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Marc Chagall, Original Lithograph depicting an instant of the Bible. Technique: Original lithograph in colours Year: 1956 Sizes: 35,5 x 26 cm / 14" x 10.2" (sheet) Published by: Éditions de la Revue Verve, Tériade, Paris Printed by: Atelier Mourlot, Paris Documentation / References: Mourlot, F., Chagall Lithograph [II] 1957-1962, A. Sauret, Monte Carlo 1963, nos. 234 and 257 Marc Chagall (born in 1887) Marc Chagall was born in Belarus in 1887 and developed an early interest in art. After studying painting, in 1907 he left Russia for Paris, where he lived in an artist colony on the city’s outskirts. Fusing his own personal, dreamlike imagery with hints of the fauvism and cubism popular in France at the time, Chagall created his most lasting work—including I and the Village (1911)—some of which would be featured in the Salon des Indépendants exhibitions. After returning to Vitebsk for a visit in 1914, the outbreak of WWI trapped Chagall in Russia. He returned to France in 1923 but was forced to flee the country and Nazi persecution during WWII. Finding asylum in the U.S., Chagall became involved in set and costume design before returning to France in 1948. In his later years, he experimented with new art forms and was commissioned to produce numerous large-scale works. Chagall died in St.-Paul-de-Vence in 1985. The Village Marc Chagall was born in a small Hassidic community on the outskirts of Vitebsk, Belarus, on July 7, 1887. His father was a fishmonger, and his mother ran a small sundries shop in the village. As a child, Chagall attended the Jewish elementary school, where he studied Hebrew and the Bible, before later attending the Russian public school. He began to learn the fundamentals of drawing during this time, but perhaps more importantly, he absorbed the world around him, storing away the imagery and themes that would feature largely in most of his later work. At age 19 Chagall enrolled at a private, all-Jewish art school and began his formal education in painting, studying briefly with portrait artist Yehuda Pen. However, he left the school after several months, moving to St. Petersburg in 1907 to study at the Imperial Society for the Protection of Fine Arts. The following year, he enrolled at the Svanseva School, studying with set designer Léon Bakst, whose work had been featured in Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. This early experience would prove important to Chagall’s later career as well. Despite this formal instruction, and the widespread popularity of realism in Russia at the time, Chagall was already establishing his own personal style, which featured a more dreamlike unreality and the people, places and imagery that were close to his heart. Some examples from this period are his Window Vitebsk (1908) and My Fianceé with Black Gloves (1909), which pictured Bella Rosenfeld, to whom he had recently become engaged. The Beehive Despite his romance with Bella, in 1911 an allowance from Russian parliament member and art patron Maxim Binaver enabled Chagall to move to Paris, France. After settling briefly in the Montparnasse neighborhood, Chagall moved further afield to an artist colony known as La Ruche (“The Beehive”), where he began to work side by side with abstract painters such as Amedeo Modigliani and Fernand Léger as well as the avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire. At their urging, and under the influence of the wildly popular fauvism and cubism, Chagall lightened his palette and pushed his style ever further from reality. I and the Village (1911) and Homage to Apollinaire (1912) are among his early Parisian works, widely considered to be his most successful and representative period. Though his work stood stylistically apart from his cubist contemporaries, from 1912 to 1914 Chagall exhibited several paintings at the annual Salon des Indépendants exhibition, where works by the likes of Juan Gris, Marcel Duchamp and Robert Delaunay were causing a stir in the Paris art world. Chagall’s popularity began to spread beyond La Ruche, and in May 1914 he traveled to Berlin to help organize his first solo exhibition, at Der Sturm Gallery. Chagall remained in the city until the highly acclaimed show opened that June. He then returned to Vitebsk, unaware of the fateful events to come. War, Peace and Revolution In August 1914 the outbreak of World War I precluded Chagall’s plans to return to Paris. The conflict did little to stem the flow of his creative output, however, instead merely giving him direct access to the childhood scenes so essential to his work, as seen in paintings such as Jew in Green (1914) and Over Vitebsk (1914). His paintings from this period also occasionally featured images of the war’s impact on the region, as with Wounded Soldier (1914) and Marching (1915). But despite the hardships of life during wartime, this would also prove to be a joyful period for Chagall. In July 1915 he married Bella, and she gave birth to a daughter, Ida, the following year. Their appearance in works such as Birthday (1915), Bella and Ida by the Window (1917) and several of his “Lovers” paintings give a glimpse of the island of domestic bliss that was Chagall’s amidst the chaos. To avoid military service and stay with his new family, Chagall took a position as a clerk in the Ministry of War Economy in St. Petersburg. While there he began work on his autobiography and also immersed himself in the local art scene, befriending novelist Boris Pasternak, among others. He also exhibited his work in the city and soon gained considerable recognition. That notoriety would prove important in the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution when he was appointed as the Commissar of Fine Arts in Vitebsk. In his new post, Chagall undertook various projects in the region, including the 1919 founding of the Academy of the Arts. Despite these endeavors, differences among his colleagues eventually disillusioned Chagall. In 1920 he relinquished his position and moved his family to Moscow, the post-revolution capital of Russia. In Moscow, Chagall was soon commissioned to create sets and costumes for various productions at the Moscow State Yiddish...

