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Painter, Sculptor, Illustrator, Glass painter, b. 1887 - d. 1985

Marc Chagall[a] (born Moishe Shagal; 6 July [O.S. 24 June] 1887 – 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin.[2][1] An early modernist, he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries and fine art prints.

Art critic Robert Hughes referred to Chagall as "the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century" (though Chagall saw his work as "not the dream of one people but of all humanity"). According to art historian Michael J. Lewis, Chagall was considered to be "the last survivor of the first generation of European modernists". For decades, he "had also been respected as the world's pre-eminent Jewish artist". Using the medium of stained glass, he produced windows for the cathedrals of Reims and Metz, windows for the UN and the Art Institute of Chicago and the Jerusalem Windows in Israel. He also did large-scale paintings, including part of the ceiling of the Paris Opéra.

Before World War I, he travelled between Saint Petersburg, Paris, and Berlin. During this period he created his own mixture and style of modern art based on his idea of Eastern Europe and Jewish folk culture. He spent the wartime years in Soviet Belarus, becoming one of the country's most distinguished artists and a member of the modernist avant-garde, founding the Vitebsk Arts College before leaving again for Paris in 1923.

He had two basic reputations, writes Lewis: as a pioneer of modernism and as a major Jewish artist. He experienced modernism's "golden age" in Paris, where "he synthesized the art forms of Cubism, Symbolism, and Fauvism, and the influence of Fauvism gave rise to Surrealism". Yet throughout these phases of his style "he remained most emphatically a Jewish artist, whose work was one long dreamy reverie of life in his native village of Vitebsk."[7] "When Matisse dies," Pablo Picasso remarked in the 1950s, "Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what colour really is".

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                      • After Marc Chagall (French 1887 - 1985) Reproduction, "Adam et Eve Chasses du Paradis Terrestre", 32 x 25sold
                        Sep. 25, 2023

                        After Marc Chagall (French 1887 - 1985) Reproduction, "Adam et Eve Chasses du Paradis Terrestre", 32 x 25

                        Est: R200 - R300

                        After Marc Chagall (French 1887 - 1985) Reproduction, "Adam et Eve Chasses du Paradis Terrestre", 32 x 25

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                      • MARC CHAGALL "La Barque" (After)sold
                        Sep. 25, 2023

                        MARC CHAGALL "La Barque" (After)

                        Est: -

                        MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)Limited Edition Colour Off Set LithographEditioned: Edition of 300Image Size: 62cm x 50cm Sheet Size: 77cm x 59cmSignature: Signature of Marc Chagall is printed as part of the LithographCondition: Excellent (New)Unframed.

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                      • MARC CHAGALL "Bouquet De Fleur et Amants" (After)sold
                        Sep. 25, 2023

                        MARC CHAGALL "Bouquet De Fleur et Amants" (After)

                        Est: -

                        MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)Limited Edition Colour Off Set LithographEditioned: Edition of 300Image Size: 45cm x 55cmSheet Size: 60cm x 78cmSignature: Signature of Marc Chagall is printed as part of the LithographCondition: Excellent (New)Unframed.

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                      • MARC CHAGALL 'MOSES ORDERING THE PLAGUE OF DARKNESS OVER EGYPT' 1956 COLORED ETCHINGsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        MARC CHAGALL 'MOSES ORDERING THE PLAGUE OF DARKNESS OVER EGYPT' 1956 COLORED ETCHING

