Skip to main content

Art

43
to
37
366
268
167
115
526
85
17
366
119
108
28
14
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
201
164
40
21
17
12
10
462
335
212
186
150
117
111
51
48
33
20
16
15
14
13
13
12
12
11
10
5
593
43
23
22
4
91
317
56
23
1
625
49
6,886
3,213
2,514
480
85
70
21
21
Art For Sale
Artist: Marc Chagall
Artist: Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Marc Chagall - The Bible - David saved by Michal - from VERVE
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall, Lithograph from Verve depicting an instant of the Bible. Technique: Lithograph in colours (Mourlot no. 234) On the reverse: another black and white original lithograph (Mourlot no. 257) Year: 1960 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 Theater, where he would paint a series of murals titled Introduction to the Jewish Theater as well. In 1921, Chagall also found work as a teacher at a school for war orphans. By 1922, however, Chagall found that his art had fallen out of favor, and seeking new horizons he left Russia for good. Flight After a brief stay in Berlin, where he unsuccessfully sought to recover the work exhibited at Der Sturm before the war, Chagall moved his family to Paris in September 1923. Shortly after their arrival, he was commissioned by art dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard to produce a series of etchings for a new edition of Nikolai Gogol's 1842 novel Dead Souls. Two years later Chagall began work on an illustrated edition of Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables, and in 1930 he created etchings for an illustrated edition of the Old Testament, for which he traveled to Palestine to conduct research. Chagall’s work during this period brought him new success as an artist and enabled him to travel throughout Europe in the 1930s. He also published his autobiography, My Life (1931), and in 1933 received a retrospective at the Kunsthalle in Basel, Switzerland. But at the same time that Chagall’s popularity was spreading, so, too, was the threat of Fascism and Nazism. Singled out during the cultural "cleansing" undertaken by the Nazis in Germany, Chagall’s work was ordered removed from museums throughout the country. Several pieces were subsequently burned, and others were featured in a 1937 exhibition of “degenerate art” held in Munich. Chagall’s angst regarding these troubling events and the persecution of Jews in general can be seen in his 1938 painting White Crucifixion. With the eruption of World War II, Chagall and his family moved to the Loire region before moving farther south to Marseilles following the invasion of France. They found a more certain refuge when, in 1941, Chagall’s name was added by the director of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City to a list of artists and intellectuals deemed most at risk from the Nazis’ anti-Jewish campaign. Chagall and his family would be among the more than 2,000 who received visas and escaped this way. Haunted Harbors Arriving in New York City in June 1941, Chagall discovered that he was already a well-known artist there and, despite a language barrier, soon became a part of the exiled European artist community. The following year he was commissioned by choreographer Léonide Massine to design sets and costumes for the ballet Aleko, based on Alexander Pushkin’s “The Gypsies” and set to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. But even as he settled into the safety of his temporary home, Chagall’s thoughts were frequently consumed by the fate befalling the Jews of Europe and the destruction of Russia, as paintings such as The Yellow Crucifixion...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Paradise
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Title: Paradise Portfolio: Drawings for the Bible Medium: Lithograph Date: 1960 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 22 3/4" x 18 3/4" Sheet Size: 14 3/8" x 10 1/4" I...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Paradis (Paradise), M 232/255, " an Original Color Lithograph by Marc Chagall
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Paradis (Paradise), M 232/255" is an original lithograph by Marc Chagall. his original color lithograph was designed for and printed by VERVE for the book “Dessins pour La Bible." I...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Der Fled Maus (Figurative Drawing of Costumed Man with Moon on Teal Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative drawing of a costumed man with two moons on handmade teal colored paper "Der Fled Maus", made by Kahn & Selesnick in 2011 mixed media, graphite, and pastel handmade paper 17 x 17 inches in walnut vintage wood frame with 8ply mat 7.5 x 7.5 inches unframed This whimsical mixed media drawing on handmade teal colored paper was made by the creative duo Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick as part of their series "Truppe Fledermaus", wherein the artists celebrate the carnivalesque with a cast of peculiar costumed characters. In this illustration, a cloaked figure stands in front of a door with the moon, in two different phases, appearng in the background. The artists' highly stylized approach adds an almost vintage touch. The drawing is complemented by a simple vintage walnut frame, and a sturdy wire across the back provides for easy hanging. About Truppe Fledermaus: Kahn & Selesnick’s latest project follows a fictitious cabaret troupe – Truppe Fledermaus (Bat Troupe) – who travel the countryside staging absurd and inscrutable performances in abandoned landscapes for an audience of no one. The playful but dire message presented by the troupe is of impending ecological disaster, caused by rising waters and a warming planet, the immediate consequences of which include the extinction of the Bat, a shamanistic figure representing both nature and humanity. In one sense, the entire cabaret troupe can be seen as a direct reflection of the artists themselves, both entities employing farce and black humor to engage utterly serious concerns. About Kahn & Selesnick: Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Graphite, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Mixed Media

