U.S. Army tank in Germany, 1945

Original ink sketch on thin notepaper, signed and dated by Stevenson; rear view of U.S. Army tank, moving forward through rain on soaked field; silhouette of soldier riding on top. Original ink sketch on thin notepaper, signed and dated by Stevenson; rear view of U.S. Army tank, moving forward through rain on soaked field; silhouette of soldier riding on top. Oblong; no margins; slight creasing on upper edge. Stevenson enlisted in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in July 1941. He was one of the original soldier-artists at Fort Belvoir, VA. before accepting a position as a war artist in May 1943. In 1944 he was in southern England covering the preparations for the Normandy invasion and later depicted war damage in France and Germany. Gift of the artist 1994.