The Bus from Hell to Earth, Peace Day, 1919
ca. 1919
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor and wash, over graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 9 1/2 x 17 1/8 in. (24.1 x 43.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession Number
60.620.63
Tags
Art Historical Context
**The Bus from Hell to Earth, Peace, 1919** is a whimsical yet poignant drawing by French artist Georges Tiret-Bnet, created around 1919. Executed in pen and black ink with brush and watercolor wash over graphite on a modest sheet measuring 9½ x 17⅛ inches, this work exemplifies the expressive mixed-media techniques popular among early 20th-century illustrators. The layered approach—graphite underdrawing refined with bold ink lines and subtle washes—allows for dynamic contrasts, evoking both the chaos of war and the dawn of peace. Dated to the immediate aftermath of World War I, the title cle...