The Song of the Poorly Loved, plate five from Alcools
1934
Louis Marcoussis (French, born Poland, 1878-1941) based on a poem by Guillaume Apollinaire (French, born Italy, 1880-1918)
France
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.
Etching in black on off-white wove paper