Petit poisson deviendra grand....... (Primary Title)

Jean Lurçat, French, 1892 - 1966 (Artist)

20th century
French
Prints
Works On Paper
three color lithograph in black, yellow and red orange on wove paper
Sheet: 15 1/4 × 19 9/16 in. (38.74 × 49.69 cm)
53.26.1
Not on view
Signed in graphite upper left: lurcat
Stamped on verso, lower right: "MADE IN SWITZERLAND/ EDITOR: ARTA ZURICH."
Inscribed in green ink, upper center: "Le Poisson aime les processions; harengs saumons/ ou anguilles s'en vont en bande __ (?) œufs/ dans les algues qui font les/ haies del mer"; lower right: "Petit poisson deviendra grand comme grandiront les trios soeurs/ allant en ville, qui s'etiennent par la main/ Elles vont en ville porter le laît/ et pour Victor qui s'evielle du pain"
John Barton Payne Fund
©artist or artist’s estate

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