Sieges (Victory) Avenue, Johan Briedé, 1945
chalk and ink on paper, h 324mm × w 425mm
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The German push in Russia, leaving countless dead in its wake, collapsed at Stalingrad. The name of the city is literally noted on the horizon of a desolate landscape ruled by death and destruction. Johan Briedé made the drawing in the Netherlands in the final year of the Second World War: a portrayal of the distant Eastern Front.