                        Est: $4,000 - $6,000

                        Marc Chagall, 1887-1985 (Russian, French) Moses Ordering the Plague of Darkness over Egypt 1956, From bible 1931-1939 Etching with watercolor signed lower right, numbered '72/100' lower left Printed by Tariade DIMENSIONS: Image H: 16.12" W: 12.37", & Frame H: 23.37" W: 19.62" Condition: Excellent A certificate of Authenticity is included After Chagall completed his etchings for The Fables (1930), Vollard again offered Chagall a commission, this time for a set of etchings illustrating themes from the Bible. Chagall went to Palestine to get a sense of the land itself. Returning to Paris, he began work on the 105 etchings for this project, first between 1931 and 1939 (when the first sixty-five etchings were executed and printed) and then between 1952 and 1956 (when the remaining forty etchings were completed and printed). Meyer Schapiro, the noted art historian, observed that Chagall was the ideal artist to have undertaken the task of illustrating the Bible: "Chagall was prepared for this achievement by his permanent receptivity of mind. He is a rare modern painter whose art has been accessible to the full range of his emotions and thoughts. . . . He has represented themes of an older tradition not in a spirit of curiosity or artifice, but with a noble devotion. . . . Although these etchings are marvels of patient, scrupulous craftsmanship, there is no assertion here of skill or technical research, but an immersion in a subject which the artist convinces us often equals or transcends value in the work of art . . . In almost every image we experience the precise note of his emotion, his awe or sadness or joy, which is voiced in the melody of shapes and the tonal scale peculiar to each conception. If we had nothing of Chagall but his Bible, he would be for us a great modern artist." Most of the etchings for The Bible were executed by Chagall between 1931 and 1939; the last pieces were completed between 1952 and 1956. The Bible was issued in an edition of 275 signed and numbered portfolios and 20 portfolios hors commerce. There are also 100 sets of the etchings with hand-coloring on paper with large margins, each of which is numbered lower left and initialed in pencil by Chagall lower right. References: Marc Chagall: Druckgraphische Folgen 1922-1966. Verzeichnis der Bestande (Hannover: Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammling Sprengel, 1981); Charles Sorlier, Marc Chagall et Ambroise Vollard; Catalogue Complet des Gravures Executees par Marc Chagall a la demande de Ambroise Vollard (Paris: Editions Galerie Matignon, 1981). Important collections of Chagall's Biblical prints include Franz Meyer, Marc Chagall: His Graphic Work (NY: Abrams, 1957), Jean Adhemar, Chagall L'oeuvre grave (Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale, 1970), Jean Leymarie, Marc Chagall Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall (Nice: Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1976), Charles Sorlier et al, Marc Chagall L'oeuvre grave (Nice: Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1987), Ernst-Gerhard Guse, Marc Chagall Druckgraphik (Stuttgart: Westfalisches Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kultgeschichte Munster, 1985).

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                      • MARC CHAGALL 'JEREMIAH RECEIVED GIFT OF THE PROPHECY - 1958 ETCHING WITH WATERCOLOR, SIGNED & NUMBEREDsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        MARC CHAGALL 'JEREMIAH RECEIVED GIFT OF THE PROPHECY - 1958 ETCHING WITH WATERCOLOR, SIGNED & NUMBERED

