Clay Spohn (aka Clay Edgar Spohn)

American
(1898–1977)

Untitled
circa 1948

Graphite on paper
12.25 x 10.625 x 1 in.
Gift of Jeffrey and Meri Lane
2023.2.13

• abstraction
• field
• human
• soldiers - Generally refers to those belonging to an army, whether that of a sovereign state, a faction or division within a sovereign state, or of an individual leader. Specifically refers to military personnel of enlisted rank, as distinguished from commissioned officers. For those trained for or engaged in the physical combat of warfare and sanctioned in that function by the society or group for which they fight, irrespective of actual membership in an army, see "warriors."
• warriors - Those trained for or engaged in the physical combat of warfare, especially close hand-to-hand combat, and designated for or sanctioned in that function by the society or group for which they fight, irrespective of membership in an army. Includes men of the warrior age grade in certain pre-literate societies, as for instance, among some East African pastoral societies. For members of an army, whether directly involved in combat or in other duties, use "soldiers."
• wars

San Francisco: The Golden Years, 1930-1960