Eight of Wands (Framed Watercolor Illustration on Archival Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
Watercolor on archival paper 23 x 17 inches in white-painted custom wood frame with 8ply mat 19 x 13 inches unframed This whimsical, highly stylized watercolor drawing on archival paper was made by the creative duo Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick as part of their series "Madame Lulu's Book of Fate", wherein the artists celebrate the carnivalesque with a cast of peculiar costumed characters. In this illustration, a woman adorned only in pear branch...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Watercolor

Marc Chagall Femme à l’oiseau
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Marc Chagall Femme à l’oiseau Issue of the portfolio Twelve contemporaries Éditions d'art du Lion . Paris 1959 Published in 1000 copies Signature in the board 900 euros
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Paper

Ruth at the Feet of Boaz
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Title: Ruth at the Feet of Boaz Portfolio: Drawings for the Bible Medium: Lithograph Year: 1960 Edition: Unnumbered Sheet Size: 1...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

From the suite "Les Fables De La Fontaine" original etching
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Marc Chagall (Russian, 1887-1985) Title: From the suite "Les Fables De La Fontaine" Year: 1927 Medium: Original etching Edition: fom...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Adam and Eve are Banished from Paradise
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Title: Adam and Eve are Banished from Paradise Portfolio: Drawings for the Bible Medium: Lithograph Year: 1960 Edition: Unnumbered Sheet Size: 14 3/8" x 10 1/4" ...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Derièrre le Miroir, Couverture: La Peintre devant le Village I" Original Litho
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Derièrre le Miroir, Couverture: La Peintre devant le Village I (Cover of Dèrriere le Miroir No. 182: The Artist at the Village I) M 603a" is an ...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Recobntre de Ruth et de Booz (Meeting of Ruth and Boaz)" Original Lithograph
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Recobntre de Ruth et de Booz (Meeting of Ruth and Boaz) M 247/270" is an original lithograph by Marc Chagall. This original color lithograph was designed for and printed by VERVE fo...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Adam and Eve and the Forbidden Fruit
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Title: Adam and Eve and the Forbidden Fruit Portfolio: Drawings for the Bible Medium: Lithograph Date: 1960 Edition: Unnumbered Sheet Size: 14 3/8" x 10 1/4" Ima...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

La Suite tout Nu - Etching by M. Chagall - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
From "Les Ames Mortes de Gogol", illustrated by Marc Chagall. Not signed (signed on plate). Edition of 335 prints. Excellent conditions. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under ex...
Category

