The Betrothal, plate 29 from Alcools

Prints and Drawings

1934

Louis Marcoussis (French, born Poland, 1878-1941)
based on a poem by Guillaume Apollinaire (French, born Italy, 1880-1918)

Though the poem was first published in 1908, Apollinaire dedicated it to Picasso when he included it in Alcools five years later.

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Artist: Louis Marcoussis
Title: The Betrothal, plate 29 from Alcools
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1934
Medium: Etching in black on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 14.9 × 9.3 cm (5 7/8 × 3 11/16 in.); Plate: 15.4 × 9.8 cm (6 1/8 × 3 7/8 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 31.7 cm (17 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Alice Roullier
Reference Number: 1964.378
Copyright: © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Milet 142 III/III

LaFranchis 142

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