JEAN JANSEM (FRENCH, 1920-2013) Illustration for Jehan Rictus Poem Book.

The Poor Man's Soliloquies Written by Jehan Rictus Illustrated by Jansem

This book by the French poet Jehan Rictus (1867-1933) is illustrated with 28 lithographs by Jansem, including 24 black and white lithographs and 4 double-page color lithographs; 6 of Jansem's lithographs were not used. It was published by Pierre de Tartas in 1960

Poem Translates to:

My socks? They're nothing more than mittens! My socks? Alligator faces: My rags have caused pain And
my phalzar, they're hurting me!
As for my bloom, ah! let's talk about it, Just thinking about it makes me lazy, Next to him Methuselah
Is just a cynical adolescent.
That cow makes me look ridiculous, It falls on my eyes, it makes me look down; If my ears didn't support it, It would reach my collarbones!
With that I Glorious singes my skull And illuminates as by calculation
My nipples the color of donkey piss, The holes in my elbows and those in my ass
Ah! Well, April is cool, the time of metamorphoses! I don't change
my skin like reptiles, I'm the same thing every Spring
Still! I have a taste for wealth, I'm like
that, born elegant, I'd love to do
my Sagan And my narrow with duchesses!

Overall Size: 20 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. 

Sight Size: 15 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. 

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