1920s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

David sauvé par Mical
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960 "David sauvé par Mical" Unsigned 35 x 26 cm Excellent condition
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall - Summer's Dream - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall - Summer's Dream - Original Handsigned Lithograph 1983 Printed by Mourlot Dimensions: 48 x 65 cm Handsigned in pencil Justified EA (Epreuve D'artiste, Artist proof) asi...
Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Ruth Glaneuse (Ruth Gleaning), " Original Color Lithograph by Marc Chagall
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Ruth Glaneuse (Ruth Gleaning), M 246/269" is an original lithograph by Marc Chagall. This original color lithograph was designed for and printed by VERV...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Ahaseurus banishes Vashti, Lithograph by Marc Chagall 1960
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) Title: Ahaseurus banishes Vashti from “Dessins pour la Bible” Verve Vol. X, Nos. 37-38, Editions de la Revue Verve, Paris, 1960 Year: 1960...
Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Sara et Abimelech (Sarah and Abimelech), M 239/262" Original Color Lithograph
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sara et Abimelech (Sarah and Abimelech), M 239/262" is an original lithograph by Marc Chagall.This original color lithograph was designed for and ...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Ruth glaneuse
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960 Ruth glaneuse Unsigned 35 x 26 cm Excellent condition
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Job in Despair
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Title: Job in Despair Portfolio: Drawings for the Bible Medium: Lithograph Date: 1960 Edition: Unnumbered Sheet Size: 14 3/8" x 10 1/4" Image Size: 14 3/8" x 10 ...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Itinerant Players from Chagall Lithographs I
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) Itinerant Players from Chagall Lithographs I, 1960 Lithograph 12.50 x 9.50 in
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Odyssey : Odysseus and Telemachus - Original lithograph - Mourlot #798
Located in Paris, FR
Marc CHAGALL Odyssey : Odysseus and Telemachus Original stone lithograph Printed in Mourlot workshop, 1975 On Arches vellum 42.5 x 32 cm (c. 17 x 13 inch) REFERENCES : Catalog rai...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Adam et Ève Chassés du Paradis Terrestre" Original Color Lithograph by Chagall
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Adam et Ève Chassés du Paradis Terrestre (Adam and Eve are Banished from Paradise), M 237/260" is an original lithograph by Marc Chagall. This original c...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall - Woman Angel - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
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...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall - The Bible - Adam and Eve - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
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...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall - The Bible - Naomi and her daughters-in-law - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
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...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Les Danseurs à la Lune - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 35 prints. Rare and precious artwork by Chagall, in excellent conditions. Ref. Cat. Cramer, n. 32 Image dimensions : 30.5 x 24 cm
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Vitraux pour Jérusalem - Illustrated Book by M. Chagall, 1962
Located in Roma, IT
"Vitraux pour Jerusalem" is one of the most important books illustrated by Marc Chagall and considered as one of his editorial masterpieces. Th...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Marc Chagall - The Bible - Paradise - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
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...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Tamar belle-fille de Juda
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960 Tamar belle-fille de Juda Unsigned 35 x 26 cm Excellent condition
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Job en Prière (Job Praying), " Original colored Lithograph by Marc Chagall
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Job en Prière (Job Praying), M 253/276" is an original lithograph by Marc Chagall. This original color lithograph was designed for and printed by VERVE for the book “Dessins pour La...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Le Jeu des Acrobates, original lithograph from "Chagall Lithographe II"
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall Original Lithograph 1963 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm As published in Chagall Lithographe 1957-1962. VOLUME II. Unsigned, as issued, from the edition of several thousand Condition : Excellent Reference: Mourlot/Gauss 401 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 Theater, where he would paint a series of murals titled Introduction to the Jewish Theater as well. In 1921, Chagall also found work as a teacher at a school for war orphans. By 1922, however, Chagall found that his art had fallen out of favor, and seeking new horizons he left Russia for good. Flight After a brief stay in Berlin, where he unsuccessfully sought to recover the work exhibited at Der Sturm before the war, Chagall moved his family to Paris in September 1923. Shortly after their arrival, he was commissioned by art dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard to produce a series of etchings for a new edition of Nikolai Gogol's 1842 novel Dead Souls. Two years later Chagall began work on an illustrated edition of Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables, and in 1930 he created etchings for an illustrated edition of the Old Testament, for which he traveled to Palestine to conduct research. Chagall’s work during this period brought him new success as an artist and enabled him to travel throughout Europe in the 1930s. He also published his autobiography, My Life (1931), and in 1933 received a retrospective at the Kunsthalle in Basel, Switzerland. But at the same time that Chagall’s popularity was spreading, so, too, was the threat of Fascism and Nazism. Singled out during the cultural "cleansing" undertaken by the Nazis in Germany, Chagall’s work was ordered removed from museums throughout the country. Several pieces were subsequently burned, and others were featured in a 1937 exhibition of “degenerate art” held in Munich. Chagall’s angst regarding these troubling events and the persecution of Jews in general can be seen in his 1938 painting White Crucifixion...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Rencontre de Ruth et de Booz
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960 Rencontre de Ruth et de Booz Unsigned 35 x 26 cm Excellent condition
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Front Cover of "Chagall Lithographe III, " M 577, " Original Color Lithograph
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Front Cover of "Chagall Lithographe III," M 577" is an original Lithograph by Marc Chagall. This painting is primarily red with black lines defining the figures and objects. Followi...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Les Ames Mortes by N. Gogol - Complete Suite by Marc Chagall - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Les Ames mortes (by N. Gogol) is a very rare suite of etchings realized by Marc Chagall (1887-1985). Complete set of 96 etchings hors-texte and 11 etched vignettes en-texte for the ...
Category

