"La Cigale et la Fourmi." Compagnies d'Assurances Générales,
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"La Cigale et la Fourmi." Compagnies d'Assurances Générales,
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1965? "La Cigale et la Fourmi." Compagnies d'Assurances Générales, Paris. 8¼" x 5". Two slightly different versions with one extra of the second version for $21 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18. Duplicate of the upper version for $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, Feb., '05.
Here only one field of image joins the singing cicada in summer on the left and the pleading cicada in winter on the right. The story remains the same as in the earlier (?) version. Though not separated into three panels, the ant's rejoinder to the cicada is exactly the same as in the blotter above. Again a billboard sign advertising insurance from Compagnies d'Assurances Générales helps the ant to make her point. In this version, the printer is not acknowledged. CAG still has the same address in Paris. The lower version here has lighter inking on the "summer" cicada and smaller typeface for the company name at the bottom of the blotter. Strange things!
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Two slightly different versions with one extra of the second version for $21 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18. Duplicate of the upper version for $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, Feb., '05.
