Rosemonde, plate 21 from Alcools
INV-2073etchingprint
Date
1934
Medium
Etching in black on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 14.7 × 9.2 cm (5 13/16 × 3 5/8 in.); Plate: 15.4 × 9.9 cm (6 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 31.7 cm (17 3/4 × 12 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Bequest of Alice Roullier
The poem, dedicated to the French artist André Derain, reads, in part:I named her Rosemonde
Lest I forget
Mouth flowered in Holland
Then slowly I took my way
Seeking the rose of the world
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