1940s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Ruth aux pieds de Booz
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960 Ruth aux pieds de Booz Unsigned 35 x 26 cm Excellent condition
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Noémi et ses belles-filles
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960 Noémi et ses belles-filles Unsigned 35 x 26 cm Excellent condition
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Floating Factory
Located in Hudson, NY
archival pigment print 24 x 24 inches unframed This contemporary, surrealist style photograph was printed by the artistic duo, Kahn & Selesnick, in 2010. The print is part of their 'Mar: Adrift on the Hourglass Sea' series which features deserted landscapes in outer space. In this image, a mysterious and otherworldly mechanism floats through the Martian landscape. It is unknown who or what is operating it. With this imagery, the artists entice an imaginative narrative where the viewer is left to conjure up their own story. About the series: "Mars: Adrift on the Hourglass Sea" is Kahn and Selesnick’s first project to feature a female protagonist; a woman finds herself alone in a wasteland that appears to be Mars. It is uncertain how she arrived in this place, via spacecraft, through a fold in the space-time continuum or perhaps the landscape is a mental projection. Either way, it is clear that she has escaped an unnamed catastrophe on Earth. In a series of hallucinatory episodes she simultaneously explores the planet and builds a mock-life for herself from a combination of high-tech and stone-age materials. Mars is revealed to have ruined artifacts and monuments from a previous, or perhaps future, civilization. The remains of massive stone listening devices are littered about the landscape, leading us to wonder: is this a colony that has collapsed and lost touch with earth? How did its occupants become stranded? Or are these the nocturnal imaginings of a post-apocalyptic survivor? About the artists: The ultimate storytellers, who have been showing with Carrie Haddad Gallery for more than 20 years, are Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Bird Harmed by an Arrow - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #108
Located in Paris, FR
Marc Chagall Fables : The Bird Harmed by an Arrow , 1952 Original etching Printed signature in the plate Numbered 61 / 85 On Montval vellum 39 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in) With COA of th...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

Marc Chagall, "Le Bouquet Rose", original lithograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
1980 Original lithograph 45.7 x 29.5 inches Hand signed and numbered Edition of 50 on Arches wove This original lithograph was created as one of fourteen lithographs from the co...
Category

1980s Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Child and The Professor - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #104
Located in Paris, FR
Marc Chagall Fables : The Child and The Professor , 1952 Original etching Printed signature in the plate Numbered 61 / 85 On Montval vellum 39 x 28 cm (...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

