attached to card. 41.9 x 49 cm
Legacy of Mme Frédéric Lung, 1961. Centre Pompidou. Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris

Charles Dufresne
On the Coucy-le-Château Road, 1917
Pencil, watercolour and ink on paper attached to card. 41.6 x 49.3 cm
Centre Pompidou. Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris

André Dunoyer de Segonzac
Departure. To Croix de Bois, 1914
Pen and Indian ink on paper. 19.5 x 31 cm
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine - BDIC, Paris

André Dunoyer de Segonzac
Departure from Attack, to Croix de Bois, 1914-1918
Pen and Indian ink on paper. 17 x 31 cm
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine - BDIC, Paris

Jacques Villon
Soldiers Playing the Bagpipes, 1917
Pen and Indian ink. 26.8 x 18.5 cm
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine - BDIC, Paris

Jacques Villon
The Changing of the Guard, Champagne, 1915
Pencil and wash on paper. 22.2 x 30.5 cm
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine - BDIC, Paris

Anónimo
Brass ring with a heart engraved, 1915
Brass. 2 cm
Jane A. Kimball

Jacques Villon
Soldier Making a Ring, 1916
Pen, Indian ink and watercolour on glued paper and card. 18.7 x 16.5 cm
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine - BDIC, Paris

André Lhote
La Rochelle. Pallice Port. Seaplane Manoeuvre, 1914-1918
Watercolour on paper. 35.8 x 54.3 cm
Musée d'Histoire contemporaine - BDIC, Paris

André Lhote
Bordeaux. Gironde Shipyard. Adapting Old Battleships, 1914-1918
Watercolour on paper. 36.5 x 54.5 cm
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine - BDIC, Paris

André Fraye
La Côte du Poivre, 1917
Watercolour on paper. 25.5 x 33 cm
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine - BDIC, Paris

André Fraye
Anti-Aircraft Gun, 1918
Watercolour on paper. 29.5 x 40 cm
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine - BDIC, Paris

André Mare
Notebook Nr. 2. Champagne. August to December, 1915
Ink and watercolour on paper. 18 x 23 cm
André Mare Collection / IMEC, Paris

André Mare
Notebook Nr. 5. British Army, La Somme, 1916
Ink and watercolour on paper. 18 x 23 cm
André Mare Collection / IMEC, Paris

André Mare
Notebook Nr. 10. 1st Army Source 47th DC, St Quentin-Strasbourg, 1918
Ink and watercolour on paper. 18 x 23 cm
André Mare Collection / IMEC, Paris

André Mare
Notebook Nr. 4. British Army, April to December, 1916
Ink and watercolour on paper. 18 x 23 cm
André Mare Collection/ IMEC, Paris

Louis Marcoussis
View from the attic of the last house in Ham (Somme). Vegetable Gardens by the Seille and Mauhone Meander, 1916
Ink and watercolour on paper. 10 x 48 cm
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine - BDIC, Paris

Louis Marcoussis
View of British O.P.G near Berles-au-Bois (Pas de Calais), August, 1915, south of Arras
Ink and watercolour on paper. 15 x 49.5 cm
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine - BDIC, Paris

Fernand Léger
Verdun, Faubourg Pavé, 1916
Indian ink on paper. 19 x 29.7 cm
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine - BDIC, Paris

Fernand Léger
The Trench Diggers, Verdun, 1916
Pencil, pen and wash on paper. 29 x 23 cm
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine - BDIC, Paris

Fernand Léger
Verdun 12-16, 1916
Pencil, pen and wash on paper. 29 x 23 cm
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine - BDIC, Paris

Fernand Léger
The Crashed Aeroplane. The Rosette, 1916
Pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper. 22.9 x 28.9 cm
Centre Pompidou. Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris

André Derain (attributed to)
No title (French 75mm brass shell casing decorated with a woman’s head), c. 1915-1918
Brass shell casing. 22 x 8.5 x 9 cm
Private collection

David Bomberg
Soldier Patrolling Tunnel, 1918
Ink and wash on paper. 17 x 12.5 cm
Private collection

David Bomberg
Gunner Loading Shell, c. 1918
Ink and wash on paper. 12.5 x 17 cm
Private collection

David Bomberg
Figures Helping a Wounded Soldier, c. 1916-1917
Ink and pencil on paper. 12.5 x 18 cm
Private collection

