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Verdun: Road to Y.M.C.A. Canteen — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

A 1917 YMCA poster, restored: soldiers pass through a ruined gateway at Verdun on the road to a Y.M.C.A. canteen.

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Unframed or framed, printed to order in the USA.

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Made to order. All sales final. Replacements or refunds only for damaged, faulty or incorrect prints reported within 7 days. Returns policy

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  • Free Standard shipping to the US
  • Printed to order in the USA, paper or framed
  • Quality promise: damaged, faulty or incorrect prints replaced if reported within 7 days (details)
Paper & printing

Giclée print on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper: a smooth, natural-white fine-art stock with no glare, so the restored colours read true under any light.

Each print has a slim white border and is supplied unframed, ready for a standard frame or hanging clips.

Shipping & returns

Every print is made to order. Standard shipping to the US is free; Express is available at checkout. You will get tracking details by email when your print is on its way.

Because each print is custom-made, all sales are final and we do not accept change-of-mind returns. If your print arrives damaged, has a production fault or is the wrong item, tell us within 7 days of delivery with photos and we will send a free replacement.

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Which size should I choose?

11.7 × 16.5 in suits a desk, shelf or gallery wall. 20 × 28 in works above a desk, console or bed. 23.4 × 33.1 in is a statement piece above a sofa or in a hallway.

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Framing

Framed prints come in a solid wood, satin-finish frame in black, white or natural wood, glazed with shatterproof acrylic. The print is the same 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper as our unframed editions.

Framed artwork sizes are 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in and 23 × 33 in (the frame adds a little to each side). Every frame is made to order in the USA and arrives with a hook fitted, ready to hang.

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Each size is shown to scale on the same wall. Prints are unframed and made to order.

Description

The Verdun, Road to Y.M.C.A. Canteen poster

“Verdun, Road to Y.M.C.A. Canteen” is a First World War poster issued by the Young Men’s Christian Association. A heavy stone gateway, battered by shellfire, frames a street of ruined buildings where mounted soldiers, a motorcycle and men on foot make their way toward a YMCA canteen. The drawing is signed with the initials A.K.S. and marked “sketched on spot by Y.M.C.A. secy”, and the poster was printed by Coquemer of Paris.

The Library of Congress dates it to 1917, the year after the great battle that made Verdun a byword for endurance. It is a rare and atmospheric piece of Great War history for a study, library or den.

Read the full history of the poster and the YMCA canteens.

Restored edition

Restored from a Library of Congress scan of an original print. Stains, fading and paper wear were repaired and the ochre and black drawing brought back to full strength, keeping the artist’s line and the red-triangle emblems true to the original.

Sizes and options

  • Paper print: 11.7 × 16.5 in, 20 × 28 in or 23.4 × 33.1 in
  • Framed print: 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in or 23 × 33 in, in a black, white or natural wood frame, ready to hang

Printed to order in the USA on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper. Free Standard shipping to the US. Compare the print sizes.

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