Marc Chagall 1957 Limited Edition Lithograph "The Flute Player"

Item Details

Marc Chagall (Russian-French; 1887 – 1985)
The Flute Player, 1957
Color lithograph on paper
Signed to lower corner
Numbered 58/90
Published by Maeght, Paris
Printed by Mourlot, Paris

A 1957 color lithograph on paper by very well-listed Russian-French modernist Marc Chagall (1887 – 1985), titled The Flute Player. The print depicts a figure playing a flute and a bird playing a violin; they are illustrated in loose, expressive dark linework set against a textured blue background. The print was published by Maeght, Paris and printed by Mourlot, Paris. It is signed in graphite to the lower right and numbered 58/90 in graphite to the lower left. It is double-matted and presented behind glass in a frame that is equipped to hang.

Literature
Ulrike Gauss, Marc Chagall: The Lithographs, figure 197

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

- sheet has been trimmed to 19.63" W x 14" H.

Dimensions

- measures frame. Visible image measures 17.5" W x 12.5" H.

Item #

18CIN517-078