Baron Samedi: Portrait Photograph of Woman and Ioa of Haitian Vodou for the Dead
Located in Hudson, NY
Archival pigment print, 10 x 10 inches on 17 x 22 inch paper ($2000) Also available in 24 x 24 inches ($3500) and 32 x 32 inches ($4500) Composed in a cool palette of jade and emerald green, beige, umber, and accents of pale blue, this photograph by artist duo Kahn & Selesnick combines the classically beautiful with the eerie. The image depicts a young man donned in period dress standing in the mud, holding the hand of a lady on a wooden chest. Baron Samedi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

l' Ivrogne et sa Femme
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Marc Chagall (Russian, 1887-1985) Title: l'Ivrogne et sa Femme Year: 1927 Medium: Original etching Edition: fom the unumbered edition of 200 Paper: Montval Laid paper Image ...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Marc Chagall - Colorful Bible - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
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...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cain and Abel
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Title: Cain and Abel Portfolio: Drawings for the Bible Medium: Lithograph Year: 1960 Edition: Unnumbered Sheet Size: 14 3/8" x 10 1/...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Bulls and a Frog - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #106
Located in Paris, FR
Marc Chagall Fables : Bulls and a Frog , 1952 Original etching Printed signature in the plate Numbered 61 / 85 On Montval vellum 39 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in) With COA of the gallery a...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

Sara et les Anges
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960 Sara et les Anges Unsigned 35 x 26 cm Excellent condition
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall - The Bible - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
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...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Dark Rider: Modern Surrealist Photo, Skull Masked Man Flying Over Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
archival pigment print, edition of 5 10 x 10 inches unframed, 17.5 x 17.5 inches framed This modern, surrealist style photograph was printed by the artist duo Kahn & Selesnick in 2012-13. The print is part of the Truppe Fledermaus series that explores the chronicles of a the traveling circus group dressed as bats, skeletons, and other odd creatures that perform for animals and mythical beings along the countryside. Here, two members of Truppe Fledermaus are pictured traveling to their next destination across a barren landscape blanketed with sea grass and sand dunes. A skull masked man dressed in an old-fashioned grey vest and beige blouse flies a brown robed bat-like creature while waving a black top-hat in the direction of their departure. A clear blue sky extends into the background. The dark brown hues of the two characters creates interesting contrast against the blue sky and green landscape. The imagery depicts an imaginative narrative and encourages the viewer to continue the saga in their own minds. The pristine archival pigment print is complimented with a clean white frame measuring 17.5 x 17.5 x 2 inches. About the work: The ultimate storytellers, who have been showing with Carrie Haddad Gallery for more than 20 years, are Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Le Visage d'Israël (The Face of Israel), M 231, " an Original Color Lithograph
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Visage d'Israël (The Face of Israel), M 231," is an original lithograph by Marc Chagall. It was created as a part of "Verve, revue artistique et littéraire," Vol. X No 37-38. Thi...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

La vierge d'Israel
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960 "La vierge d'Israël" Unsigned 35 x 26 cm Excellent condition
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law, from Drawings for the Bible
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Title: Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law Portfolio: Drawings for the Bible Medium: Lithograph Date: 1960 Edition: Unnumbered ...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Job désespéré
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960 Job désespéré Unsigned 35 x 26 cm Excellent condition
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Chariot (Kahn & Selesnick’s illustrated “Madame Lulu’s Book of Fate” Tarot)
Located in Hudson, NY
Watercolor on archival paper 23 x 17 inches in white-painted custom wood frame with 8ply mat 19 x 13 inches unframed This whimsical watercolor drawing on archival paper was made by the creative duo Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick as part of their series "Madame Lulu's Book of Fate", wherein the artists celebrate the carnivalesque with a cast of peculiar costumed characters. In this illustration, a humble wagon, humorously dubbed a "chariot", is transporting an assortment of theatrical props and trunks. A close look will reveal yet another curiosity: a pair of bare feet supporting and propelling the chariot. A subdued palette of sienna, beige, rose and umber unifies the composition, and the artists' highly stylized approach adds an almost vintage...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Watercolor

