Ossip ZADKINE (1888 - 1967) The Russian Ambulance, 1917 Pencil on glossy paper. Signed, dated and annotated "amb. Russe" lower left. 20 x 16.5 cm The location depicted is the village hall on rue de la République in Magenta, a suburb of Épernay, where the Ambulance Russe was stationed. Zadkine, a volunteer in the Foreign Legion, was assigned to this unit during the First World War. The silhouettes are those of soldiers in cantonment.