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The Cat, Guillaume Apollinaire | Premium Poetic Poster

The Cat, Guillaume Apollinaire | Premium Poetic Poster

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  • Designed in France
  • 100% eco-friendly paper
  • Delivery in 5 business days.

"Little night cat, you wander along the cold grey gutters, and you meow all night for your sweetheart…"

Context of the work

A cat drawn by its own words: the text follows the spine, the tail curls into a loop, and you have to turn the page to finish the sentence. It is an original Heure d'été calligram, written and composed in the spirit of Guillaume Apollinaire's Calligrammes (1918): the poem is not his, the form owes him everything.

Is this calligram a poem by Apollinaire?

No. The text is original and belongs to no collection. The form is borrowed from Apollinaire, the inventor of the calligram: a poem whose layout draws what it tells.

What is a calligram?

A poem whose words form a drawing. Apollinaire made it a genre in 1918: rain falls in slanting lines, a dove has wings of letters. Here, the words make a sitting cat with its tail up.

Which size should I choose for this cat poster?

This poster comes in 12x16 in, 16x20 in and 20x28 in. The 12x16 in suits a hallway, a study or a gallery wall; the 20x28 in holds its own above a sofa or a bed, and the text reads without stepping closer. Frame not included, sizes are standard.

Gift idea for a cat lover, a passionate reader, or anyone who dreams of a home full of books.

Specifications and sizes

Sizes: 12x16 in, 16x20 in, 20x28 in
Paper: thick eco-friendly matte paper
Printing: high resolution, long-lasting colors
Frame: not included
Print medium: poster, fine art print on matte paper
Theme: calligram, visual poetry
Delivery: Printed and shipped from a studio near you : most orders arrive in 5 business days

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Close-up of the grain of our thick eco-friendly matte 170 gsm paper

Heure d'été Editions

Beautiful words deserve beautiful paper

These verses are set to be hung: a chosen typeface, measured margins, white space worked around the text. The paper, an uncoated matte 170 gsm, stays slightly fibrous: it reads like the page of a book.

There is a quiet pleasure in living with French literature in the original. The poem keeps the language it was written in, and with it the sound the writer chose, which no translation quite carries over. On an English-speaking wall it stops being decoration and becomes something with a little cachet: a piece of France you can read on your way past, every morning. It earns the large format. At 50x70 cm the text is read from across the room, and the page holds a wall the way a painting does.

  • Matte paper, 170 gsm
  • Eco-friendly, FSC certified
  • Printed close to you

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