Wyndham Lewis
Composition in Red and Mauve, 1915
Pen, ink, chalk and gouache on paper. 35.5 x 28 cm
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Wyndham Lewis
Combat Nr. 2, c. 1914
Pen, ink and chalk on paper. 25.4 x 33 cm
Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Wyndham Lewis
Combat Nr. 3, 1914
Pen, ink and chalk on paper. 25.4 x 38.1 cm
Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Toy (Torpedo Fish), 1914 (cast of 1968)
Bronze cast. 16 x 4 x 3 cm
Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Bird swallowing a Fish, 1914 (cast of 1964)
Bronze. 33 x 58 x 27 cm
Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge

William Roberts
Rosières Valley, 1918
Ink and watercolour on paper. 15.8 x 25.4 cm
Imperial War Museum, London

William Roberts
During a Battle, c. 1918
Pencil and watercolour on paper. 15.8 x 25.4 cm
Imperial War Museum, London

William Roberts
An Attack. The Capture of Delville Wood, 1918
Ink and chalk on paper. 15.8 x 25.4 cm
Imperial War Museum, London

William Roberts
Brigade Headquarters: Signallers and Linesmen, c. 1918
Ink and wash on paper. 15.2 x 25.4 cm
Imperial War Museum, London

William Roberts
In the Ypres Sector. An Infantry Duck-board Track being shelled by the Germans, 1918
Pencil and watercolour on paper. 36.8 x 29.8 cm
Imperial War Museum, London

William Roberts
Soldiers Hauling a Howitzer, 1917
Ink and watercolour on paper. 16.6 x 33.5 cm
Samantha Frank

William Roberts
Soldiers erecting camouflage at Roclincourt, near Arras, 1918
Pen, Indian ink, watercolour and red pencil. 40.6 x 35 cm
Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Percyval Tudor-Hart
Gloves, 1917
Matt oil-based paints on cotton. 25.5 x 12.5 cm
Imperial War Museum, London

Anónimo
Steel helmet M 1916, 1917
Painted steel. 31.3 x 24 x 17.3 cm
Imperial War Museum, London

Anónimo
American helmet painted in imitation of German camouflage, c. 1918
Painted steel. 12 x 29 x 31 cm
Jane A. Kimball

Anónimo
American helmet painted in imitation of German camouflage, 1918-1919
Painted steel. 12 x 29 x 31.5 cm
Jane A. Kimball

Anónimo
German Munitions Box, c. 1918
Painted wood. 21 x 41 x 15 cm
Jane A. Kimball

Otto Dix
Grenade Crater with Tracer Bullets, 1917
Pastel on grey-blue paper. 17.3 x 25.2 cm
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart

Otto Dix
St. George, 1915
Grease pencil on paper. 44 x 34.5 cm
Otto Dix Stiftung, Vaduz

Otto Dix
Fruit bowl, 1915
Charcoal on paper . 42.8 x 34 cm
Otto Dix Stiftung, Vaduz

Otto Dix
Shelter Passage, 1915
Pencil on paper. 28.9 x 28.4 cm
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen - Technik und Kunst, Friedrichshafen

Otto Dix
Place in Ruins, 1915-1916
Pencil on paper. 28.8 x 28.8 cm
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen - Technik und Kunst, Friedrichshafen

Otto Dix
Machine Guns in the Trench, 1916
Charcoal on paper. 28.2 x 28.8 cm
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart

Otto Dix
Grenade Explosion, 1916-1917
Pencil on paper. 28.7 x 29 cm
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen - Technik und Kunst, Friedrichshafen

Fortunato Depero
Landscape of War Noises, c. 1915
Pencil and Indian ink on paper. 28 x 21.8 cm
MART - Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto

Mario Sironi
Soldier playing cards, 1915-1918
Pencil and watercolour on paper. 35 x 26 cm
Private collection

Mario Sironi
Soldier playing cards, 1915-1918
Pencil and tempera on paper. 34 x 26 cm
Private collection

Mario Sironi
Soldier, 1915-1918
Charcoal on paper. 32.5 x 23 cm
Private collection

Max Beckmann
Portrait of a Bavarian Soldier, 1915
Ink and pencil on paper. 33.8 x 25 cm
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, Strasbourg

René Beeh
Ditch, 1914-1918
Charcoal on paper. 39.8 x 44.4 cm
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, Strasbourg

Max Beckmann
Knie Canal, 1915
Pen and pencil on paper. 24.7 x 39.7 cm
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, Strasbourg