                        Est: $4,000 - $6,000

                        Marc Chagall, 1887-1985 (Russian, French) Jeremiah received Gift of the prophecy - 1958, From bible 1931-1939 Etching with watercolor signed lower right, numbered '87/100' lower left Printed by Tariade DIMENSIONS: Image H: 16.12" W: 12.37", & Frame H: 23.37" W: 19.62" Condition: Excellent A certificate of Authenticity is included. After Chagall completed his etchings for The Fables (1930), Vollard again offered Chagall a commission, this time for a set of etchings illustrating themes from the Bible. Chagall went to Palestine to get a sense of the land itself. Returning to Paris, he began work on the 105 etchings for this project, first between 1931 and 1939 (when the first sixty-five etchings were executed and printed) and then between 1952 and 1956 (when the remaining forty etchings were completed and printed). Meyer Schapiro, the noted art historian, observed that Chagall was the ideal artist to have undertaken the task of illustrating the Bible: "Chagall was prepared for this achievement by his permanent receptivity of mind. He is a rare modern painter whose art has been accessible to the full range of his emotions and thoughts. . . . He has represented themes of an older tradition not in a spirit of curiosity or artifice, but with a noble devotion. . . . Although these etchings are marvels of patient, scrupulous craftsmanship, there is no assertion here of skill or technical research, but an immersion in a subject which the artist convinces us often equals or transcends value in the work of art . . . In almost every image we experience the precise note of his emotion, his awe or sadness or joy, which is voiced in the melody of shapes and the tonal scale peculiar to each conception. If we had nothing of Chagall but his Bible, he would be for us a great modern artist." Most of the etchings for The Bible were executed by Chagall between 1931 and 1939; the last pieces were completed between 1952 and 1956. The Bible was issued in an edition of 275 signed and numbered portfolios and 20 portfolios hors commerce. There are also 100 sets of the etchings with hand-coloring on paper with large margins, each of which is numbered lower left and initialed in pencil by Chagall lower right. References: Marc Chagall: Druckgraphische Folgen 1922-1966. Verzeichnis der Bestande (Hannover: Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammling Sprengel, 1981); Charles Sorlier, Marc Chagall et Ambroise Vollard; Catalogue Complet des Gravures Executees par Marc Chagall a la demande de Ambroise Vollard (Paris: Editions Galerie Matignon, 1981). Important collections of Chagall's Biblical prints include Franz Meyer, Marc Chagall: His Graphic Work (NY: Abrams, 1957), Jean Adhemar, Chagall L'oeuvre grave (Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale, 1970), Jean Leymarie, Marc Chagall Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall (Nice: Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1976), Charles Sorlier et al, Marc Chagall L'oeuvre grave (Nice: Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1987), Ernst-Gerhard Guse, Marc Chagall Druckgraphik (Stuttgart: Westfalisches Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kultgeschichte Munster, 1985).

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                      • MARC CHAGALL 'MOSES SAVED FROM THE WATER OF THE NILE BY PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER - 1958' SIGNED & NUMBEREDsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        MARC CHAGALL 'MOSES SAVED FROM THE WATER OF THE NILE BY PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER - 1958' SIGNED & NUMBERED

                        Est: $4,000 - $6,000

                        Marc Chagall 1887-1985 (Russian, French) Moses Saved from the Water of the Nile by Pharaoh's Daughter 1958, From bible 1931-1939 Hand-painted etching signed lower right, numbered '78/100' lower left Printed by Tariade DIMENSIONS: Image H: 16.12" W: 12.37", & Frame H: 23.37" W: 19.62" Condition: Excellent A certificate of Authenticity is included After Chagall completed his etchings for The Fables (1930), Vollard again offered Chagall a commission, this time for a set of etchings illustrating themes from the Bible. Chagall went to Palestine to get a sense of the land itself. Returning to Paris, he began work on the 105 etchings for this project, first between 1931 and 1939 (when the first sixty-five etchings were executed and printed) and then between 1952 and 1956 (when the remaining forty etchings were completed and printed). Meyer Schapiro, the noted art historian, observed that Chagall was the ideal artist to have undertaken the task of illustrating the Bible: "Chagall was prepared for this achievement by his permanent receptivity of mind. He is a rare modern painter whose art has been accessible to the full range of his emotions and thoughts. . . . He has represented themes of an older tradition not in a spirit of curiosity or artifice, but with a noble devotion. . . . Although these etchings are marvels of patient, scrupulous craftmanship, there is no assertion here of skill or technical research, but an immersion in a subject which the artist convinces us often equals or transcends value in the work of art . . . In almost every image we experience the precise note of his emotion, his awe or sadness or joy, which is voiced in the melody of shapes and the tonal scale peculiar to each conception. If we had nothing of Chagall but his Bible, he would be for us a great modern artist." Most of the etchings for The Bible were executed by Chagall between 1931 and 1939; the last pieces were completed between 1952 and 1956. The Bible was issued in an edition of 275 signed and numbered portfolios and 20 portfolios hors commerce. There are also 100 sets of the etchings with hand-coloring on paper with large margins, each of which is numbered lower left and initialed in pencil by Chagall lower right. References: Marc Chagall: Druckgraphische Folgen 1922-1966. Verzeichnis der Bestande (Hannover: Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammling Sprengel, 1981); Charles Sorlier, Marc Chagall et Ambroise Vollard; Catalogue Complet des Gravures Executees par Marc Chagall a la demande de Ambroise Vollard (Paris: Editions Galerie Matignon, 1981). Important collections of Chagall's Biblical prints include Franz Meyer, Marc Chagall: His Graphic Work (NY: Abrams, 1957), Jean Adhemar, Chagall L'oeuvre grave (Paris: Biubliotheque Nationale, 1970), Jean Leymarie, Marc Chagall Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall (Nice: Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1976), Charles Sorlier et al, Marc Chagall L'oeuvre grave (Nice: Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1987), Ernst-Gerhard Guse, Marc Chagall Druckgraphik (Stuttgart: Westfalisches Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kultgeschichte Munster, 1985).

