Louis Marcoussis (French, born Poland, 1878-1941)
based on a poem by Guillaume Apollinaire (French, born Italy, 1880-1918)
Vendémiaire, plate 34 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
Vendémiaire, plate 34 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: 14.7 × 8.7 cm (5 13/16 × 3 7/16 in.); Plate: 15.3 × 9.4 cm (6 1/16 × 3 3/4 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 31.7 cm (17 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Bequest of Alice Roullier
Vendémiaire (from the Latin vindemia, “grape harvest”) is the name of the first month of the French Republican calendar, covering September 22 to October 21. This calendar was created and implemented during the Revolution and used by the French government from 1793 to 1805.
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