Louis MarcoussisFrench, 1883–1941
Moonlight, plate 30 from Alcools
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Where is “Moonlight, plate 30 from Alcools” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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About the work
This is Apollinaire’s first published poem and reads:
Moon dribbling honey upon lips of lunatics
Orchards and country towns tonight grow greedy
Stars resemble bees
Of a luminous liquid that drips from trellises
Each honey beam oozes from heaven
Taking its own sweet time
Hidden I glimpse the sweet adventure
But I fear the fiery sting of that bee Arcturus
He has flung me deceiving beams
And culled his moon honey from the compass rose of the winds
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Details
- Accession number
- 1964.379
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