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Original woodcut from the famous book Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, a collaboration between poet Guillaume Apollinaire and artist Raoul …
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Original woodcut from the famous book Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, a collaboration between poet Guillaume Apollinaire and artist Raoul Dufy, 1911. Apollinaire uses the crayfish's natural habit of swimming backward as a metaphor for uncertainty and a "retrograde" movement in life or love. This specific poem, along with others from the Bestiary, was famously set to music by the composer Francis Poulenc in 1919.
Translation of Poem:
Uncertainty, O my delights
You and I, off we go
Just like the crayfish,
Backwards, backwards
In excellent condition. Dimensions: 9.5" x 13"
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- Dimensions
- 9.5ʺW × 1ʺD × 13ʺH
- Styles
- Renaissance
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Period
- 1910s
- Country of Origin
- France
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Printmaking Materials
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- White
- Condition Notes
- Excellent condition Excellent condition less
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