Marc Chagall Lithograph "The Story of the Exodus"

Item Details

Unsigned

Marc Chagall (Russia, France; 1887 – 1985)
The Story of the Exodus
Lithograph on heavyweight rat paper
Unsigned

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.

• Included in the catalogue raisonné Marc Chagall The Lithographs edited by Ulrike Gauss, page 206, figure 457.

Condition

- slight discoloration to paper; was removed from frame for examination; some accretion behind and to glass; scuffs to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; printed area measures 14.0" W x 18.75" H.

Item #

18DCC215-007