Le Poisson Joyeux presents a buoyant composition of abstracted organic forms rendered in Corneille's distinctive language of gestural mark-making and luminous color. The work captures the artist's characteristic ability to suggest movement and vitality through loosely rendered shapes that evoke aquatic life without adhering to strict representational conventions. Bold strokes and flowing lines create a sense of playful energy across the lithographic surface, while the interplay of warm and cool tones establishes spatial depth and visual rhythm. This piece exemplifies Corneille's mature practice of translating observed nature into poetic abstraction, where the titular joyful fish becomes a vehicle for exploring line, form, and chromatic harmony. As a signed original lithograph, this work represents the artist's engagement with a medium that allowed for both spontaneity and control, qualities that define the composition's accessible yet sophisticated visual language. The generous framed presentation at thirty by twenty-five inches commands attention while maintaining the intimacy of the image itself. Collectors will appreciate the work's combination of modernist formal concerns with a sensibility grounded in natural observation, making it a compelling addition to those seeking post-war European abstraction with lyrical underpinnings.