(Spencer) Douglass Crockwell -(Spencer) Douglass Crockwell

Boy with Molotov Cocktail, (Russia Invades Germany )

Documentation

Signed

Origin

United States

Period

1920-1949

Materials

Oil on Masonite

Dimensions

W.	22 in;	H.	26.5 in;
W.	55.88 cm;	H.	67.31 cm;

Condition

Good.

Creation Date

1943

Description

Crockwell gives us a complex and inventive composition by showing two wonderful portraits in the foreground and beyond a broken wall a roaring battle scene.
The work is rendered with masterful exactitude capturing a heroic moment.

Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, Signed lower left
Provenance: National Museum of American Illustration, Newport, Rhode Island

Styles / Movements

Illustration, Post Impressionism, Realism

Catalog References

National Museum of American Illustration

Incollect Reference Number

311585