Crayfish Poem after Raoul Dufy, 1911 Autograph Dimensions: 14 x 11"

Dimensions: 14 x 11"

Madison Street

with the landscape beginning to take shape—young trees planted

with radiating compass bearings

Crayfish Poem after Raoul Dufy, 1911 Autograph Dimensions: 14 x 11"Original 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.