Marc Chagall Color Lithograph "David and Absalom", 1956

Item Details

Marc Chagall (French/Russian; 1887-1985)
David and Absalom, 1956
Color lithograph on paper
Unsigned
Published by Éditions de la Revue Verve, Tériade, Paris.
The complete book is comprised of twenty-nine lithographs after Chagall’s etchings created between 1930 and 1955 to illustrate the Bible.

Literature
Patrick Cramer, Marc Chagall: The Illustrated Books, p. 92, figure 17.

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

- no apparent conditions to note.

Dimensions

- measurement of mat; visible image measures 10" W x 13.75" H.

Item #

ITMG526573