Marc Chagall Color Lithograph Book Jacket for "Chagall Lithographe, Volume I"

Item Details

Marc Chagall (Russian-French, 1887 – 1985)
Untitled (dust jacket cover), 1960
Color lithograph on paper
Unsigned
Pulled from Chagall Lithographe, Volume I
Published by André Sauret Éditeur, Monte Carlo
Printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris
Rare unfolded example

Literature
Patrick Cramer, Marc Chagall The Illustrated Books, Figure 43.

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 home town 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.

Condition

- print examined outside of frame; slight toning and areas of slight discoloration to sheet to the verso; light wear to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sheet measures 22.75" W x 12.875" H.

Item #

ITMG197003