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Artist: Marc Chagall
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The House in My Village, from 1960 Mourlot Lithographe I
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall
Title: The House in My Village
Portfolio: Mourlot Lithographe I
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1960
Edition: Unnumbered
Framed Size: 21 7/8" x 18 7/8"
Image Size: 12 1...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Esther Accusing Ama - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
On bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris.
Ref. Mourlot,...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photogravure
The Face of Israel - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph realized by Marc Chagall in 1960 to illustrate "The Bible".
Edition of 6500, published by Tériade in no. 33 and 34 of the Art Magazine Verve.
Printed by Mourlot a...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Wedding in a Small Village - Original lithograph - (Mourlot #487)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL
Wedding in a Small Village, 1968
Original lithograph (Mourlot workshop)
Unsigned
On vellum 24 x 18 cm (c. 10 x 6.5 inch)
REFERENCES : Catalog Raisonne Chagall lithogra...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Sarah and Moses - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
On bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris.
Ref. Mourlot,...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Photogravure
Assuerus Invited by Esther - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
On bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris.
Ref. Mourlot,...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Photogravure
Naomi and her Dughters-in-law - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph realized by Marc Chagall in 1960 to illustrate "The Bible".
Edition of 6500, published by Tériade in no. 33 and 34 of the Art Magazine Verve.
Printed by Mourlot a...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Marc Chagall The Bay of Angels
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Marc Chagall The Bay of Angels
Artist: Marc Chagall
Medium: Lithograph
Title: The Bay of Angels
Portfolio: 1960 Mourlot Lithographe I
Year: 1960
Editio...
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20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Zachary's Chandelier - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
On bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris.
Ref. Mourlot,...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Photogravure
The Face of Israel - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph realized by Marc Chagall in 1960 to illustrate "The Bible".
Edition of 6500, published by Tériade in no. 33 and 34 of the Art Magazine Verve.
Printed by Mourlot a...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
LE JARDIN DE POMONE
By Marc Chagall
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph. Signed and numbered 38/50 in pencil by Chagall.
Catalogue reference: Mourlot 541
Category
Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Meeting of Ruth and Boaz - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph realized by Marc Chagall in 1960 to illustrate "The Bible".
Edition of 6500, published by Tériade in no. 33 and 34 of the Art Magazine Verve.
Printed by Mourlot a...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Tragedy of Hagar - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, no signature.
Héliogravure on bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade on the Ar...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Photogravure
The Bible : Esther and her Cousin - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
The Bible, Esther and her Cousin
Original lithography (Daeger Workshop)
On paper 36 x 26.5 cm (c. 14.2 x 10.2 in)
Second illustration on the back, see pho...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Marc Chagall -- Der Engel (The Angel)
By Marc Chagall
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Marc Chagall
Der Engel (The Angel), 1960
Lithograph
Hand Signed lower right
Numbered 13/100
Image size: 32x26.5 cm
Frame size: 76 x 63.5 x 5 cm
Printed by Mourlot, Paris.
Publishe...
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20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Angel Bay, Framed Lithograph by Marc Chagall 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pulled from Volume II of the Lithographs of March Chagall.
Published by Mourlot on 1960
Éditions André Sauret, Monte-Carlo.
Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Artist: Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985)
Title: Angel Bay
Year: 1960
Medium: Lithograph
Size: 12 in. x 9 in. (30.48 cm x 22.86 cm)
Frame: 20 x 17 inches
Editor: Andre Sauret
Publisher: George Braziller...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Marc Chagall - La Place de la Concorde - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall
Original Lithograph
Title: La Place de la Concorde
1963
Dimensions: 39 x 30 cm
Edition: 180
Unsigned as issued.
From Regards sur Paris
Reference: Catalogue Raisonné, Mou...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Ruth and Booz Sleeping - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph realized by Marc Chagall in 1960 to illustrate "The Bible".
Edition of 6500, published by Tériade in no. 33 and 34 of the Art Magazine Verve.
