(or DV, rather, not DVa)
This piece is simply meant to be an aircraft portrait of
Ernst Udet's Albatros DV, #4476/17. He flew this bird in late summer/early fall 0f 1917 while with Jasta 37. It featured a varnished plywood fuselage, 5 color lozenge on the wings and rudder, a black and white striped horizontal stabilizer and his usual "LO" emblem on the side.
Unfortunately the scanner picked up some glare off the weave of the canvas, particularly at the bottom. I'm probably going to release open editions of this image, but in order to do so I'll need to have it professionally shot. A good photographer can get rid of the glare.
The landscape is loosely based on the village of Phalempin, where J37 was based during the period.
On Morning's Golden Wing
oil on linen
24.25" x 14.5"
(in case anyone is is curious, it doesn't have an owner yet.
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