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Raoul Dufy, Sailor Lithograph with pochoir colouring, 1920 PRAYER after Guillaume Apollinaire, Pri�re When I was a small child My mother dressed me in blue and white O Blessed Virgin Do you still love me I know I will love you To my dying day Even if it�s all over And I don�t believe in heaven or hell I don�t believe I don�t believe any more That seaman who was saved Because he never once forgot To say his Hail Mary Was like me was like me translation � Neil Philip 2011 Raoul Dufy, Amphitrite Etching, 1930 I wish all my readers a merry Christmas, a happy Hannukah, and a peaceful and healthy New Year. I promise I will resume regular posts when circumstances allow. In the meantime I hope you enjoy these two prints by one of my favourite artists, Raoul Dufy, paired with a poem by his friend Guillaume Apollinaire.

A big thank you to Will at art and weird literature blog A Journey Round My Skull for his kind post about Adventures in the Print Trade, which has resulted in a huge increase in readers. Yesterday 753 people visited this blog, as opposed to 320 a week ago. So welcome to all my readers, new and old. I appreciate your comments, additions, and corrections. Albert Haueisen (German, 1872-1954) Kirchgang  Woodcut, 1904 I began blogging in October 2007, as a means�as it says on the masthead�of sharing my excitement and discoveries in the world of prints. Unless otherwise stated, all the images I post are from original prints that are physically in my possession�the fruits of an obsessive collecting instinct that has led me to become a part-time print dealer, over at my website Idbury Prints . Joan Galle (Flemish, 1600-1676) after Marten de Vos (Flemish, 1532-1603) Has ducunt choreas... Engraving, re-strike 1869 Despite its title (a nod to Dylan Thomas�s Adventures in the Skin Trade ), this b