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Marc Chagall, The Green Eiffel Tower, from Chagall, 1957
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Andre Sauret, Editeur, 1960, illustration 201. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne Des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, The Circus, from The Lithographs of Chagall I, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 281-292. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, The Painter and his Double, from Derriere le miroir, 1981
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 992. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1977 (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: After Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 225 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Dimensions:...
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Marc Chagall, After The Winter, from Derriere le miroir, 1972
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 651. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1969
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 182 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Dimensions: 15 x ...
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Marc Chagall, Reverie, from Derriere le miroir, 1969
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 605. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, Behind the Looking Glass, from Derriere le miroir, 1964
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 412. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
Lithograph
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Marc Chagall, Gogol and Chagall, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Gogol et Chagall (Gogol and Chagall), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Go...
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Marc Chagall, At the City Gate, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: A la barriere de la ville (At the City Gate), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Ni...
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Marc Chagall, Dispute Between Pliouchkine and Mavra, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Dispute de Pliouchkine et de Mavra (Dispute Between Pliouchkine and Mavra), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes ...
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Marc Chagall, Pliouchkine Searching for His Papers, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Pliouchkine a la recherche de ses papiers (Pliouchkine Searching for His Papers), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-f...
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Marc Chagall, Pliouchkine Offers a Drink, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Pliouchkine offre a boire (Pliouchkine Offers a Drink), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc C...
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Marc Chagall, Pliouchkine Gathering…, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Pliouchkine ramassant sous le pont (Pliouchkine Gathering Beneath the Bridge), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fort...
Etching
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Marc Chagall, Prochka, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Prochka (Prochka), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Gogol, Dead Souls, Or...
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Marc Chagall, The Room of Pliouchkine, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: La Chambre de Pliouchkine (The Room of Pliouchkine), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chag...
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Marc Chagall, Pliouchkine at the Door, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Pliouchkine a la porte (Pliouchkine at the Door), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall...
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Marc Chagall, The Old Park of Pliouchkine, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Le vieux parc de Pliouchkine (The Old Park of Pliouchkine), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Ma...
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Marc Chagall, Petrushka, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Petruchka (Petrushka), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Gogol, Dead Souls...
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Marc Chagall, The Village of Plyushkin, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Le Village de Pliouchkine (The Village of Plyushkin), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Cha...
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Marc Chagall, Encounter with a Peasant, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Rencontre d'un paysan (Encounter with a Peasant), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall...
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Marc Chagall, The Deposit, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Les Arrhes (The Deposit), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Gogol, Dead So...
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Marc Chagall, Sobakevitch Near the Armchair, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Sobakevitch pres du fauteuil (Sobakevitch Near the Armchair), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de ...
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Marc Chagall, Tchitchikov and Sobakevitch…, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Tchitchikov et Sobakevitch discutent affaires (Tchitchikov and Sobakevitch Discuss Business), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mo...
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Marc Chagall, Sobakevitch at the Table, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Sobakevitch a table (Sobakevitch at the Table), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (...
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Marc Chagall, The Table Laden with Food, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: La table chargee de victuailles (The Table Laden with Food), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de M...
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Marc Chagall, Dinner Is Served, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: On passe a table (Dinner Is Served), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Gog...
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Marc Chagall, The Evening at the Governors House, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: La Soiree chez le gouverneur (The Evening at the Governors House), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originale...
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Marc Chagall, The House of Sobakevitch, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: La Maison de Sobakevitch (The House of Sobakevitch), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chag...
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Marc Chagall, The Dreams of Tchitchikov, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Les reves de Tchitchikov (The Dreams of Tchitchikov), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Cha...
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Marc Chagall, Father Mitiai and Father Miniai, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Le pere Mitiai et le pere Miniai (Father Mitiai and Father Miniai), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes original...
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Marc Chagall, The Coachman Feeds the Horses, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Le cocher donne a manger aux chevaux (The Coachman Feeds the Horses), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes origin...
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Marc Chagall, The Steward, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: L’intendant (The Steward), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Gogol, Dead S...
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Marc Chagall, The Inn, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Le traktir (The Inn), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Gogol, Dead Souls,...
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Marc Chagall, The Appearance of the Policemen, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Apparition des policiers (The Appearance of the Policemen), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Ma...
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Marc Chagall, The Playing Cards, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Les cartes a jouer (The Playing Cards), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas ...
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Marc Chagall, The Painters, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Les Peintres (The Painters), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Gogol, Dead...
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Marc Chagall, Nozdriov, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Nozdriov (Nozdriov), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Gogol, Dead Souls, ...
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Marc Chagall, Meal at the Inn, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Repas dans le traktir (Meal at the Inn), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas...
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Marc Chagall, The Inn House, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: La maison du traktir (The Inn House), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Go...
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Marc Chagall, The Small Town, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: La petite ville (The Small Town), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Gogol,...
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Marc Chagall, Tchitchikov's Farewell to Manilov, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Les Adieux de Tchitchikov à Manilov (Tchitchikov's Farewell to Manilov), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes ori...
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Marc Chagall, The Road Sign, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: L’indication de la route (The Road Sign), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicola...
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Marc Chagall, Morning Tea, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Le the du matin (Morning Tea), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Gogol, De...
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Marc Chagall, The Farmyard, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: La basse-cour (The Farmyard), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Gogol, Dea...
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Marc Chagall, Tchitchikov on the Bed, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Tchitchikov sur le lit (Tchitchikov on the Bed), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall ...
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Marc Chagall, Mrs. Korobotchka, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Korobotchka), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicolas Gogol, Dead Souls, Original Etchings by Marc Chagall), 1948 Medium: Etching on veli...
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Marc Chagall, The Britchka Has Overturned, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: La britchka s’est renversee (The Britchka Has Overturned), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Mar...
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Marc Chagall, On the Road to Sobakevitch, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: En route vers Sobakevitch (On the Road to Sobakevitch), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc C...
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Marc Chagall, Dinner at Manilov’s, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Repas chez Manilov (Dinner at Manilov’s), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (Nicola...
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Marc Chagall, The Arrival of Tchitchikov, from Dead Souls, 1923–1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: L’arrivee de Tchitchikov (The Arrival of Tchitchikov), from Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Ch...
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Marc Chagall, Eve Cursed by God, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 230-276. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
Lithograph
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Marc Chagall, Abraham and Sarah, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Andre Sauret, 1960-1986, illustration 117-46. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, The Lion of Judah and the Tablets of the Law, 1962
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Andre Sauret, Editeur, 1969, illustration 365. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne Des Livres Illustres.
Lithograph
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Marc Chagall, Sun Over the City, from XXe siecle, 1973
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Andre Sauret, 1974, illustration 699. Cramer, Patrick, and Meret Meyer. Marc Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres.
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Marc Chagall, The Opera, from Derriere le miroir, 1954
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: L'Opera (The Opera), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 67–68 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Dimensions: 15 x 11 inche...
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Marc Chagall, Flower Quay, from Derriere le miroir, 1954
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Artwork Details: Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Quai de fleurs (Flower Quay), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 67–68 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Dimensions: 15 x...
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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.
Marc Chagall remains one of the past century’s most respected talents — find his art on 1stDibs.
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.