Fin d'Absalom - Hand Colored Etching by Marc Chagall - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed (artist's signature "M.Ch." lower right). Edition of 100 copies (62/100). From the series of “The Bible“, printed by Raymond Haasen and published by Tériade.. Ref. Cra...
Category

1950s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

"Genesis-Angel of Paradise" Illustration for "The Bible" for Verve, Lithograph
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Genesis-Angel of Paradise" Illustration for "The Bible" for Verve" is an original color lithograph by Marc Chagall. Chagall's characteristic way of rendering figures is seen up clos...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Agar dans le Désert (Hagar in the Desert)" Original Color Lithograph by Chagall
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Agar dans le Désert (Hagar in the Desert), M 241/264" an original lithograph by Marc Chagall. This original color lithograph was designed for and printed by VERVE for the book “Dess...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

POEMES: GRAVURES V
Located in Aventura, FL
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...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Photography, Drawings, Prints, Sculptures and Paintings for Sale

Whether growing your current fine art collection or taking the first steps on that journey, you will find an extensive range of original photography, drawings, prints, sculptures, paintings and more on 1stDibs.

Visual art is among the oldest forms of expression, and it has been evolving for centuries. Beautiful objects can provide a window to the past or insight into our current time. Art collecting enhances daily life through the presence of meaningful work. It displays an appreciation for culture, whether a print by Elizabeth Catlett channeling social change or a narrative quilt by Faith Ringgold.

Contemporary art has lured more initiates to collecting than almost any other category, with notable artists including Yayoi Kusama, Marc Chagall, Kehinde Wiley and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Navigating the waiting lists for the next Marlene Dumas, Jeff Koons or Jasper Johns has become competitive.

When you’re living with art, particularly as people more often work from home and enjoy their spaces, it’s important to choose art that resonates with you. While the richness of art with its many movements, styles and histories can be overwhelming, the key is to identify what is appealing and inspiring. Artwork can play with the surrounding color of a room, creating a layered approach. The dynamic shapes and sizes of sculptures can set different moods, such as a bronze by Miguel Guía on a mantel or an Alexander Calder mobile suspended over a table. A wall of art can evoke emotions in an interior while showing off your tastes and interests. A salon-style wall mixing eclectic pieces like landscape paintings with charcoal drawings is a unique way to transform a space and show off a collection.

For art meditating on the subconscious, investigate Surrealists like Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí. Explore Pop art and its leading artists such as Andy Warhol, Rosalyn Drexler and Keith Haring for bright and bold colors. Not only did these artists question art itself, but also how we perceive society. Similarly, 20th-century photography and abstract painting reconsidered the intent of art.

Abstract Expressionists like Helen Frankenthaler and Lee Krasner and Color Field artists including Sam Gilliam broke from conventional ideas of painting, while Op artists such as Yaacov Agam embraced visual trickery and kinetic movement. Novel visuals are also integral to contemporary work influenced by street art, such as sculptures and prints by KAWS.

Realist portraiture is a global tradition reflecting on what makes us human. This is reflected in the work of Slim Aarons, an American photographer whose images are at once candid and polished and appeared in Holiday magazine and elsewhere. Innovative artists Mickalene Thomas and Kerry James Marshall are now offering new perspectives on the form.

Collecting art is a rewarding, lifelong pursuit that can help connect you with the creative ways historic, modern and contemporary artists have engaged with the world. For more tips on piecing together an art collection, see our guide to buying and displaying art.

A variety of authentic art is available on 1stDibs. Explore art at auction and the 1stDibs NFT art marketplace, too. 

Recently Viewed

View All