Printed by Mourlot a...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Genesys XLIX , 27 from Vitraux pour Jérusalem- Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1962
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Genesys XLIX , 27 from Vitraux pour Jérusalem is an original lithograph print on paper realized by Marc Chagall, Monte Carlo Sauret, 1962.
Inc...
Category
Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Wedding, from: My Life Die Hochzeit: Mein Leben - Russian French Berlin
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
This original etching with drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered 50/110 in pencil from the edition of 11...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint, Etching
The Prophet - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
On bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris.
Ref. Mourlot,...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Photogravure
Les Ames Mortes Vignette Plate 5, Etching by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Les Ames Mortes Vignette Plate 5, 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...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Sarah and Agar - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
On bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris.
Ref. Mourlot,...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photogravure
Ruth in the Cornfield - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
Héliogravure on bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris.
...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Photogravure
Agar, Servant of Sarah - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
On bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris.
Ref. Mourlot,...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photogravure
The Bay La baie - Paris French Russian Bay
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Marc Chagall” at the lower right margin.
It is also numbered in pencil from the edition of 75, at the lowe...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
The Ladder
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - The Ladder
Original Lithograph from 1957.
Dimensions of work: 23 x 20 cm.
Publisher: Maeght Éditeur, Paris.
The work is in Excellent condition.
Category
Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Young Shepherd Joseph - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Belongs to the series "The Bible".
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
N...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Rachel has Stolen the Idols of Her Father - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph realized by Marc Chagall in 1960 to illustrate "The Bible".
Edition of 6500, published by Tériade in no. 33 and 34 of the Art Magazine Verve.
Printed by Mourlot a...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Booz Awakes - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph realized by Marc Chagall in 1960 to illustrate "The Bible".
Edition of 6500, published by Tériade in no. 33 and 34 of the Art Magazine Verve.
Printed by Mourlot a...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Les Deux Taureaux et une Grenouille - Etching by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 100 prints.
From the series “Les Fables de La Fontaine”.
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Couple with a Goat - Original stone lithograph (Mourlot #608) - 1970
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL
Couple with a goat
Original stone lithograph (atelier Mourlot)
Edition size: 3,000 (plus the signed and numbered edition of 50 with larger margins)
Unsigned
On light ve...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
1957 Marc Chagall 'The Wandering Musicians'
By Marc Chagall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Wandering Musicians by Marc Chagall is part of his larger exploration of music and the arts. The lithograph likely reflects Chagall's fascination with music as a universal langua...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Le Clown Acrobate - Etching & Aquatint by Marc Chagall - 1967
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Hand-signed. Edition 13/35 prints, numbered and hand signed in pencil.
Image Dimensions : 31 x 24 cm
Passepartout included : 70 x 50 cm
Ref. Cramer 12.
Very good conditions.
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Lettre a Marc Chagall II, Etching by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Lettre a Marc Chagall II, Year: 1969, Medium: Etching, Edition: 190, Image Size: 8.75 x 5.75 inches, Size: 11 x 7.25 in. (27.94 x 18.42 cm), Pr...
Category
Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Creation
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Creation
Lithograph from 1960.
Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
The work is in Excellent condition.
Fast and secure shipment.
Category
Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Isaiah
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Isaiah
Lithograph from 1956.
Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm.
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
Reference: Mourlot 141.
On the reverse: another original lithog...
Category
Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
From the suite "Les Fables De La Fontaine" original etching
By Marc Chagall
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...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Les Danseurs à la Lune - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1967
By Marc Chagall
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
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
He wrote in the Tables the wordes of the covenant, even the Ten Commandments
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - He wrote in the Tables the wordes of the covenant, even the Ten Commandments
Lithograph from 1966.
The edition of 20 on Japanese paper.
Dimensions of w...
Category
Symbolist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Song of Songs - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960s
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Song of Songs is an artwork realized by Marc Chagall, 1960s.
Lithograph on brown-toned paper, no signature.
Lithograph on both sheets.