Cain and Abel Plate is a lithograph realized by Marc Chagall in 1960 for the illustrated book "The Bible", 2nd part. Not signed nor numbered, as issued. In 1931, on commission from...

Chagall, Marc. BOUQUET DE NUIT. Mourlot 693. Lithograph, 1973. Edition of 30. Numbered and signed in pencil. 25 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches, 647 x 476 mm. (image); 34 3/8 x 25 1/4 inches, 87...

Marc Chagall The Tables of the Law Lithograph from Vitraux pour Jerusalem 1962 Printed by Mourlot Dimensions: 32.5 x 24.5 cm Publisher: André Sauret, Monte-Carlo Reference: Mourlo...

Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Les Ames Mortes Vignette Plate 4, Year: 1948, Medium: Etching on Arches, Image Size: 9.25 x 7.25 inches, Size: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.94 cm), P...

Marc Chagall Dans ma Memoire, 1968 LES POEMES #8 Colored woodcut on Rives paper Unsigned Edition: 96 / 226 Image size: c 24 * 32 cm Published by Cramer Editeur, Geneva LITERATUR...

Woodcut on Japon Nacré paper. Hand signed and numbered (of 26) by the artist. From a total edition of 238: 26 on Japon Nacré numbered 1-26, 200 on Rives numbered 27-226, 12 on Rives...

MARC CHAGALL, Vitebsk 1887- St.Paul de Vence 1985 David sauvé par Michal, 1960 Original lithograph in colours. Bibliography: Mourlot II.250, Cramer 42. (mm. 354x264). Perfect specim...

Marc Chagall, Original Lithograh depicting an instant of the Bible. Technique: Original lithograph in colours (Mourlot no. 234) On the reverse: another black and white original litho...

Marc Chagall, Original Lithograph depicting an instant of the Bible. Technique: Original lithograph in colours Year: 1956 Sizes: 35,5 x 26 cm / 14" x 10.2" (sheet) Published by: Édit...

Marc Chagall, Original Lithograh depicting an instant of the Bible. Technique: Original lithograph in colours (Mourlot no. 234) On the reverse: another black and white original litho...

Lithograph, 1960 Unsigned lithograph from the book "Drawings for the Bible" composed of 24 color lithographs Publisher : Verve (Paris) Printer : Mourlot (Paris) Catalog : Mourlot 253...

Marc Chagall, Original Lithograh depicting an instant of the Bible. Technique: Original lithograph in colours (Mourlot no. 234) On the reverse: another black and white original litho...

Marc Chagall, Original Lithograph depicting an instant of the Bible. Technique: Original lithograph in colours Year: 1956 Sizes: 35,5 x 26 cm / 14" x 10.2" (...

Marc Chagall, Original Lithograh depicting an instant of the Bible. Technique: Original lithograph in colours (Mourlot no. 234) On the reverse: another black and white original litho...

