Les Clefs des Songes (The Key to Dreams) [plate 16]
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drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 19.8 x 19.8 cm (7 13/16 x 7 13/16 in.) sheet: 30 x 28.8 cm (11 13/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Estate of Moses and Ruth Helen Lasky, San Francisco, Harlan B. and Marshall R. Levine, Trustees
Accession Number
2005.144.1.16
Art Historical Context
**Les Clefs deses (The Key to Dreams)plate 16]** *Louis Casimir Ladis Marcoussis, 6* Drypoint; plate: 19.8 x 19.8 cm (7 13/16 x 7 13/16 in.); sheet: 30 x 28.8 cm (11 13/16 x 11 5/16 in.) into the dreamlike world of Louis Casimir Ladislasoussis with this intimate drypoint, plate 16 from the *Les Clefs deses*. Created in 1946, after World War II, reflects the Parisian avant-garde spirit Marcoussis embodied as a Polish-French artist closely tied to Cubism. His innovative prints often blended geometric abstraction with poetic mystery, and this square-format plate—perfectly balanced at near...