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                      • MARC CHAGALL 'THE BURNING BUSH - 1958' SIGNED & NUMBERED ETCHINGsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        MARC CHAGALL 'THE BURNING BUSH - 1958' SIGNED & NUMBERED ETCHING

                        Est: $6,000 - $8,000

                        Marc Chagall 1887-1985 (Russian, French) The Burning Bush 1958, From bible 1931-1939 Hand-painted etching signed lower right, numbered '73/100' lower left Printed by Tariade DIMENSIONS: Image H: 16.12" W: 12.37", & Frame H: 23.37" W: 19.62" Condition: Excellent A certificate of Authenticity is included After Chagall completed his etchings for The Fables (1930), Vollard again offered Chagall a commission, this time for a set of etchings illustrating themes from the Bible. Chagall went to Palestine to get a sense of the land itself. Returning to Paris, he began work on the 105 etchings for this project, first between 1931 and 1939 (when the first sixty-five etchings were executed and printed) and then between 1952 and 1956 (when the remaining forty etchings were completed and printed). Meyer Schapiro, the noted art historian, observed that Chagall was the ideal artist to have undertaken the task of illustrating the Bible: "Chagall was prepared for this achievement by his permanent receptivity of mind. He is a rare modern painter whose art has been accessible to the full range of his emotions and thoughts. . . . He has represented themes of an older tradition not in a spirit of curiosity or artifice, but with a noble devotion. . . . Although these etchings are marvels of patient, scrupulous craftmanship, there is no assertion here of skill or technical research, but an immersion in a subject which the artist convinces us often equals or transcends value in the work of art . . . In almost every image we experience the precise note of his emotion, his awe or sadness or joy, which is voiced in the melody of shapes and the tonal scale peculiar to each conception. If we had nothing of Chagall but his Bible, he would be for us a great modern artist." Most of the etchings for The Bible were executed by Chagall between 1931 and 1939; the last pieces were completed between 1952 and 1956. The Bible was issued in an edition of 275 signed and numbered portfolios and 20 portfolios hors commerce. There are also 100 sets of the etchings with hand-coloring on paper with large margins, each of which is numbered lower left and initialed in pencil by Chagall lower right. References: Marc Chagall: Druckgraphische Folgen 1922-1966. Verzeichnis der Bestande (Hannover: Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammling Sprengel, 1981); Charles Sorlier, Marc Chagall et Ambroise Vollard; Catalogue Complet des Gravures Executees par Marc Chagall a la demande de Ambroise Vollard (Paris: Editions Galerie Matignon, 1981). Important collections of Chagall's Biblical prints include Franz Meyer, Marc Chagall: His Graphic Work (NY: Abrams, 1957), Jean Adhemar, Chagall L'oeuvre grave (Paris: Biubliotheque Nationale, 1970), Jean Leymarie, Marc Chagall Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall (Nice: Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1976), Charles Sorlier et al, Marc Chagall L'oeuvre grave (Nice: Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1987), Ernst-Gerhard Guse, Marc Chagall Druckgraphik (Stuttgart: Westfalisches Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kultgeschichte Munster, 1985).

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                      • MARC CHAGALL "THE VISION OF EZEKIEL - 1956" ETCHING WITH WATERCOLOR, SIGNED & NUMBEREDsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        MARC CHAGALL "THE VISION OF EZEKIEL - 1956" ETCHING WITH WATERCOLOR, SIGNED & NUMBERED

                        Est: $4,000 - $6,000

                        Marc Chagall, 1887-1985 (Russian, French) The Vision of Ezekiel - 1956, From bible 1931-1939, 1952 - 1958 Etching with watercolor signed lower right, numbered '52/100' lower left Printed by Tariade DIMENSIONS: Image H: 16.12" W: 12.37", & Frame H: 23.37" W: 19.62" Condition: Excellent A certificate of Authenticity is included. After Chagall completed his etchings for The Fables (1930), Vollard again offered Chagall a commission, this time for a set of etchings illustrating themes from the Bible. Chagall went to Palestine to get a sense of the land itself. Returning to Paris, he began work on the 105 etchings for this project, first between 1931 and 1939 (when the first sixty-five etchings were executed and printed) and then between 1952 and 1956 (when the remaining forty etchings were completed and printed). Meyer Schapiro, the noted art historian, observed that Chagall was the ideal artist to have undertaken the task of illustrating the Bible: "Chagall was prepared for this achievement by his permanent receptivity of mind. He is a rare modern painter whose art has been accessible to the full range of his emotions and thoughts. . . . He has represented themes of an older tradition not in a spirit of curiosity or artifice, but with a noble devotion. . . . Although these etchings are marvels of patient, scrupulous craftsmanship, there is no assertion here of skill or technical research, but an immersion in a subject which the artist convinces us often equals or transcends value in the work of art . . . In almost every image we experience the precise note of his emotion, his awe or sadness or joy, which is voiced in the melody of shapes and the tonal scale peculiar to each conception. If we had nothing of Chagall but his Bible, he would be for us a great modern artist." Most of the etchings for The Bible were executed by Chagall between 1931 and 1939; the last pieces were completed between 1952 and 1956. The Bible was issued in an edition of 275 signed and numbered portfolios and 20 portfolios hors commerce. There are also 100 sets of the etchings with hand-coloring on paper with large margins, each of which is numbered lower left and initialed in pencil by Chagall lower right. References: Marc Chagall: Druckgraphische Folgen 1922-1966. Verzeichnis der Bestande (Hannover: Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammling Sprengel, 1981); Charles Sorlier, Marc Chagall et Ambroise Vollard; Catalogue Complet des Gravures Executees par Marc Chagall a la demande de Ambroise Vollard (Paris: Editions Galerie Matignon, 1981). Important collections of Chagall's Biblical prints include Franz Meyer, Marc Chagall: His Graphic Work (NY: Abrams, 1957), Jean Adhemar, Chagall L'oeuvre grave (Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale, 1970), Jean Leymarie, Marc Chagall Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall (Nice: Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1976), Charles Sorlier et al, Marc Chagall L'oeuvre grave (Nice: Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1987), Ernst-Gerhard Guse, Marc Chagall Druckgraphik (Stuttgart: Westfalisches Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kultgeschichte Munster, 1985).

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                      • MARC CHAGALL "SACRIFICE OF MANOAH - 1956" ETCHING WITH WATERCOLOR, SIGNED & NUMBEREDsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        MARC CHAGALL "SACRIFICE OF MANOAH - 1956" ETCHING WITH WATERCOLOR, SIGNED & NUMBERED

                        Est: $4,000 - $6,000

                        Marc Chagall, 1887-1985 (Russian, French) Sacrifice of Manoah - 1956, From bible 1931-1939, 1952 - 1958 Etching with watercolor signed lower right, numbered '67/100' lower left Printed by Tariade DIMENSIONS: Image H: 16.12" W: 12.37", & Frame H: 23.37" W: 19.62" Condition: Excellent A certificate of Authenticity is included. After Chagall completed his etchings for The Fables (1930), Vollard again offered Chagall a commission, this time for a set of etchings illustrating themes from the Bible. Chagall went to Palestine to get a sense of the land itself. Returning to Paris, he began work on the 105 etchings for this project, first between 1931 and 1939 (when the first sixty-five etchings were executed and printed) and then between 1952 and 1956 (when the remaining forty etchings were completed and printed). Meyer Schapiro, the noted art historian, observed that Chagall was the ideal artist to have undertaken the task of illustrating the Bible: "Chagall was prepared for this achievement by his permanent receptivity of mind. He is a rare modern painter whose art has been accessible to the full range of his emotions and thoughts. . . . He has represented themes of an older tradition not in a spirit of curiosity or artifice, but with a noble devotion. . . . Although these etchings are marvels of patient, scrupulous craftsmanship, there is no assertion here of skill or technical research, but an immersion in a subject which the artist convinces us often equals or transcends value in the work of art . . . In almost every image we experience the precise note of his emotion, his awe or sadness or joy, which is voiced in the melody of shapes and the tonal scale peculiar to each conception. If we had nothing of Chagall but his Bible, he would be for us a great modern artist." Most of the etchings for The Bible were executed by Chagall between 1931 and 1939; the last pieces were completed between 1952 and 1956. The Bible was issued in an edition of 275 signed and numbered portfolios and 20 portfolios hors commerce. There are also 100 sets of the etchings with hand-coloring on paper with large margins, each of which is numbered lower left and initialed in pencil by Chagall lower right. References: Marc Chagall: Druckgraphische Folgen 1922-1966. Verzeichnis der Bestande (Hannover: Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammling Sprengel, 1981); Charles Sorlier, Marc Chagall et Ambroise Vollard; Catalogue Complet des Gravures Executees par Marc Chagall a la demande de Ambroise Vollard (Paris: Editions Galerie Matignon, 1981). Important collections of Chagall's Biblical prints include Franz Meyer, Marc Chagall: His Graphic Work (NY: Abrams, 1957), Jean Adhemar, Chagall L'oeuvre grave (Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale, 1970), Jean Leymarie, Marc Chagall Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall (Nice: Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1976), Charles Sorlier et al, Marc Chagall L'oeuvre grave (Nice: Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1987), Ernst-Gerhard Guse, Marc Chagall Druckgraphik (Stuttgart: Westfalisches Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kultgeschichte Munster, 1985).

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                      • MARC CHAGALL "THE DESCENT TOWARD SODOM - 1956" ETCHING WITH WATERCOLOR, SIGNED & NUMBEREDsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        MARC CHAGALL "THE DESCENT TOWARD SODOM - 1956" ETCHING WITH WATERCOLOR, SIGNED & NUMBERED

                        Est: $4,000 - $6,000

                        Marc Chagall, 1887-1985 (Russian, French) The Descent Toward Sodom - 1956, From bible 1931-1939 Etching with watercolor signed lower right, numbered '21/100' lower left Printed by Tariade DIMENSIONS: Image H: 16.12" W: 12.37", & Frame H: 23.37" W: 19.62" Condition: Excellent A certificate of Authenticity is included. After Chagall completed his etchings for The Fables (1930), Vollard again offered Chagall a commission, this time for a set of etchings illustrating themes from the Bible. Chagall went to Palestine to get a sense of the land itself. Returning to Paris, he began work on the 105 etchings for this project, first between 1931 and 1939 (when the first sixty-five etchings were executed and printed) and then between 1952 and 1956 (when the remaining forty etchings were completed and printed). Meyer Schapiro, the noted art historian, observed that Chagall was the ideal artist to have undertaken the task of illustrating the Bible: "Chagall was prepared for this achievement by his permanent receptivity of mind. He is a rare modern painter whose art has been accessible to the full range of his emotions and thoughts. . . . He has represented themes of an older tradition not in a spirit of curiosity or artifice, but with a noble devotion. . . . Although these etchings are marvels of patient, scrupulous craftsmanship, there is no assertion here of skill or technical research, but an immersion in a subject which the artist convinces us often equals or transcends value in the work of art . . . In almost every image we experience the precise note of his emotion, his awe or sadness or joy, which is voiced in the melody of shapes and the tonal scale peculiar to each conception. If we had nothing of Chagall but his Bible, he would be for us a great modern artist." Most of the etchings for The Bible were executed by Chagall between 1931 and 1939; the last pieces were completed between 1952 and 1956. The Bible was issued in an edition of 275 signed and numbered portfolios and 20 portfolios hors commerce. There are also 100 sets of the etchings with hand-coloring on paper with large margins, each of which is numbered lower left and initialed in pencil by Chagall lower right. References: Marc Chagall: Druckgraphische Folgen 1922-1966. Verzeichnis der Bestande (Hannover: Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammling Sprengel, 1981); Charles Sorlier, Marc Chagall et Ambroise Vollard; Catalogue Complet des Gravures Executees par Marc Chagall a la demande de Ambroise Vollard (Paris: Editions Galerie Matignon, 1981). Important collections of Chagall's Biblical prints include Franz Meyer, Marc Chagall: His Graphic Work (NY: Abrams, 1957), Jean Adhemar, Chagall L'oeuvre grave (Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale, 1970), Jean Leymarie, Marc Chagall Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall (Nice: Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1976), Charles Sorlier et al, Marc Chagall L'oeuvre grave (Nice: Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1987), Ernst-Gerhard Guse, Marc Chagall Druckgraphik (Stuttgart: Westfalisches Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kultgeschichte Munster, 1985).

