Marc Chagall  (1887-1985)
Lot 81

Marc Chagall (1887-1985)

Plate 45, from: The Bible (see Cramer Books 30)

Closed19 September 2013

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Plate 45, from: The Bible (see Cramer Books 30)
etching with hand colouring, 1958, on watermarked Arches paper, initialed in pencil and numbered 78/100,(there were also 20 hors commerce copies numbered in Roman numerals), published by Tériade, Paris, the full sheet with deckle edges on two sides, pale time-staining across the sheet, backboard staining verso, otherwise in good condition, framed
P. 305 x 246 mm., S. 540 x 390 mm.

Specialist note

The etched Bible series was commissioned by Ambroise Vollard in 1930. The artist spent the next years etching the plates; however, it was not until after World War II that the plates were finally printed, first in Maruice Potin's atelier, and later at Raymond Haasen's studio.