Drypoint, 1911. 548x380 mm; 215/8x15 inches, wide (13/4- to 2-inch) margins. Edition of 100. Signed and inscribed "No. 12" in pencil, lower margin. Arches watermark. Printed by Delâtre, Paris. Published by Kahnweiler, Paris. Three expertly repaired marginal tears visible principally on the verso. A superb impression of this scarce, important and early print.
According to Vallier, the title derives from the name (Fox) inscribed in the plate, which was a bar near the Saint-Lazare station in Paris where Apollinaire and his artist friends met (Vallier p. 19). This is also the artist's largest intaglio plate and one of 2 early, Cubist works published by Kahnweiler. Vallier 6.