Edition of 6500 unsigned lithographs. Printe...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Double Portrait at the Easel, 1976 (M.835)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Greenwich, CT
Double Portrait at the Easel (M.835) is lithograph on paper, signed 'Marc Chagall' lower right and numbered XI/XV lower left, from the edition of 69 (there were also 50 Arabic and 4 ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Ruth Gleaning
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Ruth Gleaning
Lithograph from 1960.
Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
The work is in Excellent condition.
Fast and secure shi...
Category
Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Orpheus Orphée - Surrealism Mythology Greek
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered 47 in pencil from the edition of 50, at...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Sarah and the Angels, from Drawings for the Bible
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall
Title: Sarah and the Angels
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"...
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20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
The Clown with Flowers, from 1963 Mourlot Lithographe II
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall
Title: The Clown with Flowers
Portfolio: Mourlot Lithographe II
Medium: Lithograph
Date: 1963
Edition: Unnumbered
Frame Size: 21 7/8" x 18 7/8"
Sheet Size: 12 3/...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Marc Chagall - Creation - Adam and Eve - Original Lithograph from Bible
By Marc Chagall
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...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Poems : The Couple - Original Woodcut, Rare Trial Proof
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Poèmes : the couple
Original woodcut, 1968
Unsigned
On vellum size 36 x 28 cm (c. 14 x 11 inch)
A rare trial proof before the final state
NOTE : Trial proo...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Akt mit Fächer
By Marc Chagall
Located in New York, NY
A superb, richly-inked impression of an early etching and drypoint. With burr throughout and crisp plate edges. First state (of 2). Edition of 100. Signed in pencil by Chagall. Print...
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Expressionist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint, Etching
Marc Chagall - The Bible - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
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...
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Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Conclusion de l'Ecclésiaste - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960s
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Conclusion de l'ecclésiaste is an artwork realized by March Chagall, 1960s.
Lithograph on brown-toned paper, no signature.
Lithograph on both sheets.
Edition of 6500 unsigned lith...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Les Lilas (Flowers and Joy) - TALL Original Lithograph SIGNED (Mourlot #975)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Les Lilas, 1980
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil
Numbered out of 50 copies (4/50)
On Arches vellum, 116 x 75 cm (c. 46 x 30 in)
INFORMATION: Published by Galerie Maeght
REFERENCE: Mourlot Catalogue Raisonné...
Category
Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Marc Chagall - Bath-Sheba at the Feet of David - Original Handsigned Etching
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall - Bath-Sheba at the Feet of David - Original Handsigned Etching
1958
Printed by Tériade
Dimensions: 54 x 39 cm
Handsigned and numbered
handcolored
Edition: 100
Reference: Cramer 30.
Etching with hand-coloring, circa 1930, initialled in pencil, numbered 75/100 (there were also twenty hors-commerce copies) , published 1958 by Tériade, Paris, on Arches wove paper
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...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Derriere le Miroir-Double Page (Behind the Looking Glass Double Page)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Derriere le Miroir-Double Page (Behind the Looking Glass Double Page)
Original color llithogragp created by the artist for this ublication, 1964
Unsigned as issued
From: Derriere le ...
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French School 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Death and The Lumberjack - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #101
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall
Fables : Death and The Lumberjack, 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 ga...
Category
Modern 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Awakening of Boaz - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
The awakening of Boaz is an artwork from the Series "The Bible", by Marc Chagall in 1960.
Mixed colored lithograph on brown-toned paper, no signature.
Edition of 6500 unsigned lit...
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Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
L'Echelle de Jacob, Peintures Bibliques Recentes 1966-1976 by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Marc Chagall
Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1977
Dimensions: 30 x 20.75 in, 76.2 x 52.7 cm
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20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Esther Invites Ahasuerus to a Banquet - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960s
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Esther Invites Ahasuerus to a Banquet is an artwork realized by March Chagall, 1960s.
Lithograph on brown-toned paper, no signature.
Lithograph on both sheets.
Edition of 6500 uns...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph