Selection of Modernist Lithographs or Gallery Wall

This print is part of my private collection. They were published in a numbered unsigned edition of 1000, and a signed edition of 200, printed by Serifraphie Fernand Leger, Paris and published by La Guilde International de la Gravure, Jean Bruller 1954/55. Initials in plate. They are catalogued in Lawrence Saphire's "Fernand Leger- Complete Graphic Work." They come from a portfolio sute of 10 serigraphs after original Fernand Leger gouaches. Fernand Leger 1881-1955, French was one of the major Cubist painters in France, later he also became a sculptor, art educator and filmmaker. In the early 1900's he was influenced by Cezanne and began creating in a more geometric style. He created his own style called Tubism with emphasis in cylindrical forms. He was considered one of France's three major Cubist painters among Picasso and Georges Brayer. Leger was influenced by the Italian "Futurism" style.

Marc Chagall was a renowned Jewish artist born July 7, 1887, in Vitebsk, Russia, who later moved to Paris and gained French citizenship. Chagall studied at the Imperial Society for the Protection of the Arts in Saint Petersburg. He was a member of the Ecole de Paris and was part of the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d’Automne in the early 1900s. In addition to Paris and St. Petersburg, Chagall traveled and exhibited globally including Amsterdam, Jerusalem, and New York City. Having lived through World War I and World War II, his work was influenced by these events. Chagall’s work is inspired by his Jewish heritage and his hometown of Vitebsk and incorporates elements of Fauvism and Cubism as well as aspects of traditional Russian and Jewish folk art. His work has been exhibited and collected internationally both privately and by institutions including the Guggenheim, the Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou, and Tate Modern.