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Marc Chagall, Angel of Paradise, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, David and Absalom, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Abraham and Sarah, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, The Angel, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Lamentations of Jeremiah, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Moses III, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, The Angel with the Sword, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, The Prophet Daniel with the Lions, Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Moses I, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Eve Cursed by God, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Paradise I, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Ahasuerus Dismisses Vashti, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Tamar, Daughter-in-Law of Judah, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Hagar in the Desert, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Rachel Steals Her Father’s Idols, Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Rahab and the Spies of Jericho, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Cain and Abel, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Job in Despair, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Ruth at the Feet of Boaz, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Sarah and Abimelech, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, David Saved by Michal, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Job in Prayer, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise, Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Sarah and the Angels, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, The Face of Israel, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, The Meeting of Ruth and Boaz, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Boaz Awakens and Sees Ruth at His Feet, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Adam and Eve and the Forbidden Fruit, Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, The Troika at Evening, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: La troika au soir (The Troika at Evening), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicol...
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Marc Chagall, At the Treasury, the New Chief, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: A la tresorerie, le nouveau chef (At the Treasury, the New Chief), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originale...
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Marc Chagall, Tchitchikov the Customs Officer, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Tchitchikov douanier (Tchitchikov the Customs Officer), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc C...
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Marc Chagall, Tchitchikov Slept at the Office, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Tchitchikov couchait au bureau (Tchitchikov Slept at the Office), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales...
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Marc Chagall, At the Church, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: A l'eglise (At the Church), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Gogol, Dead ...
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Marc Chagall, The Birth of Tchitchikov, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: La naissance de Tchitchikov (The Birth of Tchitchikov), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc C...
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Marc Chagall, The Father of Tchitchikov Gives Him a Spanking, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Le pere de Tchitchikov lui donne une correction (The Father of Tchitchikov Gives Him a Spanking), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ame...
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Marc Chagall, Our Hero Wanted to Be Ready, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Notre heros tenait a etre pret (Our Hero Wanted to Be Ready), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de ...
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Marc Chagall, The Funeral of the Prosecutor, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: L'enterrement du procureur (The Funeral of the Prosecutor), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Ma...
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Marc Chagall, Manilov and Tchitchikov…, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Manilov et Tchitchikov sur le seuil de la porte (Manilov and Tchitchikov on the Threshold of the Door), from Nicolas Gogol, L...
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Marc Chagall, The Swiss Guard Does Not Let Tchitchikov Enter, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Le suisse ne laisse pas entrer Tchitchikov (The Swiss Guard Does Not Let Tchitchikov Enter), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mor...
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Marc Chagall, Tchitchikov Shaves Himself, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Tchitchikov se rase (Tchitchikov Shaves Himself), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall...
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Marc Chagall, The Prosecutor Died of It, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Le procureur en mourut (The Prosecutor Died of It), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chaga...
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Marc Chagall, Toothache, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Mal de dents (Toothache), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Gogol, Dead So...
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Marc Chagall, The Emaciated Officials, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Les fonctionnaires amaigris (The Emaciated Officials), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Ch...
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Marc Chagall, The Conclave of the Officials, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Le conciliabule des fonctionnaires (The Conclave of the Officials), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes original...
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Marc Chagall, Kopeikine or Napoleon, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Kopeikine ou Napoleon (Kopeikine or Napoleon), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (N...
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Marc Chagall, The Orgy Degenerates into a Brawl, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: L'orgie degenere en rixe (The Orgy Degenerates into a Brawl), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de ...
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Marc Chagall, The Governor's Wife Scolds Her Daughter, Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: La femme du gouverneur gronde sa fille (The Governor's Wife Scolds Her Daughter), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-f...
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Marc Chagall, The Flight Completely Naked, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: La fuite tout nu (The Flight Completely Naked), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (...
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Marc Chagall, Charming Ladies and Ladies Charming in Every Respect, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Dames charmante et charmante a tous egards (Charming Ladies and Ladies Charming in Every Respect), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Am...
