Louis Marcoussis (French, born Poland, 1878-1941)
based on a poem by Guillaume Apollinaire (French, born Italy, 1880-1918)
Singer, plate eight from Alcools
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Louis Marcoussis (French, born Poland, 1878-1941)
based on a poem by Guillaume Apollinaire (French, born Italy, 1880-1918)1934
Singer, plate eight from Alcools
Louis Marcoussis (French, born Poland, 1878-1941) based on a poem by Guillaume Apollinaire (French, born Italy, 1880-1918) →etchingprint
Date
1934
Medium
Etching in black on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 14.8 × 9.3 cm (5 7/8 × 3 11/16 in.); Plate: 15.4 × 9.9 cm (6 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 31.9 cm (17 3/4 × 12 9/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Bequest of Alice Roullier
The poem on which the image is based is merely one line: “And the solitary cord of sea lutes.”
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Louis Marcoussis (French, born Poland, 1878-1941) based on a poem by Guillaume Apollinaire (French, born Italy, 1880-1918)
Moonlight, plate 30 from Alcools
Louis Marcoussis (French, born Poland, 1878-1941) based on a poem by Guillaume Apollinaire (French, born Italy, 1880-1918)