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                      • 1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Abraham and Sara Framedsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Abraham and Sara Framed

                        Est: $1,000 - $1,500

                        Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Abraham and Sara (M. 122). Original Lithograph on Wove Paper. 1956. Limited to 6500 impressions. Atelier Mourlot. Dimensions: Sheet Size: c. 10 1/2 x 14 inches. Framed Dimensions: Approximately 19 1/2 x 23 inches. This artwork is accompanied by a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity and is Guaranteed as described.

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                      • 1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Isaiah Framedsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Isaiah Framed

                        Est: $1,000 - $1,500

                        Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Isaiah (M. 141). Original Lithograph on Wove Paper. 1956. Limited to 6500 impressions. Atelier Mourlot. Dimensions: Sheet Size: c. 10 1/2 x 14 inches. Framed Dimensions: Approximately 19 1/2 x 23 inches. This artwork is accompanied by a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity and is Guaranteed as described.

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                      • Marc Chagall Chagall 1959 lithographsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        Marc Chagall Chagall 1959 lithograph

                        Est: $400 - $600

                        Marc Chagall. (1887-1985). Chagall. Color Lithograph after the Original Poster. 1959. Signed in the plate. Excellent. Sauret. Atelier Mourlot. Image Size 8 x 10 3/4 inches. Approximately 17 x 19 inches. Gallery Matted and Framed in a New Solid Wood Moulding. This artwork is accompanied by a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity and is Guaranteed as described.

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                      • 1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Jeremiah Framedsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Jeremiah Framed

                        Est: $1,000 - $1,500

                        Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Jeremiah (M. 139). Original Lithograph on Wove Paper. 1956. Limited to 6500 impressions. Atelier Mourlot. Dimensions: Sheet Size: c. 10 1/2 x 14 inches. Framed Dimensions: Approximately 19 1/2 x 23 inches. This artwork is accompanied by a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity and is Guaranteed as described.

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                      • 1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Moses Framedsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Moses Framed

                        Est: $1,000 - $1,500

                        Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Moses with the tablets of the Law (M. 124). Original Lithograph on Wove Paper. 1956. Limited to 6500 impressions. Atelier Mourlot. Dimensions: Sheet Size: c. 10 1/2 x 14 inches. Framed Dimensions: Approximately 19 1/2 x 23 inches. This artwork is accompanied by a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity and is Guaranteed as described.

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                      • 1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph David Mourning Framedsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph David Mourning Framed

                        Est: $1,000 - $1,500

                        Marc Chagall (1887-1985) David Mourning Absalom (M. 134). Original Lithograph on Wove Paper. 1956. Limited to 6500 impressions. Atelier Mourlot. Dimensions: Sheet Size: c. 10 1/2 x 14 inches. Framed Dimensions: Approximately 19 1/2 x 23 inches. This artwork is accompanied by a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity and is Guaranteed as described.

