Charles Sorlier and Marc Chagall Lithograph "Receiving the Tablets of the Law"

Item Details

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A collaborative lithograph print titled Receiving the Tablets of the Law by Charles Sorlier and well listed 20th century artist Marc Chagall (1887-1985). This color lithograph, originally published as part of a series of Biblical prints in a double issue of French magazine Verve, depicts the biblical character Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on stone tablets. The work is presented under glass with layered white and black mats in a gilt wood frame. There is a hanging wire mounted to the verso, along with a typewritten artist biography of Chagall.

*Listed in Ulrike Gauss, Marc Chagall: The Lithographs La Collection Sorlier, Fig. 123 and 128.

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

- moderate nicks and scuffs to frame, particularly bottom portion

Dimensions

- measures the frame; visible image dimensions: 10.5"W x 13.25"H

Item #

18BAL048-010