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Nearly overnight, Jimmy went from an inconnu to welcome everywhere in town.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2023

Le Chef-d’oeuvre inconnu 1, 2011 by Richard Hamilton, featuring Poussin, Courbet and Titian and ’resonant with respect for these great forbears’.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2012

Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu 1, 2011 by Richard Hamilton.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2012

The fish we now caught were carp, poisson inconnu, white fish, and trout.

From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I by Mackenzie, Alexander

The inhabitants live principally on the fish, which the lake at certain seasons furnishes in great abundance; of these the white-fish, trout, and poisson inconnu are considered the best.

From The Journey to the Polar Sea by Franklin, John