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Marc Chagall, The Guard by the Streetlamp, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Le garde au reverbere (The Guard by the Streetlamp), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chag...
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Marc Chagall, Revelations of Nozdriov, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Revelations de Nozdriov (Revelations of Nozdriov), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagal...
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Marc Chagall, Manilov, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Manilov (Manilov), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Gogol, Dead Souls, Or...
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Marc Chagall, The Toilette of Tchitchikov, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: La toilette de Tchitchikov (The Toilette of Tchitchikov), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc...
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Marc Chagall, Appearance of Tchitchikov at the Ball, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Apparition de Tchitchikov au bal (Appearance of Tchitchikov at the Ball), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes or...
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Marc Chagall, Ball at the Governor's House, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Bal chez le gouverneur (Ball at the Governor's House), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Ch...
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Marc Chagall, They Clean the Trousers, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: On nettoie les pantalons (They Clean the Trousers), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chaga...
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Marc Chagall, Stretched Out on the Bed, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Etendus sur le lit (Stretched Out on the Bed), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (N...
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Marc Chagall, Pavel Ivanovitch Is Brought Back to the Inn, Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Pavel Ivanovitch est ramene a l'auberge (Pavel Ivanovitch Is Brought Back to the Inn), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, E...
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Described by art critic Robert Hughes as "the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century," the Russian-French modernist Marc Chagall worked in nearly every artistic medium. Influenced by Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism and Surrealism, he developed his own distinctive style, combining avant-garde techniques and motifs with elements drawn from Eastern European Jewish folk art.
Born Moishe Segal in 1887, in Belarus (then part of the Russian empire), Chagall is often celebrated for his figurative paintings, but he also produced stained-glass windows for the cathedrals of Reims and Metz, in France; for the United Nations, in New York; and for the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, as well as book illustrations, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries and fine-art prints. Characterized by a bold color palette and whimsical imagery, his works are often narrative, depicting small-village scenes and quotidian moments of peasant life, as in his late painting The Flight into Egypt from 1980.
Before World War I, Chagall traveled between St. Petersburg, Paris and Berlin. When the conflict broke out, he returned to Soviet-occupied Belarus, where he founded the Vitebsk Arts College before leaving again for Paris in 1922. He fled to the United States during World War II but in 1947 returned to France, where he spent the rest of his life. His peripatetic career left its mark on his style, which was distinctly international, incorporating elements from each of the cultures he experienced.
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While “expressionist” is used to describe any art that avoids naturalism and instead employs a bold use of flattened forms and intense brushwork, Expressionist art formally describes early-20th-century work from Europe that drew on Symbolism and confronted issues such as urbanization and capitalism. Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared.
Between 1905 and 1920, Austrian and German artists, in particular, were inspired by Postimpressionists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh in their efforts to strive for a new authenticity in their work. In its geometric patterns and decorative details, Expressionist art was also marked by eclectic sources like German and Russian folk art as well as tribal art from Africa and Oceania, which the movement’s practitioners witnessed at museums and world’s fairs.
Groups of artists came together to share and promote the themes now associated with Expressionism, such as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden, which included Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and investigated alienation and the dissolution of society in vivid color. In Munich, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, instilled Expressionism with a search for spiritual truths. In his iconic painting The Scream, prolific Norwegian painter Edvard Munch conveyed emotional turmoil through his depiction of environmental elements, such as the threatening sky.
Expressionism shifted around the outbreak of World War I, with artists using more elements of the grotesque in reaction to the escalation of unrest and violence. Printmaking was especially popular, as it allowed artists to widely disseminate works that grappled with social and political issues amid this time of upheaval. Although the art movement ended with the rise of Nazi Germany, where Expressionist creators were labeled “degenerate,” the radical ideas of these artists would influence Neo-Expressionism that emerged in the late 1970s with painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente.
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Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.
Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.
Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.
Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.
Explore an impressive collection of figurative art prints for sale on 1stDibs and read about how to arrange your wall art.