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                      • 1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Angel Framedsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Angel Framed

                        Est: $1,000 - $1,500

                        Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Angel (Reference M. 120). Original Lithograph on Wove Paper. 1956. Limited to 6500 impressions. Atelier Mourlot. Dimensions: Sheet Size: c. 10 1/2 x 14 inches. Framed Dimensions: Approximately 19 1/2 x 23 inches. This artwork is accompanied by a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity and is Guaranteed as described.

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                      • 1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph David and his Harp Framedsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph David and his Harp Framed

                        Est: $1,000 - $1,500

                        Marc Chagall (1887-1985) David with his Harp (M. 133). Original Lithograph on Wove Paper. 1956. Limited to 6500 impressions. Atelier Mourlot. Dimensions: Sheet Size: c. 10 1/2 x 14 inches. Framed Dimensions: Approximately 19 1/2 x 23 inches. This artwork is accompanied by a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity and is Guaranteed as described.

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                      • 1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Solomon Framedsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Solomon Framed

                        Est: $1,200 - $1,700

                        Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Solomon (M. 131). Original Lithograph on Wove Paper. 1956. Limited to 6500 impressions. Atelier Mourlot. Dimensions: Sheet Size: c. 10 1/2 x 14 inches. Framed Dimensions: Approximately 19 1/2 x 23 inches. This artwork is accompanied by a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity and is Guaranteed as described.

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                      • Marc Chagall Le Livre Italien Contemporain 1959 lithographsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        Marc Chagall Le Livre Italien Contemporain 1959 lithograph

                        Est: $300 - $500

                        Marc Chagall. (1887-1985). Le Livre Italien Contemporain. Color Lithograph after the Original Poster. 1959. Signed in the plate. Excellent. Sauret. Atelier Mourlot. Image Size 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Approximately 15 x 18 inches. Gallery Matted and Framed in a New Solid Wood Moulding. This artwork is accompanied by a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity and is Guaranteed as described.

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                      • 1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Jeremiahs Lamentations Framedsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Jeremiahs Lamentations Framed

                        Est: $1,000 - $1,500

                        Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Jeremiah's Lamentations (M. 140). Original Lithograph on Wove Paper. 1956. Limited to 6500 impressions. Atelier Mourlot. Dimensions: Sheet Size: c. 10 1/2 x 14 inches. Framed Dimensions: Approximately 19 1/2 x 23 inches. This artwork is accompanied by a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity and is Guaranteed as described.

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                      • 1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Angel with the Tablets Framedsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Angel with the Tablets Framed

                        Est: $1,000 - $1,500

                        Marc Chagall (1887-1985) The Angel with the Tablets of the Law (Reference M. 118). Original Lithograph on Wove Paper. 1956. Limited to 6500 impressions. Atelier Mourlot. Dimensions: Sheet Size: c. 10 1/2 x 14 inches. Framed Dimensions: Approximately 19 1/2 x 23 inches. This artwork is accompanied by a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity and is Guaranteed as described.

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                      • 1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Daniel in the Lions Den Framedsold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        1956 Marc Chagall Lithograph Daniel in the Lions Den Framed

                        Est: $1,000 - $1,500

                        Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Daniel in the Lion's Den (M. 142). Original Lithograph on Wove Paper. 1956. Limited to 6500 impressions. Atelier Mourlot. Dimensions: Sheet Size: c. 10 1/2 x 14 inches. Framed Dimensions: Approximately 19 1/2 x 23 inches. This artwork is accompanied by a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity and is Guaranteed as described.

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                      • Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985), lithograph The circus, printed at atelier Mourlot Paris, intaglio stamp Mourlot and signature, numbered 98/750sold
                        Sep. 24, 2023

                        Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985), lithograph The circus, printed at atelier Mourlot Paris, intaglio stamp Mourlot and signature, numbered 98/750

                        Est: €400 - €600

                        Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985), lithograph The circus, printed at atelier Mourlot Paris, intaglio stamp Mourlot and signature, numbered 98/750 Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985), lithografie Het circus, gedrukt bij atelier Mourlot Paris, diepdrukstempel Mourlot en handtekening, genummerd 98/750

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