Napoli, l'éruption du Vésuve, Circa 1955

Graphite on paper
Signed lower right Survage
Titled lower right Napoli
Stamped lower left ATELIER SURVAGE
13 x 20 cm (visible)

This drawing depicts the Bay of Naples and the eruption of Vesuvius in March 1944. Survage expresses a glimmer of hope in this dark period of World War II with the flight of the dove that the character is looking at.