Crayfish Poem after Raoul Dufy, 1911 Autograph Dense French-language commentary fills the

Dense French-language commentary fills the lower portion of the sheet

with radiating compass bearings

Madison Street

Dimensions: 14 x 11"

Crayfish Poem after Raoul Dufy, 1911 Autograph Dense French-language commentary fills theOriginal woodcut from the famous book Le Bestiaire, ou Cortge d'Orphe, a collaboration between poet Guillaume Apollinaire and artist Raoul Dufy, 1911. Apollinaire uses the crayfish's natural habit of swimming backward as a metaphor for uncertainty and a "retrograde" movement in life or love. This specific poem, along with others from the Bestiary, was famously set to music by the composer Francis Poulenc in 1919. In excellent condition. Dimensions: 9.