Original gouache signed "Cuchy" with the military portrait of Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, in the uniform of the Death's Head Hussars, with the skull busby on the table and the imperial eagle at the upper left corner. It is the original cover artwork for "La Guerra Ilustrada. Cronica de la guerra europea", no. 16, edited by Augusto Riera, February 1915.
Original gouache signed "Cuchy" with the military portrait of Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, in the uniform of the Death's Head Hussars, with the skull busby on the table and the imperial eagle at the upper left corner. It is the original cover artwork for "La Guerra Ilustrada. Cronica de la guerra europea", no. 16, edited by Augusto Riera, February 1915.
It retains the printer's framing marks and pencil annotations in the margins, as expected of artwork intended for reproduction. Jose Cuchy Arnau was one of the regular illustrators of the covers of this series on the First World War.
Medium: Gouache on paper
Artist: Jose Cuchy Arnau (Arecibo, Puerto Rico, 1860 - Barcelona, 1925). Signed
Date: 1915
Source: Cover of La Guerra Ilustrada, no. 16, edited by Augusto Riera, February 1915
Dimensions: 12.6 x 21.1 in (32 x 53.5 cm)
Condition: The painted area is in good condition; margins of the support with light toning, pencil framing marks and small stains at the edges