Lot 144 | Marc Chagall | Mixed lot of 3 Prints

CHAGALL, MARC
1887 Vitebsk - 1985 St. Paul de Vence

Title: Mixed lot of 3 Prints.
a) Le Visage d'Israel (From: Dessins pour la Bible). 1960. Colour lithograph on vellum.
Mounted on card. 35 x 26cm. (Card: 36,5 x 27,5cm). b) Ruth Glaneuse (From: Dessins pour la
Bible). 1960. Colour lithograph on vellum. 35 x 26cm. (Card: 36,5 x 27,5cm). c) Sonne mit
rotem Pferd (From: Derrière le Miroir). 1979. Colour lithograph on vellum (double sheet
with fold in the middle). 30 x 41cm (38 x 54,5cm).
Publisher: Édition Verve, Paris (publisher).


Condition:
a), b) Occasional minimal bumpings on the edges. One sheet slightly wavy due to the mounting. Verso firmly glued to cardboard backing. Otherwise good condition. c) Minimally discoloured beneath the former mat window. Verso remains of an old mounting as well as minimally discoloured. Otherwise good condition.

a), b), This mixed lot consists of 2 of the originally 24 colour lithographs bound in the book "Dessins pour la Bible".
c) From the magazine "Derrière le Miroir", issue no. 235. From the edition of 20,000 copies.

Literature:
- Mourlot, Fernand: Chagall - Lithograph II, 1957-1962, Monte Carlo 1963, a) cat. rais. no. 231, b) cat. rais. no. 246
- Sorlier, Charles: Chagall - Lithograph V, 1974-1979, Monte-Carlo 1984, c) cat. rais. no. 945, here with sheet dimensions 46 x 58cm.