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Il Répéte Pour Nous, from the portfolio Circus


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Il Répéte Pour Nous, from the portfolio Circus

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display title: Il Répéte Pour Nous

portfolio: Circus

Artist

Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921-2006)

Date

1978

Medium

color wood engraving with embossing on Arches paper

Edition

97/130

Dimensions (H x W x D)

sheet: 30 in x 22 3/8 in

Collection Area

Graphic Arts

Category

Books, Portfolios, and Manuscripts

Object Type

mixed media

Culture

Dutch

Credit Line

Gift of Judith P. Hummelt

Accession Number

86.71.31L

Copyright

© unknown, research required

Terms

embossing

engraving

mixed media

paper

poetry

Description

Text to poem:

THERE'S A BLUE AND WHITE DOG IN MY CIRCUS

I ONCE LIVED A DOG'S LIFE MYSELF AS A YOUNGSTER IN AMERSTERDAM WITH A CANVAS UNDER MY ARM

THE CIRCUS OF IRON AND FIRE WAS GOING FULL SWING THERE WERE WILD BEASTS IN THE STREETS

WHEN WAS IT I SAW THAT FELLOW BEATING THE DOG?

GIVE OVER, I SAID OR I'LL BASH YOUR SKULL IN

AND I BRANDISHED MY CANVAS LIKE AN AXE

A TRAINED DOG IS A SAD DOG

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