1900? 1 French card, "La Cigale et la Fourmi." Chocolat Besnier, de Peretti, Successeur, Le Mans. 2¾" x 4⅜". Amiens. G. Lecocq, Éditeur.
This card is fully different from the other I have from Besnier. It has children acting outthe GA dismissal scene. And the verso has Peretti succeeding Besnier in Amiens.
1930? 7" white plate from Sarreguemines, France. Inside a 1.5" rim there is a rendition of J.J. Grandville's GA, without the "JJ G." on the ant's grain bag. The front carries two inscriptions: "Fables de la Fontaine" and "La Cigale et la Fourmi." The back has "Fables de la Fontaine" and "Digoin/Sarreguemines/France." $40 from Denise Blin, Gurnee, IL, through Ebay, March, '99. Extra copy for $33 from Brown Pelican Antiques, Panama City, FL, May, '99. One extra exemplar.
This is a really beautiful little black-and-white plate. It presents Grandville exquisitely!
La Cigale et la fourmi Apparently we are in the fall. The ant in his scarf is rubbing his hands behind a tree, as leaves fall from the tree. I think the artist's intent here is to have the ant cold in his winter clothes, while the cicada is still doing fine in his light clothes. In any case, this cicada is a hippy with "Love" on his t-shirt and long hair on his head.
2015 The Grasshopper & the Ant. Tales & Games. Designed by Yoann Levet. Purple Brain Creations. Iello. Las Vegas, NV. Made in China.
Board game with many parts: cards to draw, markers, tokens, cards, rules, and a booklet including three versions of the fable: Aesop, La Fontaine, and Benoit de La Flaque (“Benoit of the Puddle”). The latter is subtitled “The Grasshoper Strikes Back.” In it, the grasshopper steals from the ant but then dies of laughter. Part of a series of Tales and Games produced by Purple Brain Creations.