MARC CHAGALL -- Le Lit d'Ulysse from L'Odyssée II, 1975 Lithograph in colors Unsigned, one of 250 published by Mourlot, Paris Literature Mourlot 829 Unframed Sheet: 42.5 x 32.5 cm

Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960 "Cain et Abel" Unsigned 35 x 26 cm Excellent condition

This original etching with drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" at the lower right corner. It is also hand numbered 6 in pencil from the edition of 100, at...

Surrealist composition with a dog, figure, cockerel floating above the still life In a cream mount, visible sheet length 19.50cm, height 22.50cm Within a black and silvered moulded ...

This original etching and drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" at the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 110, at the lower left margin. There were 84 impressions on laid paper and a further 26 impressions on Japan paper. It was printed by Pan-Presse, Berlin in 1922 and published by Paul Cassirer, Berlin in 1923. Note: The work was part of Chagall's important and renowned series "Mein Leben...

Marc Chagall Comme un Barbare, 1968 LES POEMES #2 Colored woodcut on Rives paper Unsigned Edition: 96 / 226 Image size: c. 24 * 32 cm Reference: Cramer 74

Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) Itinerant Players from Chagall Lithographs I, 1960 Lithograph 12.50 x 9.50 in

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The Modern Russian artist Marc Chagall often took a very literal approach to naming his art. The title of this unique tempera and gouache painting on masonite translates very simply ...

A variation is a common term in various performing styles meant to refer to a planned or choreographed routine. In this original gouache, pastel, and graphite work on paper by French...

This complete suite of 38 original lithographs in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" on the colophon page. It is stamp numbered from the edition of 250 in...

Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) Monde Familier (Everyday World), 1983, (edition 49/50) lithograph in colors on Arches paper Sheet size: 13.70 x 10.60 in (34.80 x 26.92 cm) Everyday World...

Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) Le Peintre a la Veste Rouge (The Painter in a Red Vest), 1974, (Artist's Proof) Lithograph in colors on Arches paper Sheet size: 13.70 x 10.60 in (34.80 x...

Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) A l'Aube de l'Amour (At the Dawn of Love), November, 1983, (32/50) Lithograph in colors on Arches paper Sheet: 21.50 x 16.80 in (54.61 x 42.67 cm) At the...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Le Chevalet aux Fleurs, 1976 Lithograph in colors on Arches paper Sheet: 29-7/8 x 19-7/8 inches (75.9 x 50.5 cm) (sheet) Edition 33/50 Signed and numbered in...

Created between 1957 and 1960, the series Daphnis & Chloe is regarded as the most important of Chagall's graphic works due to the number and size of the publication. The series of 42...

Lithograph in colours, 1980, on Arches paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 50, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris; image: 95.3 x 61 cm. (37 ½ x 24 in.); sheet: 116....

Lithograph in colours, 1980, on Arches paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 50, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, image: 92.1 x 60.3 cm. (36 ¼ x 23 ¾ in.), sheet: ...

Lithograph in colours, 1980, on Arches paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 50, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, image: 95.3 x 60.4 cm. (37 ½ x 23 ¾ in.), sheet: ...

Lithograph in colours, 1980, on Arches paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 50, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, image: 94 x 69.9 cm. (37 x 23 ½ in.), sheet: 116....

Lithograph in colours, 1980, on Arches paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 50, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, image: 95.9 x 61.6 cm. (37 ¾ x 24 ¼ in.), sheet: ...

Lithograph in colours, 1980, on Arches paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 50, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, image: 60 x 94.3 cm. (23 5/8 x 37 1/8 in.), sheet...

Marc Chagall Cover for Derriere le Miroir, 1964 is a vibrant cover detailing the artists whimsical rendering of a man gently falling from the sky, with t...

Created in 1967, Marc Chagall’s Le Cirque (The Circus), from Cirque, 1967 is a color lithograph on Arches paper. This work is hand-signed by Marc Cha...

Lithograph on Arches Paper Pencil Signed Lower Right, "Marc Chagall" Numbered Lower Left Ed. 9/40, one of 40 impressions reserved for the artist aside from the standard signed editio...

Lithograph on Arches Paper Pencil Signed Lower Right, "Marc Chagall" Numbered Lower Left Ed. 51/100 Published by CH. SORLIER SIte Size: 19 x 12.5 Framed Size: approx 27.5 x 22.5