The Song of the Poorly Loved, plate five from Alcools

Description

The Song of the Poorly Loved is perhaps Apollinaire’s most beloved poem and is based on his failed courtship of an English woman named Annie Playden.

The Song of the Poorly Loved, plate five from Alcools

Louis Marcoussis

1934

Accession Number

20736

Medium

Etching in black on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 14.5 × 8.6 cm (5 3/4 × 3 7/16 in.); Plate: 15.2 × 9.4 cm (6 × 3 3/4 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 31.7 cm (17 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Classification

etching

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Bequest of Alice Roullier